https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The French are known to for their stubborn attempts to keep English out of their language, but it appears they haven't done a very good job of it. The Gallic language is full of expressions containing the word “anglais” and most aren't complimentary. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141218/the-french-languages-obsession-with-les-anglais Thu, 18 Dec 2014 10:25:00 +0100 the-french-languages-obsession-with-les-anglais In honour of Europe's annual day celebrating language learning, we have put together a quiz to test your knowledge of some of French's most unusual expressions. How well do you know the language of Molière? https://www.thelocal.fr/20140926/quiz-can-you-decipher-these-french-sayings Fri, 26 Sep 2014 11:00:00 +0200 quiz-can-you-decipher-these-french-sayings The French language is famous for being the language of love and it's also well known for its vast array of colourful idioms and expressions. So we’ve combined the two and picked out 15 of the best French "sexpressions" for "rumpty pumpty" a la française. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140722/the-best-french-expressions-for-making-love Tue, 22 Jul 2014 14:36:00 +0200 the-best-french-expressions-for-making-love The French have chosen their favourite idioms but to most Anglos the expressions will probably be lost in translation. Take a look through this slideshow and see how many of France's favourite expressions you can understand. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140313/frances-favourite-idioms-how-many-do-you-know Thu, 13 Mar 2014 15:20:00 +0100 frances-favourite-idioms-how-many-do-you-know