Re:Behemoth, bully, thief: how the English language is takin...
by mc32 on Friday July 27, 2018 @11:46PM
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Isn't it vacancelle in French? Never heard fin de semaine... although most just say le weekend.
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Re:Behemoth, bully, thief: how the English language is takin...
by briandear on Saturday July 28, 2018 @01:01AM
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I have never heard vacancelle in France. But le week-end all the time. Even my kid’s school teachers used it. “Bon week-end!” Never heard fin de semaine even among my old country neighbors in Provence. My anecdote doesn’t make it fact of course. Most French people I know don’t pay any attention to the Academie Française.