Johnny Hallyday, a respected legend? For whom? Johnny Hallyday fans are mostly considered rednecks ("ploucs" in French). I'll concede Vanessa Paradis as an icon (although no idea why).
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"I guess it's thanks to american tv shows, popular amongst those classes ?"
Anglo-Saxon names are, sociologically, often associated with working-class backgrounds in France. People called Kévin or Jessica are very likely to come from poor backgrounds or from culturally-challenged backgrounds (don't know how to say it in a more PC way). And the name Kévin is indeed vastly mocked.
Steve is supposed to be a diminutive for Stephan? Didn't know that. See, it's baffling to you but the French don't have that diminutive tradition at all. I don't see the point of being named something by your parents, only to have it shortened by everyone.
Oh I'm sure it's quite common. But I mentioned that because I think, in the case of my friend's family, she has so many relatives and since it's a somewhat closed community (I'm the only white person who has ever attended their parties/reunions, save for one of her cousin who is Eurasian) on top of a small community,…
"they're all little princes and expect to have everything done for them" YEP.
Shit. I meant to write Jo obviously. Joe and Laurie would be a very different story haha.
Hahaha we'll never get over this, will we? Louisa May Alcott is lucky she wasn't born in this era with the various social networks and all the fangirls attacking her on twitter for daring to split Joe and Laurie.
Yep. Considering only 2% of all the books published in the US are translated books, good luck on having Americans read more foreign books. A friend of mine works in publishing (in Italy) and she told me that, while a lot of European countries have entire collections dedicated to translated literature (Spain, Germany,…
It was created in the 1960's and at the time claimed to be the French Playboy. So lots of naked women with some "serious" (cough cough) articles. Disappeared in 1994 and now it's been recently relaunched because god knows we need more pictures of naked women everywhere right?
YES. I adore Jane. I think the Disny movie Tarzan tends to be forgotten in general.
Agree with all the points you've been making in this thread. People responding to you are being purposely obtuse. As an history major, I wish we had time to talk about every single country in the world and all the fascinating historical figures. But if we were to do that, kids would have to be 24/7 at school for 6…
I may already be done to be honest. I've just realized after last night episode that I'm tired of people being raped/tortured/murdered. And the people committing these atrocities rarely face consequences or if they do, it's a quick death. See Joffrey. He suffered for what? one minute tops? I've grown tired of good…
You brought up the case of France: the reason the PACS was for everybody is because, well, it would be unconstitutional to create a specific contract reserved for a specific category of the population. So, if it's open to same-sex couples, it's immediately open to all couples. Gay activists at the time (in 1999) were…
They're gorgeous! I want them!
I can watch it (as well as all The Daily Show episodes) and I live in Belgium. I figured if it wasn't blocked where I live, it probably wasn't blocked in Europe at all. Weird. You know, I'm going to enjoy this for all the many many occasions when I wasn't able to watch an SNL clip posted on Jezebel/a preview for a TV…
I only sit in two occasions: at home and in hotels. Even if it's dry, I will not sit, no thank you. But I also use a piece of toilet paper to lock/unlock the door because I'm grossed out by all the people before me who touched it with their hands and stuff. Is this crazy? I don't care.
Haha I'm so glad I'm not the only one who was convinced Bagheera was female. I only saw the Disney film but since panther is female in French and Bagheera sounds like a female name, well, the obvious conclusion was that Bagheera was female.
On what planet is Sandra Bullock considered to be funny-looking exactly? Try again.