French telly
Sep 24th 2014, 11:17 am
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Re: French telly
Nobody remembers 'Axelle Lafont' ???????????
Sep 24th 2014, 12:04 pm
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Sep 24th 2014, 12:10 pm
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She was the 'meteo' girl on canal +
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axelle_Laffont
enjoy....
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axelle_Laffont
enjoy....
Sep 24th 2014, 12:33 pm
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Re: French telly
She was the 'meteo' girl on canal +
Axelle Laffont — Wikipédia
enjoy.... Axelle Laffont nue - YouTube
Axelle Laffont — Wikipédia
enjoy.... Axelle Laffont nue - YouTube
We've never been abonnés to Canal+, hence my ignorance!
Sep 24th 2014, 4:19 pm
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Re: French telly
Now le Mur is made up of 100 audience members each with there own 3 buttons which they have to press before the contestant chooses (hence the faffing).
Assuming the contestant gets it right, then each member of the Wall who didn't is eliminated and the contestant gets points based on the number of abject failures and the option of cashing out while s/he's ahead.
The cash component starts low (100e I think) but increases in multiples (200, 500, 1000 etc) each time the number of surviving Wall members goes down by a certain number (10 I think).
It is, as said, utterly crass, but isn't a bad way of improving my mediocre language skill and French general knowledge.
I do NOT recommend it to either of you.
Sep 24th 2014, 6:18 pm
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@dmu & Blackie: It's a bit along the lines of a dumbed down Who wants to be a millionaire. A contestant, au pied du mur has to answer simple questions given a three way choice of answers. Once they've faffed about for bit they push one of 3 buttons to choose.
Now le Mur is made up of 100 audience members each with there own 3 buttons which they have to press before the contestant chooses (hence the faffing).
Assuming the contestant gets it right, then each member of the Wall who didn't is eliminated and the contestant gets points based on the number of abject failures and the option of cashing out while s/he's ahead.
The cash component starts low (100e I think) but increases in multiples (200, 500, 1000 etc) each time the number of surviving Wall members goes down by a certain number (10 I think).
It is, as said, utterly crass, but isn't a bad way of improving my mediocre language skill and French general knowledge.
I do NOT recommend it to either of you.
Now le Mur is made up of 100 audience members each with there own 3 buttons which they have to press before the contestant chooses (hence the faffing).
Assuming the contestant gets it right, then each member of the Wall who didn't is eliminated and the contestant gets points based on the number of abject failures and the option of cashing out while s/he's ahead.
The cash component starts low (100e I think) but increases in multiples (200, 500, 1000 etc) each time the number of surviving Wall members goes down by a certain number (10 I think).
It is, as said, utterly crass, but isn't a bad way of improving my mediocre language skill and French general knowledge.
I do NOT recommend it to either of you.
Funnily enough, they showed Money Drop this evening just before the Météo. OH and I were both embarrassed not to have got the right answer re ladybirds!
Sep 24th 2014, 6:58 pm
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Re: French telly
It doesn't matter Novo, since I have committed Hara Kiri since finding out that Evelyne is as old as I am (this voice is being relayed by IS from the other side and there are NO 72 Virgins!)
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Sep 24th 2014, 8:03 pm
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Re: French telly
I always thought Hara Kiri was more popular among Shinto adherents. You learn something every day.
Sep 24th 2014, 10:42 pm
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There was little point in watching the mandatory cock fight, but the subsequent debate with philosophers and journalists was far more entertaining, showing that politicians have nothing of relevance to say. Compare this with the civilized atmosphere of Question Time, during which participants actually address each other by their Christian names, thus acknowledging their existence as human beings, and listen.
Sep 25th 2014, 8:32 am
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Re: French telly
If that is your opinion then that is your choice.
96% of households in the UK disagree with you.
I get most of my news and current affairs input from tv.
Additionally, most of my educational input in the form of history or natural history programs comes from the tv.
I have learned more about French culture and history as in addition to current affairs (Hollande?) from tv.
Nobody is forcing you; me or anybody else to watch bad programs.
96% of households in the UK disagree with you.
I get most of my news and current affairs input from tv.
Additionally, most of my educational input in the form of history or natural history programs comes from the tv.
I have learned more about French culture and history as in addition to current affairs (Hollande?) from tv.
Nobody is forcing you; me or anybody else to watch bad programs.
Sep 25th 2014, 9:37 am
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Re: French telly
Well, if I remember rightly, Finkielkraut didn't exactly sidetrack here, as the issue under discussion was the digital revolution about to be unleashed in French schools by Hollande's government. A.F. got on one of his hobby horses to denounce this latest fad, that will no doubt only benefit the computer industry lobby, and remind viewers that the big bosses of Amazon, Google, Apple et al would never dream of putting their offspring into schools that use all the latest digital devices. Despite having made fortunes out of touting digital technology, they want only blackboards, real live teachers, chalk, pens and paper in their children's traditional schools. I would tend to agree with him, if for no other reason than that of the cost to the taxpayer of 'digital' schools, and the fact that chalk and blackboards never break down, do not take five minutes to warm up, then another ten to get going. The experience of the pupils I have known as regards electronic white boards in classrooms for instance, is that they are boring, never work properly and can be rendered illegible if the sun is shining in the wrong place.
Sep 25th 2014, 9:58 am
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If that is your opinion then that is your choice.
96% of households in the UK disagree with you.
I get most of my news and current affairs input from tv.
Additionally, most of my educational input in the form of history or natural history programs comes from the tv.
I have learned more about French culture and history as in addition to current affairs (Hollande?) from tv.
Nobody is forcing you; me or anybody else to watch bad programs.
96% of households in the UK disagree with you.
I get most of my news and current affairs input from tv.
Additionally, most of my educational input in the form of history or natural history programs comes from the tv.
I have learned more about French culture and history as in addition to current affairs (Hollande?) from tv.
Nobody is forcing you; me or anybody else to watch bad programs.
Sep 25th 2014, 10:02 am
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Well, if I remember rightly, Finkielkraut didn't exactly sidetrack here, as the issue under discussion was the digital revolution about to be unleashed in French schools by Hollande's government. A.F. got on one of his hobby horses to denounce this latest fad, that will no doubt only benefit the computer industry lobby, and remind viewers that the big bosses of Amazon, Google, Apple et al would never dream of putting their offspring into schools that use all the latest digital devices. Despite having made fortunes out of touting digital technology, they want only blackboards, real live teachers, chalk, pens and paper in their children's traditional schools. I would tend to agree with him, if for no other reason than that of the cost to the taxpayer of 'digital' schools, and the fact that chalk and blackboards never break down, do not take five minutes to warm up, then another ten to get going. The experience of the pupils I have known as regards electronic white boards in classrooms for instance, is that they are boring, never work properly and can be rendered illegible if the sun is shining in the wrong place.
Are you a teacher ?