During my travels aboard RATP trains (Métro/RER) in Paris recently, I spotted the quaint notice below aboard a few of the trains. Somehow, I have a feeling that the poetry (and meaning) may be lost on the target audience… (And yes, the walls of the 1970s-designed MI 79 rolling stock are actually orange.) Amour fou [...]
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Avions en papier
05Dec09I recently received a parcel from France, delivered via La Poste (République Française). Rather than your usual generic plain text postage label à la Australia Post, this La Poste timbre de distributeur had a base design featuring paper planes. Génial! La Poste postage label / Timbre de distributeur par La Poste
Dysphasie en français
24Mar08The hospital I work at has an arrangement with the New Caledonian private health fund Caisse de Compensation des Prestations Familiales des Accident du Travail et de Prévoyance Familiales des Travailleurs de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dépendances (CAFAT), which means that we regularly have French-speaking patients under our care – many of whom have little command [...]
