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Le Poussin Piou: A Cute Little French Chick Who Sings Posted by Hichem on Dec 4, 2012
If I told you that today’s post features a cute little French chick singing, you probably wouldn’t guess what I am talking about… Non, I’m not referring to Yelle, Priscilla, or any other young French chanteuse (female singer.) In fact, I’m talking about a real little French *animal* chick (in French poussin), who’s now doing quite…
C’est la Danse des Canards, Tecktonik Style! Posted by Hichem on Oct 18, 2010
After the latest parodies of David Guetta by “les Guignols de l’Info“, who, pour dire le moins (to say the least), have not spared him at all in their latest episodes, and the class action about to be launched against him by many DJ ducks (read “ducklass action“) accusing him of outright plagiat (plagiarism), one…
French Slang Expressions with the Letter C Posted by Hichem on May 20, 2010
We pick up our alphabet of French slang with the letter C! * * * C comme… (C, as in…) * Charier: Charier quelqu’un means to tease or to make fun of someone. Example: “Tu me charies, chérie?” (Are you kidding me, Darling?”) Obviously, “chérie” and “charies” here are phonetically closer in French than English.) * Chaud: Literally…
YELLE (à tue-tête) if you like “le FRI€” the TTC way Posted by Hichem on May 11, 2010
Of course, this is un clin d’œil humouristique (a humorous wink or allusion) to Jennie’s previous post, “Yelle if you love Fridays!” Jennie is right, YELLE‘s songs were all of a sudden heard “all over” in France, and even reaching other European countries and the United-States: “Elle défrayait la chronique”, as the French expression goes. And like Jennie mentioned, she owed her succès…
Yelle if you love Fridays! Posted by Jennie on May 9, 2010
Say it with me: Dieu merci, c’est vendredi! (Ou bien, c’était vendredi… Dieu merci, c’est le weekend!) If you’ve been in a European club in the last few years, or at 2008’s music festival Coachella, vous connaissez peut-être (you might know) YELLE. YELLE consists of a singer (named Yelle), a writer, and a producer who…