NationStates Jolt Archive

To all the French people here: Happy Fête Nationale! In about forty minutes now...

happy quatorze juilet france!:)

I've just come home from the fireworks display. This year, in Nantes, the theme was Mali so there were mainly red, yellow and green fireworks and African music.

Is Fete National the same as Bastille Day?

If so, happy Fete National. :)

Is Fete National the same as Bastille Day?
No, that's October 1st.

No, that's October 1st.

:p

As always, great display from the Foreign Legion and Republican Guard on the Champs Elysées parade:

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l55/neovolt/legion_etrangere.jpg http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l55/neovolt/garde_republicaine.jpg

Salut!

http://gralljp.free.fr/humour/divers/boire.jpg

As always, great display from the Foreign Legion and Republican Guard on the Champs Elysées parade:

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l55/neovolt/legion_etrangere.jpg http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l55/neovolt/garde_republicaine.jpg


Splendid chaps!
Huzzah!

It's Bastille Day already? Thanks for reminding me that it's my friend's birthday!

Je vous souhaite une très bonne journée! :D

I hope all French folks have an enjoyable holiday. :)

http://www.mtholyoke.edu/ncourses/nvaget/230/19/liberte.jpg

Qu'un sang impur abreuve nos sillons!

Bonne fête à tous! :)

A good today to forget about their neighbours to the East.

Happy Birthday France :fluffle:

(I suppose you could say it was Modern France's Birthday, right?)

(I suppose you could say it was Modern France's Birthday, right?)

No.

No.
Well, apart from all the 'Republics' in between then and now, it was the start of what we know as Modern France..... no?

Vive la France! Mangez les baguettes! (ou les baguettens)

Happy Birthday France :fluffle:

(I suppose you could say it was Modern France's Birthday, right?)
N'être silly pas.

N'être silly pas.
Fine.

*mutters while kicking dirt*

Fine.

*mutters while kicking dirt*
*sighs*

Well I suppose they have a birthday-party type affair, so we're both right - that'll cheer you up, maybe? Will it?

N'être silly pas.
ne sois pas silly, en fait.

Bonne fête à tous mes a cousins français.

Allons ! Enfants de la Patrie !
Le jour de gloire est arrivé !

*sighs*

Well I suppose they have a birthday-party type affair, so we're both right - that'll cheer you up, maybe? Will it?
Aye. It did. :D :fluffle:

Champagne all round.

ne sois pas silly, en fait.

Bonne fête à tous mes a cousins français.

Allons ! Enfants de la Patrie !
Le jour de gloire est arrivé !

Et puis, Je vais regarder le Tour de France sur le tele (excusez-moi pour la manque des accents). Je souhaite q'un Australien gagnera le Tour! :)

Aye. It did. :D :fluffle:

Champagne all round.
Hurrah!

*gets pïssed royallé, as the French say*

ne sois pas silly, en fait.

Bonne fête à tous mes a cousins français.

Allons ! Enfants de la Patrie !
Le jour de gloire est arrivé !
*sighs*

Je ne care that much pas, pour être perfectly honêtte.

Headbutts un joueur italien de football dans la célébration :p

*sighs*

Je ne care that much pas, pour être perfectly honêtte.
I know, but in order for the lingua franca to become dominant again, we need to correctly used. So feel proud in the fact that one of your sentences was used as an example in an internationnal summit about french.

or drown your sorrow in champaign, whichever you think is best. ;)

I know, but in order for the lingua franca to become dominant again, we need to correctly used. So feel proud in the fact that one of your sentences was used as an example in an internationnal summit about french.

or drown your sorrow in champaign, whichever you think is best. ;)
As French teenagers say : dsl.

And also 'mdr' about the last bit.

As French teenagers say : dsl.

And also 'mdr' about the last bit.
dsl? I'm sorry, my teenage years are behind me. Can someone enlighten an old fart about the slangs of today's youth?

mdr, that one I know.

dsl is desolé.

dsl? I'm sorry, my teenage years are behind me. Can someone enlighten an old fart about the slangs of today's youth?

mdr, that one I know.

dsl
adj., désolé(e), "sorry".

From http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/French/Appendices/Slang

Well, I learned something new today.
Thanks.

Today's Bastille Day? OMG, it is! French pride, people.

For those non-French folks hangin' about, Fête Nationale is the celebration of the birth of the nation. It's like Independence Day or what have you. It's a big deal.

Always wanted to join the foriegn legion. I'm working on my beard.

Always wanted to join the foriegn legion. I'm working on my beard.

I'd been considering it for a while, until I did a bit of research. In their first month of training they have to do a 50k ruck march and to graduate they have to complete a 160k. *shudder*

And here I was thinking the 30ks we did when I was in the US Army sucked.

I'd been considering it for a while, until I did a bit of research. In their first month of training they have to do a 50k ruck march and to graduate they have to complete a 160k. *shudder*

Aye ... they're a roughneck bunch. I bet it's a fun life, though.

Aye ... they're a roughneck bunch. I bet it's a fun life, though.

If I weren't in the middle of college (my major is French!) I'd probably consider it more seriously. I honestly do like the military life, and an organization like that would certainly have the cameraderie and collective pride that I miss from my time in the Army.

If I weren't in the middle of college (my major is French!) I'd probably consider it more seriously. I honestly do like the military life, and an organization like that would certainly have the cameraderie and collective pride that I miss from my time in the Army.
I can't decide whether or not I want to major in French. I know I'll probably join the National Guard, though. I always feel that I can't do enough for my country.

