On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 13:15:51 GMT, Deep Foiled Malls wrote:

On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 11:43:09 +0100, Tim Challenger
wrote:

On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 10:30:50 +0100, nitram wrote:

On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 09:07:33 +0100, Tim Challenger
wrote:

On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 14:53:25 -0800, poldy wrote:

In article ,
Mxsmanic 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.

You haven't being paying attention, it appears in this group
regularly.

I was being sarcastic.;-)

You need to make it far more obvious. "ho ho ho" just didn't do it.

I thought (hoped) you chaps would know me better by now. Sigh! :-(
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Tim C.