At least the Belgian and Swiss Frenches have slightly less weird numbering. Though in France, you get to say “80.” “Leul, blaze it”
We keep the memory alive of a 3000 year old numbering system (apparently some tribes counted in twenties, and that’s the only trace left of it).
french politics
have you seen french politics? like actually?
i know that when compared to the US it may as well be a socialist utopia but french politics are awful. france is one of the countries most responsible for imperialism and colonialism. france is one of the most systematically racist countries in europe!
Really it’s more that French politicians are properly accountable to the people, who will protest and strike frequently. That’s what makes French politics great, not the leaders but the citizens.
I don’t know how much you know about France, and french politics specifically, but as a person born in France I want to tell you that you might have been mislead… From my point of view and with my knowledge, politics here is a shit show, basically the elite mock everyone, France is run by billionaires, happily oppressing the poor.
So what I’m hearing is that people know how to protest over there because yall have a lot to protest against
Yeah, that’s closer to the truth. Also, state education makes sure that we are at least aware of a certain few parts of our history, from executing our King and subsequently fighting off most of Europe to preserve the republic, to armed resistance when the Nazis occupied and the state capitulated, and finally De Gaul’s staunch non-alignment (as far as Western former empires go). Not to mention that the biggest improvement in the collective safety net for our society was obtained thanks to an ostensibly leftist coalition in the 1930s.
So it’s very much in our collective consciousness that we can protest, and that it’s a pretty normal thing to do, all things considered.
More to your point, I don’t know how many people here in France still expect protests to meaningfully obtain anything nowadays.
No, politicians don’t give a shit about people striking. And the biggest haters of strikes are the citizens who don’t like their life and privileges to be disturbed by people striking for their rights.
Abadakor !!!
Pssshh whatever, can’t be mad at a language that contains pamplemousse
Cramouille is the best french word
Anticonstititionellement is my favorite.
We did that to stop English from stealing from us. They didn’t get the joke, and here we are.
C’est la vie
French toast
French don’t know about French toasts.
We know it, it’s called pain perdu.
You call it ‘lost bread’?
Yup, it’s a way to use old bread instead of letting it go to waste.
It use to be a way to not waste stale bread. Nowdays, it’s mostly a fancy dish using freshly made brioche.
I once heard from a friend learning French that the way to say that you are in the process of doing something literally translated to ‘I am on the train to [doing the thing]’. Is that correct?
Native here, yep it is correct and idiomatic. “Je suis en train de [faire la chose]”
I’m well on the way to writing that report, boss
Our company is on the road to developing those features
I’m on the path to forgiving you
I’ve lost my train of thoughts
That saying actually predates railroad trains, which were called that because a train meant “that which is drawn along”
it would seem like that because the words are the same, but in the locution “en train de [verbe]”, en train has the 15th century meaning of “in action”, “in movement”, this predates the invention of the railroad :)
Wait, woah, so the term ‘train’ is from the French word for ‘action’ or ‘motion’, essentially? That’s kind of a dub.
originally, as a noun, “le train” is “the going motion” of a horse, a human, it’s still used in “arrière-train” to designate the back legs of a quadrupède. “Aller de bon train” = to walk briskly.
In automotive, the “train avant” and “train arrière” are the front and rear axles.
There are other expressions like “le train-train quotidien”, meaning the daily grind.
Nope, pretty sure French politics should get a crying face (saying this as a French citizen)
I think historical, and the seriousness of it (guillotines, etc)
quaso
You could say I have to take a shit in French and it would sound smooth as hell. -Eddy Murphy.
J’dois aller chier calisse
According to French scientists, the best thing to wipe ones’ ass with is the neck of a well-downed gosling.
https://pluckypubs.blogspot.com/2007/06/rabelais-ultimate-arse-wiper.html
(not actually scientists but a character in 16th century writer Rabelais’ book.)
- French language: Objectively one of the sexiest on the planet
- Lemmy shitposter: High probability of clinical brain death
Say 96 in French and then repeat that sentence.
French culture my ass.
Paris is an overpriced amusement park where all the employee hate you.
Give me Italy any day.
Reparle de paris encore une seule fois batard et j’enverrai ta tête tellement loin qu’elle aura le temps de faire tout le tour de la dinguerie géologique et culturelle qu’est la France avant de retomber dans le Limousin où ta tête finira ses jours paisiblement entourée de jolies vaches.
I can make up nonsense words too.
Yeah, if you only do touristy stuff you’re gonna have a bad time. It’s like saying NYC sucks when you’ve only visited Time Square.
Well alright, but have you considered that Voltaire is really good?
See also: French rap
Not sure if you are poking fun at it but I like Bigflo & Oli dommage
Not at all! I sincerely LOVE French rap! ❤️
That guy who made fun of French institutions?
Yeah!
Fun fact: countries consist of more than one city.
Additional information: there are cultural differences between different regions in the same country, even between different cities and towns in the same region! Imagine that!
But US tourists spend two days each in London, Paris, Prague and Rome, and then they’ve seen all of Europe. Isn’t that how it works? Besides it’s not as if they’ve got extra vacation days anyway.
France isn’t Paris idiot. Parisians are rude because they’re sick of stupid americans flocking to the 3 same places they saw on netflix
Louvre, Eiffel Tower, and Notre-Dame?
Probably.
I loved Paris last time though. They really did a good job removing cars and now it’s way quieter and people are nicer
And Montmartre, but that’s probably most of them (I live close to Montmartre).
hon hon hon. tabarnac!!!
Wait until you hear the bastard child of French, germanic and a bunch of other languages. You can have a word like “lead” and you don’t even know how to pronounce it!
though thoughts are tough.
“Thogh thaughts are tuff,” in a more blessèd timeline.
tho foghts are tuf
Uh, that is pronounced “lead”. You’re welcome.
For those illiterates who need a clear example, “lead lead lead.” Simple geography.
“I love to read, I read an interesting book yesterday”
Seriously, who came up with this shit 😭
Imagine you are reading this aloud, you can’t know how to pronounce the second “read” until you get to “yesterday”. Schrödingers pronunciation.
Actually, you’re right, I didn’t even think about it
If I wrote “I love to read, I read an interesting book every day”, then the way you say the latter ‘read’ shifts from my original example, and it depends on context that comes later in the sentence
Wack
Ta yeule estie de raisin
