{"id":33669,"date":"2021-05-04T05:30:20","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T03:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=33669"},"modified":"2021-04-25T19:03:33","modified_gmt":"2021-04-25T17:03:33","slug":"a-word-to-the-weather-wise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/a-word-to-the-weather-wise\/","title":{"rendered":"A word to the weather wise"},"content":{"rendered":"

While my musings<\/a> tend to turn to France (with occasional detours north of the border<\/a>!), French is a global language1<\/a><\/sup>the third most commonly used en affaires<\/strong> \/ for business<\/em> according to this article<\/a><\/span> and la Francophonie<\/a> has a global footprint.\u00a0 This week we’ll look at two examples that remind us of the richness of French in all its global grooviness.<\/p>\n

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Photo by\u00a0Jack Krzysik<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0from\u00a0Pexels<\/a> <\/strong>[CC0]<\/p><\/div>\n

A world of language<\/h3>\n

Spoken in une trentaine de pays<\/strong>2<\/a><\/sup>some 30 countries; <\/em>see this post<\/a> for a review of the French use of the suffix -aine with numbers<\/span>, French is the primary language of over 300,000,000 people around the world. It is a language that brings the world together, but also separates it with different vocabulary, different accents, and different approaches.<\/p>\n

A new pilot project led by the DGLF<\/a> aims to capture this richness and variety of French through an online, collaborative\u00a0Dictionnaire des francophones<\/strong><\/a>. Like a wiki for French terms, “toutes les vari\u00e9t\u00e9s du fran\u00e7ais sont pr\u00e9sent\u00e9s ensemble et plac\u00e9es sur un pied d\u2019\u00e9galit\u00e9<\/strong><\/a>“3<\/a><\/sup>all the varieties of French are presented together and on an equal footing<\/em><\/span>.<\/p>\n

This short presentation video<\/a> will let you learn more … and see some of the people who have already contributed the unique elements of their French to the dictionary. If you want to dive in deeper, there is a fun and interactive app<\/a> for phone or tablet that you can download with challenges you can solve using the contents of the dictionary.<\/p>\n

A word to the weather wise<\/h3>\n

Speaking of international influences, the Parisian duo DjeuhDjoah & Lieutenant Nicholson mix funk, afrobeat, soul, and reggae in songs like this one that celebrates the Antilles<\/a> … while cautioning against the risks of le r\u00e9chauffement climatique<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n