Does France Have A Nickname?
Feb 1st 2005, 7:00 pm
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Re: Does France Have A Nickname?
On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 18:21:05 +0000, Padraig Breathnach
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>I take it the Domtom and Pitcairn are on-topic here. Anybody got
>Pitcairn restaurant recommendations?
Pitcairn is car free. Dunno how he missed that.
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>I take it the Domtom and Pitcairn are on-topic here. Anybody got
>Pitcairn restaurant recommendations?
Pitcairn is car free. Dunno how he missed that.
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Feb 1st 2005, 7:18 pm
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Re: Does France Have A Nickname?
On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 16:44:26 -0000, "Miss L. Toe"
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>"Jim Pflaum" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> Does France, like many other countries, have a common nickname?
>> Americans often call the U.S. "The land of the free." Some Britts call
>> England "the land of hope and glory."
>> I searched the Net's travel sites but didn't see any nickname for
>> France. I know that Paris is called "The city of lights," but does
>> France have a nickname or slogan? Thanks!
>Frogland ?
Naughty, Ms Rosbief!
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>"Jim Pflaum" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> Does France, like many other countries, have a common nickname?
>> Americans often call the U.S. "The land of the free." Some Britts call
>> England "the land of hope and glory."
>> I searched the Net's travel sites but didn't see any nickname for
>> France. I know that Paris is called "The city of lights," but does
>> France have a nickname or slogan? Thanks!
>Frogland ?
Naughty, Ms Rosbief!
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Feb 1st 2005, 7:21 pm
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Re: Does France Have A Nickname?
I was curious so I called the French government's Tourism Office in
New York and ask whether France does have an official nickname and/or
slogan.
Zinzan was right; France's official nickname is "L'hexagone" or
"The Hexagone," while its official slogan is "France...land of
liberty, equality and brotherhood."
New York and ask whether France does have an official nickname and/or
slogan.
Zinzan was right; France's official nickname is "L'hexagone" or
"The Hexagone," while its official slogan is "France...land of
liberty, equality and brotherhood."
Feb 1st 2005, 7:26 pm
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"Jim Pflaum" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Zinzan was right; France's official nickname is "L'hexagone" or
>"The Hexagone," while its official slogan is "France...land of
>liberty, equality and brotherhood."
An official nickname? That's a nonsensical idea.
And l'hexagone is not all of France.
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>Zinzan was right; France's official nickname is "L'hexagone" or
>"The Hexagone," while its official slogan is "France...land of
>liberty, equality and brotherhood."
An official nickname? That's a nonsensical idea.
And l'hexagone is not all of France.
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Feb 1st 2005, 7:48 pm
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"szozu" <hoppbunny at hotmail com> wrote in
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> "Mxsmanic" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> Jim Pflaum writes:
>> > Does France, like many other countries, have a common nickname?
>> > Americans often call the U.S. "The land of the free." Some Britts
>> > call England "the land of hope and glory."
>> >
> Sometimes the country is
>> represented as a rooster (le coq gaulois).
> As is Portugal.
>
> Lana
Portugal is not represented by "le coq gaulois"...
It is "o Galo de Barcelos"
Sorry. I'm being mischievous again. ;o)
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> "Mxsmanic" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Jim Pflaum writes:
>> > Does France, like many other countries, have a common nickname?
>> > Americans often call the U.S. "The land of the free." Some Britts
>> > call England "the land of hope and glory."
>> >
> Sometimes the country is
>> represented as a rooster (le coq gaulois).
> As is Portugal.
>
> Lana
Portugal is not represented by "le coq gaulois"...
It is "o Galo de Barcelos"
Sorry. I'm being mischievous again. ;o)
Feb 1st 2005, 8:00 pm
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La Metropole, for the part of France which is in Europe.
"Metropolitan" France. Does not include the DOM / TOM. AFAIK does
include Corsica, north & south, departments 2A and 2B.
"Metropolitan" France. Does not include the DOM / TOM. AFAIK does
include Corsica, north & south, departments 2A and 2B.
Feb 1st 2005, 8:04 pm
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On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 21:18:01 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
some electrons, so they looked like this :
... On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 16:44:26 -0000, "Miss L. Toe"
... <[email protected]> wrote:
...
... >
... >"Jim Pflaum" <[email protected]> wrote in message
... >news:[email protected] oups.com...
