Does France Have A Nickname?

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On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 15:13:15 +0000, in rec.travel.europe, Padraig
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... Zinzan wrote:
... Le 1 Feb 2005 06:13:30 -0800, "Jim Pflaum"
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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!
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... L'hexagone.
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... YES "Freedom Fries"
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... 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 ?

On 1 Feb 2005 06:13:30 -0800, "Jim Pflaum" 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.

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).

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Tim Challenger writes:

??? Where does that come from?

Look at a map of France.

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"Jim Pflaum" wrote in message
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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!


Frogland ?

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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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

Le Tue, 01 Feb 2005 17:25:22 +0100, Mxsmanic a
écrit :

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).

As far as I know, Marianne has more to do with the french republic
than France in itself.

Zinzan wrote:

Le 1 Feb 2005 06:13:30 -0800, "Jim Pflaum" 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.

Well, yes and no. The expression is widely used and understood, but
l'hexagone is not all of France. Although Le Pen might fervently hope
that it were.

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"Mxsmanic" a écrit dans le message de news:
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Jim Pflaum writes:


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).


I disagree, Marianne represents the Republic, not the country itself. The
Coq Gaulois is more representative of the people themselves, and is indeed
the symbol for collective sports teams. L'Hexagone is the best one, or
"Country of the 365 cheese" if you talk about cooking ;-)

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Carlus

Padraig Breathnach writes:

Zinzan wrote:

Le 1 Feb 2005 06:13:30 -0800, "Jim Pflaum" 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.

Well, yes and no. The expression is widely used and understood, but
l'hexagone is not all of France. Although Le Pen might fervently hope
that it were.

He has something against Corsica also as well?

But France for many shopping purposes tends to mean "la France
metropolitaine or it'll cost ya".

The Law Lords recently decided the Pitcairn islands were _part_ of the
UK, of course: I, for one, won't be sponsoring any more namby-pamby
Land's End to John O'Groats treckers...

Des