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 A scorned Frenchman has admitted that blitzing his ex-girlfriend with nearly 22,000 texts and phone calls after their break-up may have been a little over the top. This week he was jailed for the bombardment. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140905/frenchman-jailed-for-phone-texts Fri, 05 Sep 2014 12:16:00 +0200 frenchman-jailed-for-phone-texts Deciphering the curious shorthand of text messages can be tough even in your native tongue, but in French all manners of communication catastrophes are possible. Fortunately The Local has gathered up and deciphered some essential abbreviations used in French ‘textos’. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140422/french-text-message-lingo-15-essential-terms Tue, 22 Apr 2014 20:37:00 +0200 french-text-message-lingo-15-essential-terms