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French essay

Hey
I've got to do a French essay. The title is: "To what extent are the French green?" Any help at all would be great!
Thank you!

Reply 1

WokSz

17

um - what exactly do you mean?

Reply 2

brimstone

7

I've gotta do one on losing my wallet :rolleyes:

Reply 3

WokSz

17

Wow, I like that topic. How many words?

Reply 4

WokSz

17

I don't know about the French, but the Swiss do (we're very close to the French). Do you only have to write about the French? If not, I can give you detailed information about the Swiss recycling system.

Reply 5

Piggsil

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emme786

Unfortunately its got to be about the French, or about a French speaking country. Thank you for the offer though!

Switzerland is a French-speaking country! It just so happens that people there speak several other languages as well!

Reply 6

dani_88

14

Umm i'm living in Switzerland at the moment and yes they definitely speak french where i am! Well.. french is the main language but you hear a lot of italian / germanisms too.. like they all say ciao instead of goodbye etc!

I'll ask around about the recycling here.. :smile:

Reply 7

generalebriety

16

They speak Italian in Switzerland? :confused:

I've been to the German-speaking part. Sounds like German in a Welsh accent. :biggrin:

Reply 8

Piggsil

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dani_88

Umm i'm living in Switzerland at the moment and yes they definitely speak french where i am! Well.. french is the main language but you hear a lot of italian / germanisms too.. like they all say ciao instead of goodbye etc!

I'll ask around about the recycling here.. :smile:

They say 'ciao' for goodbye in France proper as well!!

Reply 9

generalebriety

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Becca

They say 'ciao' for goodbye in France proper as well!!

Except they spell it tchao, I believe. :smile:

Germans do the same, but spell it tschau.

Reply 10

Fr0z3nfl4m3s

lol u sure about tschau?
aint it tschüss?

and a welsh accent?! scary

Reply 11

generalebriety

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Fr0z3nfl4m3s

lol u sure about tschau?
aint it tschüss?

and a welsh accent?! scary

Tschüss just means bye. Tschau is quite common as a more familiar term in South Germany, obviously coming from the Italian 'ciao'. :smile:

Slightly irrelevant link, but it proves my point.

wesetters

Not that I've seen.

I've definitely seen it. To be fair, the French probably treat it as one of those things like 'courriel' - 'tchao' exists, but if it's just a Frenched-up version of a better word, why not use the better word. :p: