Verlan is a concept that does not exist in English. It is a type of slang developed by French people who needed to use code […] Read More
Author: Samantha Decker
Right up there with Milan, London, and New York, Paris is one of the fashion capitals of the world. Many world-famous designers are French, and […] Read More
Laura K. Lawless runs a website called LawlessFrench (previously About.com). She runs the entire French site by herself, a valuable resource for all students. I recently […] Read More
In honor of the Tour de France 2007, which is going on right now and is full of controversy (many riders have been accused of […] Read More
In an effort to make the city of lights a little “greener,” la Mairie de Paris has recently launched a new program called Vélib’ (a […] Read More
If there is one movie I am dying to see this is it!! Yes, I have been a little behind the ball in seeing this […] Read More
Comic books are much more mainstream in France than they are in the United States. Stateside, it’s considered a hobby. Across the pond, it’s just […] Read More
I have written about the anti-CPE riots because I was in Paris while the worst of them were taking place. The picture above is one […] Read More
French is a vast language: 113 million people around the world speak it! It is an official language in 25 countries! It is also the […] Read More
It is difficult enough to learn the geography of a foreign country, without foreign terms popping up everywhere. French geography is very particular, so here […] Read More