... >> Does France, like many other countries, have a common nickname?
... >> Americans often call the U.S. "The land of the free." Some Britts call
... >> England "the land of hope and glory."
... >>
... >> I searched the Net's travel sites but didn't see any nickname for
... >> France. I know that Paris is called "The city of lights," but does
... >> France have a nickname or slogan? Thanks!
... >>
... >
... >Frogland ?
...
... Naughty, Ms Rosbief!
Shopkeeper, Martin !
some electrons, so they looked like this :
... On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 16:44:26 -0000, "Miss L. Toe"
... <[email protected]> wrote:
...
... >
... >"Jim Pflaum" <[email protected]> wrote in message
... >news:[email protected] oups.com...
... >> Does France, like many other countries, have a common nickname?
... >> Americans often call the U.S. "The land of the free." Some Britts call
... >> England "the land of hope and glory."
... >>
... >> I searched the Net's travel sites but didn't see any nickname for
... >> France. I know that Paris is called "The city of lights," but does
... >> France have a nickname or slogan? Thanks!
... >>
... >
... >Frogland ?
...
... Naughty, Ms Rosbief!
Shopkeeper, Martin !
Feb 1st 2005, 8:13 pm
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On 2005-02-01 15:13:30 +0100, "Jim Pflaum" <[email protected]> said:
> Americans often call the U.S. "The land of the free."
So do a lot of people, but they're being sarcastic.
Huntsville, anyone?
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> Americans often call the U.S. "The land of the free."
So do a lot of people, but they're being sarcastic.
Huntsville, anyone?
G;
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Feb 1st 2005, 8:26 pm
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On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 22:04:57 +0100, Magda <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 21:18:01 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
>some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 16:44:26 -0000, "Miss L. Toe"
> ... <[email protected]> wrote:
> ...
> ... >
> ... >"Jim Pflaum" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> ... >news:[email protected] oups.com...
> ... >> Does France, like many other countries, have a common nickname?
> ... >> Americans often call the U.S. "The land of the free." Some Britts call
> ... >> England "the land of hope and glory."
> ... >>
> ... >> I searched the Net's travel sites but didn't see any nickname for
> ... >> France. I know that Paris is called "The city of lights," but does
> ... >> France have a nickname or slogan? Thanks!
> ... >>
> ... >
> ... >Frogland ?
> ...
> ... Naughty, Ms Rosbief!
>Shopkeeper, Martin !
Fishwife, Magda :-)
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wrote:
>On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 21:18:01 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
>some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 16:44:26 -0000, "Miss L. Toe"
> ... <[email protected]> wrote:
> ...
> ... >
> ... >"Jim Pflaum" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> ... >news:[email protected] oups.com...
> ... >> Does France, like many other countries, have a common nickname?
> ... >> Americans often call the U.S. "The land of the free." Some Britts call
> ... >> England "the land of hope and glory."
> ... >>
> ... >> I searched the Net's travel sites but didn't see any nickname for
> ... >> France. I know that Paris is called "The city of lights," but does
> ... >> France have a nickname or slogan? Thanks!
> ... >>
> ... >
> ... >Frogland ?
> ...
> ... Naughty, Ms Rosbief!
>Shopkeeper, Martin !
Fishwife, Magda :-)
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Martin
Feb 1st 2005, 8:33 pm
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Re: Does France Have A Nickname?
On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 22:26:31 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
some electrons, so they looked like this :
... On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 22:04:57 +0100, Magda <[email protected]>
... wrote:
...
... >On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 21:18:01 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
... >some electrons, so they looked like this :
... >
... > ... On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 16:44:26 -0000, "Miss L. Toe"
... > ... <[email protected]> wrote:
... > ...
... > ... >
... > ... >"Jim Pflaum" <[email protected]> wrote in message
... > ... >news:[email protected] oups.com...
... > ... >> Does France, like many other countries, have a common nickname?
... > ... >> Americans often call the U.S. "The land of the free." Some Britts call
... > ... >> England "the land of hope and glory."
... > ... >>
... > ... >> I searched the Net's travel sites but didn't see any nickname for
... > ... >> France. I know that Paris is called "The city of lights," but does
... > ... >> France have a nickname or slogan? Thanks!
... > ... >>
... > ... >
... > ... >Frogland ?
... > ...