If I weren't in the middle of college (my major is French!) I'd probably consider it more seriously. I honestly do like the military life, and an organization like that would certainly have the cameraderie and collective pride that I miss from my time in the Army.

Oh I'm hugely anti-military. I'm one of those peacenik hippie commies everyone seems to hate so much. It's just the FFL seems like a fun life.

I know I'll probably join the National Guard, though. I always feel that I can't do enough for my country.

NO! DON'T!

Serve your country through political means, not military means. Don't belittle yourself by joining the military. You're better than that.

I can't decide whether or not I want to major in French. I know I'll probably join the National Guard, though. I always feel that I can't do enough for my country.

I chose French as my major because I love the language and I love the country. What I'd really like to do is teach English in France, so I'll likely get my Masters in Teaching English as a Foreign Language.

I'd suggest going with the shortest enlistment you can, just in case you end up not liking it. That said, the Guard is a fine organization, and a good way to get started in life.

Oh I'm hugely anti-military. I'm one of those peacenik hippie commies everyone seems to hate so much. It's just the FFL seems like a fun life.

I've become a bit of a peacenik myself since I actually had to go do the whole war thing. I'm not anti-military, but I'm very much anti-war. I just don't see the sense in killing people unless it is absolutely, completely necessary, and 99.9999% of the time it's not.

Oh I'm hugely anti-military. I'm one of those peacenik hippie commies everyone seems to hate so much. It's just the FFL seems like a fun life.
I don't see how you can be hated for being a hippie...it's better than being all "kill everyone!"
Haven't really looked into the FFL, the military life is too sexist, esp. the Navy.

NO! DON'T!

Serve your country through political means, not military means. Don't belittle yourself by joining the military. You're better than that.
Yes, but they pay for college tuitions as long as they're in your state...that's a big plus for me.

I chose French as my major because I love the language and I love the country. What I'd really like to do is teach English in France, so I'll likely get my Masters in Teaching English as a Foreign Language.

I'd suggest going with the shortest enlistment you can, just in case you end up not liking it. That said, the Guard is a fine organization, and a good way to get started in life.
I love French...I'll be in French 4 as a sophomore. I just love psychology too. I can't decide.
I watch too much Spike and am swayed by the commercials for the Guard.

Yes, but they pay for college tuitions as long as they're in your state...that's a big plus for me.

Bah ... Girl Scouts will pay for your college. Earn the Gold Award.

Bah ... Girl Scouts will pay for your college. Earn the Gold Award.
I think they don't pay for all of it...I don't know.
And I suppose I could get scholarships for my grades.
It depends on what I decide on for my major.

I love French...I'll be in French 4 as a sophomore. I just love psychology too. I can't decide.
I watch too much Spike and am swayed by the commercials for the Guard.

Don't be swayed by commercials. Don't join the Guard unless you think you're able to go to Iraq or Afghanistan and kill people, because there is a good chance you'll have to do exactly that. Even if you end up being a clerk or some other rear echelon job, there's no guarantee that you won't get caught in a firefight on a convoy or something.

Don't be swayed by commercials. Don't join the Guard unless you think you're able to go to Iraq or Afghanistan and kill people, because there is a good chance you'll have to do exactly that. Even if you end up being a clerk or some other rear echelon job, there's no guarantee that you won't get caught in a firefight on a convoy or something.
I'm quite prepared...I can ignore all of the immoralities in things when it's necessary.

I think they don't pay for all of it...I don't know.
And I suppose I could get scholarships for my grades.
It depends on what I decide on for my major.

Earning the Gold Award is your ticket to college. Do a scholarship search on that. The military will pay for a year at best. One lousy year. 30k doesn't go far at a good University and I don't recall anyone getting killed in the Girl Scouts.

Grades and whatnot are a better, more reliable source. In Texas, if you're valedictorian, the State pays for 4 years of Univeristy.

Put the NG on the very, very bottom of your list.

I'm quite prepared...I can ignore all of the immoralities in things when it's necessary.

No no no! You honestly think you'll feel better having paid for a year at University because you killed some brown people? You're better than that. Rise above it.

mdr = Mort De Rire (dead of laughing) equivalent to lol.

merde = merde (shit).
la fatma = the spouse.
un boudin = a bird.
etc...

lotta words you'll never find in a decent dictionary.

The real question is:
Does this planet would exists without US and French?

Earning the Gold Award is your ticket to college. Do a scholarship search on that. The military will pay for a year at best. One lousy year. 30k doesn't go far at a good University and I don't recall anyone getting killed in the Girl Scouts.

Grades and whatnot are a better, more reliable source. In Texas, if you're valedictorian, the State pays for 4 years of Univeristy.

Put the NG on the very, very bottom of your list.
Oh, well. I've still got two years before I apply anywhere.

I'm quite prepared...I can ignore all of the immoralities in things when it's necessary.

Trust me, it's a lot easier to think you're ready to do such things when you're not looking down your sights at another human being. It's a hell of a price to pay for a free ride to college. I don't think it's a price worth paying.

I don't think it's a price worth paying.
^^
And that's coming from someone who served.

See? Find other options first!

As always, great display from the Foreign Legion and Republican Guard on the Champs Elysées parade:

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l55/neovolt/legion_etrangere.jpg

A most excellent beard!

The real question is:
Does this planet would exists without US and French?
I would say yes is a safe assumption.

But what would we talk about is anyone's guess. :D

A most excellent beard!
A comely 18cm long beard which took its bearer one full year to grow for the parade.

^^
And that's coming from someone who served.

See? Find other options first!
Sure thing. I'm just saying if it comes to that...it's better than nothing.