Does France Have A Nickname?

On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 00:33:18 +0100, Magda
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On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 23:08:06 +0000, in rec.travel.europe, Keith Anderson
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.

On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 00:37:07 +0100, nitram wrote:

On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 00:33:18 +0100, Magda
wrote:

On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 23:08:06 +0000, in rec.travel.europe, Keith Anderson
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.

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" 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.

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.

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Tim C.

On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 18:45:11 +0100, Carlus wrote:

"Miss L. Toe" a écrit dans le message de
news: ...


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.
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Tim C.

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.
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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.
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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
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Eat-walk-Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" -- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap

Following up to Keith Anderson

"job centres must treat employers looking for a prostitute in the same
way as those looking for a dental nurse"

Pimping is surely illegal? IIRC the real case was about
strippers, there is of course risk that they might end up as
prostitutes.
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Mike Reid
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Eat-walk-Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" -- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap

Following up to The Rev Gaston

Americans often call the U.S. "The land of the free."

So do a lot of people, but they're being sarcastic.

I cant visualise the usage.

"Hello, i'm from America, land of the free" is not going to make
you look other than an idiot.

But I may try out "hello, i'm British, land of hope and glory"
next time i'm asked.
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Mike Reid
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