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Does France Have A Nickname?

Old Feb 1st 2005, 9:44 pm
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James Silverton
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Padraig Breathnach wrote:
    > "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.

Perfectly true but l'hexagone is as good a nickname for European
France as you are likely to get. It is used quite frequently in
magazines like l'Expresse and even has been reported in political
speeches.


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Old Feb 1st 2005, 9:53 pm
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In article <[email protected]>,
Mxsmanic <[email protected]> wrote:

    > 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."
    > >
    > > 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 is often used in France (because of the way the country is
    > shaped). The anthropomorphic metaphor for the country is Marianne, a
    > woman wearing a Phrygian (or Liberty) cap. Sometimes the country is
    > represented as a rooster (le coq gaulois).

Land of the cheese-eating surrender monkeys!
 
Old Feb 1st 2005, 9:59 pm
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On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 14:53:25 -0800, poldy <[email protected]> wrote:

    >In article <[email protected]>,
    > Mxsmanic <[email protected]> wrote:
    >> 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."
    >> >
    >> > 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 is often used in France (because of the way the country is
    >> shaped). The anthropomorphic metaphor for the country is Marianne, a
    >> woman wearing a Phrygian (or Liberty) cap. Sometimes the country is
    >> represented as a rooster (le coq gaulois).
    >Land of the cheese-eating surrender monkeys!

At least they learnt their lessons in Algeria and Vietnam and don't
have to create an exit plan.
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Martin
 
Old Feb 1st 2005, 10:08 pm
  #49  
Keith Anderson
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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 !

Actually, I've been getting in touch with my feminine side recently,
so now I'm always right. :-)
 
Old Feb 1st 2005, 10:33 pm
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On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 23:08:06 +0000, in rec.travel.europe, Keith Anderson
<[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :

...
... Actually, I've been getting in touch with my feminine side recently,
... so now I'm always right. :-)

You better don't be a young woman in Germany right now :
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...30/wgerm30.xml
 
Old Feb 1st 2005, 10:37 pm
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On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 00:33:18 +0100, Magda <[email protected]>
wrote:

    >On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 23:08:06 +0000, in rec.travel.europe, Keith Anderson
    ><[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
    > ...
    > ... Actually, I've been getting in touch with my feminine side recently,
    > ... so now I'm always right. :-)
    >You better don't be a young woman in Germany right now :
    >http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...30/wgerm30.xml

A right wing anti-EU/Europe newspaper.

Articles like this are to be taken with a pinch of salt.

White slave trade next?
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Old Feb 1st 2005, 10:42 pm
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Magda
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On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 00:37:07 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
some electrons, so they looked like this :

... On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 00:33:18 +0100, Magda <[email protected]>
... wrote:
...
... >On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 23:08:06 +0000, in rec.travel.europe, Keith Anderson
... ><[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
... > ...
... > ... Actually, I've been getting in touch with my feminine side recently,
... > ... so now I'm always right. :-)
... >
... >You better don't be a young woman in Germany right now :
... >http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...30/wgerm30.xml
...
... A right wing anti-EU/Europe newspaper.
...
... Articles like this are to be taken with a pinch of salt.
...
... White slave trade next?

The German present can confirm this ?
 
Old Feb 1st 2005, 11:18 pm
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Keith Anderson
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On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 00:33:18 +0100, Magda <[email protected]>
wrote:

    >On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 23:08:06 +0000, in rec.travel.europe, Keith Anderson
    ><[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
    > ...
    > ... Actually, I've been getting in touch with my feminine side recently,
    > ... so now I'm always right. :-)
    >You better don't be a young woman in Germany right now :
    >http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...30/wgerm30.xml

Gordon Bennett!

"job centres must treat employers looking for a prostitute in the same
way as those looking for a dental nurse"

Maybe going for my six-monthly scale and polish will never be the same
again. :-)

Ah wel, open wide and all that.
 
Old Feb 1st 2005, 11:36 pm
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Keith Anderson
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On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 00:37:07 +0100, nitram <[email protected]> wrote:

    >On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 00:33:18 +0100, Magda <[email protected]>
    >wrote:
    >>On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 23:08:06 +0000, in rec.travel.europe, Keith Anderson
    >><[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
    >> ...
    >> ... Actually, I've been getting in touch with my feminine side recently,
    >> ... so now I'm always right. :-)
    >>You better don't be a young woman in Germany right now :
    >>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...30/wgerm30.xml
    >A right wing anti-EU/Europe newspaper.
Known by the satirical magazine "Private Eye" as the "Daily
Torygraph".

It was this rag which found "irrefutable evidence" that MP George
Galloway had been paid a considerable amount of money by Saddam
Hussein for opposing a certain military operation. The case was thrown
out in court.
 
Old Feb 2nd 2005, 7:04 am
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On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 23:08:54 +0100, Robert Clark wrote:

    > 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.

Only with a liberal helping of imagination, or wine. But I can see it now
it's been pointed out. That would make the nickname for Sweden "penisen"
(see the ¤2 coin). ;-)

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Old Feb 2nd 2005, 7:07 am
  #56  
Tim Challenger
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On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 14:53:25 -0800, poldy wrote:

    > In article <[email protected]>,
    > Mxsmanic <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    >> 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."
    >>>
    >>> 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 is often used in France (because of the way the country is
    >> shaped). The anthropomorphic metaphor for the country is Marianne, a
    >> woman wearing a Phrygian (or Liberty) cap. Sometimes the country is
    >> represented as a rooster (le coq gaulois).
    >
    > Land of the cheese-eating surrender monkeys!

ho ho ho. I haven't heard that one before.

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Old Feb 2nd 2005, 7:08 am
  #57  
Tim Challenger
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On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 18:45:11 +0100, Carlus wrote:

    > "Miss L. Toe" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de
    > news: [email protected]...
    >> Frogland ?
    >
    > you are wrong, we don't call our country "Frogland"

no, but others do. The question was about *any* nicknames, not just those
given by the French.
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Old Feb 2nd 2005, 7:49 am
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Following up to Carlus

    >you are wrong, we don't call our country "Frogland"

neither does anybody else. Nicknames are reserved for people of a
country "frogs", "roast beefs", "yanks" etc.
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Old Feb 2nd 2005, 7:49 am
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Following up to Jim Pflaum

    >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."

"La Belle France", used with equal sarcasm to "the land of the
free". I have never heard a Brit call England "Land of Hope and
Glory", sing it, yes.
Mainland Spain is "the peninsula" I think.
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Old Feb 2nd 2005, 7:51 am
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Following up to Keith Anderson

    >Known by the satirical magazine "Private Eye" as the "Daily
    >Torygraph".
    >It was this rag which found "irrefutable evidence" that MP George
    >Galloway had been paid a considerable amount of money by Saddam
    >Hussein for opposing a certain military operation. The case was thrown
    >out in court.

with damages against the Torygraph IIRC.
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Eat-walk-Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" <-- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap
 

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