One might think that the push to remove anglicisms from the French language would be stronger in France, but the larger movement to "purify" French is actually happening in Quebec. Many Québécois worry that the French language is endangered in Canada, and the Quebec government has taken measures to preserve it by inventing new words instead of borrowing from English. That's why an email is still un email in France, but un courriel in Quebec.
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Caption 30 [fr]: Y a le "as-tu" alors qu'on aur'... On dirait à Paris "Tu as été content de ton truc"? Euh... Caption 30 [en]: There's the "have you," whereas we would have... In Paris we would say, "You have enjoyed your thing?" Uh...
We’re back in Central Park! This time, French teens Barbara and Lorraine discuss politics, including the recent controversial Contrat Première Embauche and President Nicolas Sarkozy. (Love him or leave him? The girls don’t quite agree…)
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Caption 2 [fr]: J'habite à côté de Paris en banlieue parisienne. Caption 2 [en]: I live right near Paris in a Parisian suburb.
Like the SATs for Americans, or A level in the UK, the baccalauréat exam, or le bac, creates more than its fair share of stress in students, especially on the day when they find out the results, the culmination of an entire school career. Students meet outside the school where exam results are posted, and share the emotion of knowing whether they and their friends succeeded or not.
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Caption 6 [fr]: À Bordeaux ou à Paris, on ne sait plus si l'on pleure d'échec ou de victoire. Caption 6 [en]: In Bordeaux or in Paris, you can't tell whether they're crying from failure or from victory.
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