Re: Does France Have A Nickname?
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. -- James V. Silverton Potomac, Maryland, USA |
Re: Does France Have A Nickname?
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! |
Re: Does France Have A Nickname?
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. -- Martin |
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 ! Actually, I've been getting in touch with my feminine side recently, so now I'm always right. :-) |
Re: Does France Have A Nickname?
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 |
Re: Does France Have A Nickname?
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? -- Martin |
Re: Does France Have A Nickname?
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 ? |
Re: Does France Have A Nickname?
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. |
Re: Does France Have A Nickname?
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. |
Re: Does France Have A Nickname?
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). ;-) -- Tim C. |
Re: Does France Have A Nickname?
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. -- Tim C. |
Re: Does France Have A Nickname?
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. -- Tim C. |
Re: Does France Have A Nickname?
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. -- Mike Reid Wasdale-Thames path-London-photos "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site Eat-walk-Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" <-- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap |
Re: Does France Have A Nickname?
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. -- Mike Reid Wasdale-Thames path-London-photos "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site Eat-walk-Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" <-- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap |
Re: Does France Have A Nickname?
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. -- Mike Reid Wasdale-Thames path-London-photos "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site Eat-walk-Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" <-- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap |
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