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Sur la route, tour de France des régionalismes

Ce podcast explore les régionalismes français et leur origine, inspirés par l'histoire des guides de voyage. Découverte de mots uniques, comme la "chocolatine" du sud-ouest, et réflexion sur la richesse de la langue française. #régionalismes #français #voyage
Duration
22.7 mins
Level
intermediate
Word Count
2832 (848 unique words)
Topics
Arts & Literature
Bayonne
Belgium
Biarritz
Bordeaux
Bretagne
Corsica
Culture
Food & Cuisine
France
Gascogne
Germany
History
Italy
Language & Linguistics
Lifestyle
Lille
Linguistic History
Location
Marseille
Pas-de-Calais
Pays Basque
Quebec
Regional Customs
Switzerland
Toulouse
Travel
Travel History
Travel Literature
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Welcome to Passerelles, a podcast designed to spark the curiosity of French learners.
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Hi, I'm Emilie, and this week, as usual, I'd like to invite you to take a few minutes to think about something with me.
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In each episode, I try to bring you different topics to explore.
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My goal is simply to share some food for thought and encourage you to start questioning things in French.
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Today we're going to talk about travel guides, but also about the different ways people talk about the French.
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You might be wondering what the connection is between these two topics.
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"The Link" is a captivating book, a book that we might call, for lack of a better term, a guidebook. It unveils the unique, regional quirks of the French language.
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France is often called "the Hexagon" (with a capital H) because of its shape.
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This type of circumlocution is often found in French.
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For example, if I say "the Island of Beauty," does that ring a bell? Where do you think that is? For those of you who don't know, it refers to that magnificent island in the Mediterranean Sea, Corsica.
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In Lille, Toulouse, Marseille, Bordeaux, Corsica, and elsewhere, you'll come across regional dialects.
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In other words, words, expressions, and even pronunciations that are specific to certain regions.
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It's pretty tough to quantify, to actually count how many regional variations exist across different areas. That's because some regions have been studied more than others.
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In this episode, I'm going to talk to you in more detail about a particular region: the Basque Country.
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This is the region where I was born.
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This week, here's the question we're going to ask ourselves.
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Where Do Regionalisms Come From? First, let's look at the history of travel guides.
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Next, we'll circle back to the origins of regional variations and what they can teach us about the French language.
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And last but not least, I'll take you to the Basque Country, to discover the words of the region where I grew up.

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