... > ... Naughty, Ms Rosbief!
... >
... >Shopkeeper, Martin !
...
... Fishwife, Magda :-)
Oh quite, Missy is not English...
some electrons, so they looked like this :
... On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 22:04:57 +0100, Magda <[email protected]>
... wrote:
...
... >On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 21:18:01 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
... >some electrons, so they looked like this :
... >
... > ... On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 16:44:26 -0000, "Miss L. Toe"
... > ... <[email protected]> wrote:
... > ...
... > ... >
... > ... >"Jim Pflaum" <[email protected]> wrote in message
... > ... >news:[email protected] oups.com...
... > ... >> Does France, like many other countries, have a common nickname?
... > ... >> Americans often call the U.S. "The land of the free." Some Britts call
... > ... >> England "the land of hope and glory."
... > ... >>
... > ... >> I searched the Net's travel sites but didn't see any nickname for
... > ... >> France. I know that Paris is called "The city of lights," but does
... > ... >> France have a nickname or slogan? Thanks!
... > ... >>
... > ... >
... > ... >Frogland ?
... > ...
... > ... Naughty, Ms Rosbief!
... >
... >Shopkeeper, Martin !
...
... Fishwife, Magda :-)
Oh quite, Missy is not English...
Feb 1st 2005, 8:39 pm
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On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 22:33:46 +0100, Magda <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 22:26:31 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
>some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 22:04:57 +0100, Magda <[email protected]>
> ... wrote:
> ...
> ... >On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 21:18:01 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
> ... >some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... >
> ... > ... On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 16:44:26 -0000, "Miss L. Toe"
> ... > ... <[email protected]> wrote:
> ... > ...
> ... > ... >
> ... > ... >"Jim Pflaum" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> ... > ... >news:[email protected] oups.com...
> ... > ... >> Does France, like many other countries, have a common nickname?
> ... > ... >> Americans often call the U.S. "The land of the free." Some Britts call
> ... > ... >> England "the land of hope and glory."
> ... > ... >>
> ... > ... >> I searched the Net's travel sites but didn't see any nickname for
> ... > ... >> France. I know that Paris is called "The city of lights," but does
> ... > ... >> France have a nickname or slogan? Thanks!
> ... > ... >>
> ... > ... >
> ... > ... >Frogland ?
> ... > ...
> ... > ... Naughty, Ms Rosbief!
> ... >
> ... >Shopkeeper, Martin !
> ...
> ... Fishwife, Magda :-)
>Oh quite, Missy is not English...
Are you sure about her gender?
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wrote:
>On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 22:26:31 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
>some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 22:04:57 +0100, Magda <[email protected]>
> ... wrote:
> ...
> ... >On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 21:18:01 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
> ... >some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... >
> ... > ... On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 16:44:26 -0000, "Miss L. Toe"
> ... > ... <[email protected]> wrote:
> ... > ...
> ... > ... >
> ... > ... >"Jim Pflaum" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> ... > ... >news:[email protected] oups.com...
> ... > ... >> Does France, like many other countries, have a common nickname?
> ... > ... >> Americans often call the U.S. "The land of the free." Some Britts call
> ... > ... >> England "the land of hope and glory."
> ... > ... >>
> ... > ... >> I searched the Net's travel sites but didn't see any nickname for
> ... > ... >> France. I know that Paris is called "The city of lights," but does
> ... > ... >> France have a nickname or slogan? Thanks!
> ... > ... >>
> ... > ... >
> ... > ... >Frogland ?
> ... > ...
> ... > ... Naughty, Ms Rosbief!
> ... >
> ... >Shopkeeper, Martin !
> ...
> ... Fishwife, Magda :-)
>Oh quite, Missy is not English...
Are you sure about her gender?
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Martin
Feb 1st 2005, 9:08 pm
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Tim Challenger wrote:
> On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 15:22:47 +0100, Zinzan wrote:
>
>
>>Le 1 Feb 2005 06:13:30 -0800, "Jim Pflaum" <[email protected]> a
>>écrit :
>>>I searched the Net's travel sites but didn't see any nickname for
>>>France. I know that Paris is called "The city of lights," but does
>>>France have a nickname or slogan? Thanks!
>>L'hexagone.
>
>
> ??? Where does that come from?
Because it is shaped like one.
