Re: Does France Have A Nickname?
On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 18:21:05 +0000, Padraig Breathnach
<[email protected]> wrote: >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. -- Martin |
Re: Does France Have A Nickname?
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! -- Martin |
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." |
Re: Does France Have A Nickname?
"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. -- PB The return address has been MUNGED |
Re: Does France Have A Nickname?
"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) |
Re: Does France Have A Nickname?
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. |
Re: Does France Have A Nickname?
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 ! |
Re: Does France Have A Nickname?
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? G; -- Encrypted e-mail address. Click to mail me: http://cerbermail.com/?nKYh3qN4YG |
Re: Does France Have A Nickname?
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 :-) -- Martin |
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... |
Re: Does France Have A Nickname?
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? -- Martin |
Re: Does France Have A Nickname?
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. |
Re: Does France Have A Nickname?
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. |
Re: Does France Have A Nickname?
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 ! |
Re: Does France Have A Nickname?
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? -- Martin |
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