\tI don’t know how he does it, but Bill drives his car without the radio on. I can’t stand the silence, although French radio sometimes is not a great deal better. Still, it’s supposed to be good practice to try to understand it.<\/p>\n
\tThis morning on my way to French class, I was dialing around and stopped on the station that has studio guests every morning at 9. Normally, I would not have chosen to listen. But this morning’s guests were British… so the DJ would ask his question in French, then English, and he would translate the guests’ answers.<\/p>\n
\tThere was one word he did not need to translate. It’s one that the French have apparently adopted with gusto.<\/p>\n
\tThis is what I heard:<\/p>\n
\tYou can say fuck on French radio. Go ahead. Say it! Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck.<\/p>\n
\tAnd they continued to use the word for the duration of the interview.<\/p>\n
\tTurns out, the French think that this is a perfectly acceptable word in our culture… thanks to the American movies.<\/p>\n
\tEven for me it seemed a little much. Although, it did take me back to my days in the newsroom…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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