> On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 15:22:47 +0100, Zinzan wrote:
>
>
>>Le 1 Feb 2005 06:13:30 -0800, "Jim Pflaum" <[email protected]> a
>>écrit :
>>>I searched the Net's travel sites but didn't see any nickname for
>>>France. I know that Paris is called "The city of lights," but does
>>>France have a nickname or slogan? Thanks!
>>L'hexagone.
>
>
> ??? Where does that come from?
Because it is shaped like one.
Feb 1st 2005, 9:25 pm
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On 1 Feb 2005 21:48:23 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Emilia <[email protected]>
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
... "szozu" <hoppbunny at hotmail com> wrote in
... news:[email protected]:
...
... > "Mxsmanic" <[email protected]> wrote in message
... > news:[email protected]...
... >> Jim Pflaum writes:
... >>
... >> > Does France, like many other countries, have a common nickname?
... >> > Americans often call the U.S. "The land of the free." Some Britts
... >> > call England "the land of hope and glory."
... >> >
... > Sometimes the country is
... >> represented as a rooster (le coq gaulois).
... >>
... > As is Portugal.
... >
... > Lana
...
... Portugal is not represented by "le coq gaulois"...
... It is "o Galo de Barcelos"
...
... Sorry. I'm being mischievous again. ;o)
Be mischievous as much as you want, but please explain why it's from Barcelos. Or belonged
to Mr Barcelos, whatever.
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
... "szozu" <hoppbunny at hotmail com> wrote in
... news:[email protected]:
...
... > "Mxsmanic" <[email protected]> wrote in message
... > news:[email protected]...
... >> Jim Pflaum writes:
... >>
... >> > Does France, like many other countries, have a common nickname?
... >> > Americans often call the U.S. "The land of the free." Some Britts
... >> > call England "the land of hope and glory."
... >> >
... > Sometimes the country is
... >> represented as a rooster (le coq gaulois).
... >>
... > As is Portugal.
... >
... > Lana
...
... Portugal is not represented by "le coq gaulois"...
... It is "o Galo de Barcelos"
...
... Sorry. I'm being mischievous again. ;o)
Be mischievous as much as you want, but please explain why it's from Barcelos. Or belonged
to Mr Barcelos, whatever.
Feb 1st 2005, 9:27 pm
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On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 22:39:57 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
some electrons, so they looked like this :
... > ... > ... >Frogland ?
... > ... > ...
... > ... > ... Naughty, Ms Rosbief!
... > ... >
... > ... >Shopkeeper, Martin !
... > ...
... > ... Fishwife, Magda :-)
... >
... >Oh quite, Missy is not English...
...
... Are you sure about her gender?
I'll have you know that "Ms" is not neutral.
But if Missy is a male, he surely have quite a feminine side !
some electrons, so they looked like this :
... > ... > ... >Frogland ?
... > ... > ...
... > ... > ... Naughty, Ms Rosbief!
... > ... >
... > ... >Shopkeeper, Martin !
... > ...
... > ... Fishwife, Magda :-)
... >
... >Oh quite, Missy is not English...
...
... Are you sure about her gender?
I'll have you know that "Ms" is not neutral.
But if Missy is a male, he surely have quite a feminine side !
Feb 1st 2005, 9:34 pm
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On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 23:27:25 +0100, Magda <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 22:39:57 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
>some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... > ... > ... >Frogland ?
> ... > ... > ...
> ... > ... > ... Naughty, Ms Rosbief!
> ... > ... >
> ... > ... >Shopkeeper, Martin !
> ... > ...
> ... > ... Fishwife, Magda :-)
> ... >
> ... >Oh quite, Missy is not English...
> ...
> ... Are you sure about her gender?
>I'll have you know that "Ms" is not neutral.
>But if Missy is a male, he surely have quite a feminine side !
a pretender gender bender?
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wrote:
>On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 22:39:57 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
>some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... > ... > ... >Frogland ?
> ... > ... > ...
> ... > ... > ... Naughty, Ms Rosbief!
> ... > ... >
> ... > ... >Shopkeeper, Martin !
> ... > ...
> ... > ... Fishwife, Magda :-)
> ... >
> ... >Oh quite, Missy is not English...
> ...
> ... Are you sure about her gender?
>I'll have you know that "Ms" is not neutral.
>But if Missy is a male, he surely have quite a feminine side !
a pretender gender bender?
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Martin