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Does France Have A Nickname?

Old Feb 1st 2005, 1:13 pm
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Jim Pflaum
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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!
 
Old Feb 1st 2005, 1:22 pm
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Le 1 Feb 2005 06:13:30 -0800, "Jim Pflaum" <[email protected]> a
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    >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.
 
Old Feb 1st 2005, 1:27 pm
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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?
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Old Feb 1st 2005, 1:31 pm
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Sometimes "pays des Lumières" (as in enlightenment philosophy)), also
"pays des droits de l'homme" (country of the human rights), sometimes a
mix of the two "pays des Lumières et des droits de l'homme".

Before the revolution, "fille aînée de l'église" (eldest daughter of the
catholic church).

Cheers,
/MLD

Jim Pflaum a écrit:
    > 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!
    >
 
Old Feb 1st 2005, 1:33 pm
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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.

YES "Freedom Fries"
 
Old Feb 1st 2005, 1:44 pm
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Le Tue, 1 Feb 2005 15:27:13 +0100, Tim Challenger
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    >??? Where does that come from?

It comes from the geography of the country.
 
Old Feb 1st 2005, 1:46 pm
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Le Tue, 1 Feb 2005 15:27:13 +0100, Tim Challenger
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    >??? Where does that come from?

http://www.ambafrance.org.uk/zipzap/...artements.html
http://www.4kids.org/backissues/2002/4kidsHTML09-29-02/

Etc, etc : www.google.com > nickname Franc hexagon
 
Old Feb 1st 2005, 1:51 pm
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On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 15:46:37 +0100, Zinzan wrote:

    > Le Tue, 1 Feb 2005 15:27:13 +0100, Tim Challenger
    > <[email protected]> a écrit :
    >
    >>??? Where does that come from?
    >
    > http://www.ambafrance.org.uk/zipzap/...artements.html
    > http://www.4kids.org/backissues/2002/4kidsHTML09-29-02/
    >
    > Etc, etc : www.google.com > nickname Franc hexagon

Ok, got it. I never saw it like that before. :_)
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Old Feb 1st 2005, 2:13 pm
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Default Re: Does France Have A Nickname?

Originally Posted by Jim Pflaum
Some Britts call
England "the land of hope and glory."
with the Scots, Welsh and Irish being the exception.
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Old Feb 1st 2005, 2:13 pm
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"Rag742" <[email protected]> wrote:

    >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.
    >YES "Freedom Fries"

If you're going to try to put down a country, it helps if you are
witty.

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Old Feb 1st 2005, 2:17 pm
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Surely there's got to be another nickname for France besides "The
Hexagone." If you ask me, that's a pretty terrible nickname.
 
Old Feb 1st 2005, 2:39 pm
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On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 15:13:15 +0000, in rec.travel.europe, Padraig Breathnach
<[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :

... "Rag742" <[email protected]> wrote:
...
... >
... >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.
... >
... >YES "Freedom Fries"
...
... If you're going to try to put down a country, it helps if you are
... witty.

Witty and mercan don't go together.
 
Old Feb 1st 2005, 2:40 pm
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On 1 Feb 2005 07:17:10 -0800, in rec.travel.europe, "Jim Pflaum" <[email protected]>
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :


... Surely there's got to be another nickname for France besides "The
... Hexagone." If you ask me, that's a pretty terrible nickname.

At least it's not a joke like land of the free...
 
Old Feb 1st 2005, 3:02 pm
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"Magda" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 15:13:15 +0000, in rec.travel.europe, Padraig
Breathnach
    > <[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this
    :
    > ... "Rag742" <[email protected]> wrote:
    > ...
    > ... >
    > ... >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.
    > ... >
    > ... >YES "Freedom Fries"
    > ...
    > ... If you're going to try to put down a country, it helps if you are
    > ... witty.
    > Witty and mercan don't go together.

What about wiggy and mercan ?
 
Old Feb 1st 2005, 3:24 pm
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On 1 Feb 2005 06:13:30 -0800, "Jim Pflaum" <[email protected]> wrote:

    >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!

Seem to recall Marianne, but could be wrong.
 

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