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The Guignols have had a tremendous impact on French popular culture, in many cases introducing or popularizing phrases.For example, à l'insu de mon plein gré ("without the knowledge of my own free will"), repeated by Richard Virenque's puppet, is now attributed in jest to people who hypocritically deny having willfully committed attributed acts.
tout court lit. "all short": typically used in philosophy to mean "nothing else", in contrast to a more detailed or extravagant alternative. For instance, "Kant does not believe that morality derives from practical reason as applied to moral ends, but from practical reason tout court". tout de suite right now, immediately. Often mangled as ...
/ Il fait froid: le fun: fun, amusing (adjective, not noun, despite the le) c'est très le fun; c'est amusant: gale or galle: scab Possibly related to the disease. [further explanation needed] garrocher: to throw without caution, fling carelessly pronounced garrocher or goarrocher: genre "like"
Ma vie est tout à fait fascinante (My Quite Fascinating Life) is a blog BD (French webcomic in blog format) created by Pénélope Bagieu. Ma vie est tout à fait fascinante started in 2007 and launched Bagieu's career as a cartoonist. In the webcomic, Bagieu presents her own life experiences through the lens of the character Zoe.
Hunting and Gathering is a 2004 novel by the French writer Anna Gavalda.Its original French title is Ensemble, c'est tout, which means "Being together, period".The narrative follows an anorexic young woman who struggles with the neuroses, both of her own and of people around her.
Some are even found as adverbs, such as sacrament, meaning "very" or "extremely", as in C’est sacrament bon ("This is really good"). En tabarnak or en câlisse can mean "extremely angry". In the movie Bon Cop, Bad Cop, Quebec actor and stand-up comic Patrick Huard's character teaches Colm Feore's how to swear properly. [5]
Everything Is Fine (Tout est parfait) Nicole Robert: The Necessities of Life (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre) Bernadette Payeur, René Chénier: Normal: Andrew Boutilier, Carl Bessai: 2009 30th Genie Awards: Polytechnique: Maxime Rémillard, Don Carmody [57] Before Tomorrow (Le jour avant le lendemain) Stéphane Rituit [58] Fifty Dead Men Walking
"Gens du pays" is a Quebecois song that has been called the unofficial national anthem of Quebec. [1] Written by poet and singer-songwriter Gilles Vigneault, and with music co-written by Gaston Rochon, it was first performed by Vigneault on June 24, 1975 during a concert on Montreal's Mount Royal at that year's Fête nationale du Québec ceremony.