Boulogne sur Mer (France)
 

Hello, i'm french (so, forgive me for my bad english) and live in Boulogne sur mer
This town is just in front of England, it's a very beautiful town with very sympathic people (like all frenches :angel: )
the proof: even Napoleon came in it when he wanted to invade England (the past is the past)
so, if you want to go in France, go in Boulogne :D

Bonjour Kikoo! your English is better than my French.
Have you lived there all your life?

yes, i was born in it
have you already heard of that town ?
and you, where do you live ?
(do you know speak french ?? even a little ??)

isn't that near the border of spain? my best friend, his brother and I drove from paris down to there for the running of the bulls in a mini-coop. damn that drive sucked. i don't remember much though, too many 1664's and heineken's. :D beautiful beaches!

it's in the northern France

it seems to have been funny ;)

i can't remember the name of the town that we drove to. i'll ask my bud. he's living in Lyon right now. anyway the trip down there sucked and we camped at a public beach but because i have a bad back we had to rent a hotel room for 2 days that ran 884 francs. beautiful country though. albeit the campgrounds were a bit nasty.....

Does your Boulogne have a first name?:D


The previous statement is a pun based on American cultural trivia related to marketing of food products, specifically 'cold cuts'.

I know that 'mer' means ocean or sea, but is there a translation for Boulogne?

I am a fan of France and the French people.

Reason 1: their wines.

Reason 2: their food.

Reason 3: their art. That is, ART.

Reason 4: they are obsessive and I understand that, being obsessive myself.

I could go on.

ran it through babblefish, it means "boulogne":D

884 francs, 135 €, it's rather expensive
if you went in France and have a french bud, you know speak french ??

no, Boulogne is the name of a town
in France, there is 3 Boulogne
-Boulogne sur Mer
-Boulogne Billancourt
-Bois de Boulogne
i don't know what that means...if it means something

Amen to that! i've only had 4 bad experiences there. well not so bad but as to rudeness in the 3 times i'd visited. my best friend (whose french) and i decided to take a breather and go bowling after sight seeing one day.we got to the alley i said i'd buy the first round and when i ordered i ordered in french and the bartender was snobbish and acted as if he couldn't understand me. then in english i said "i want two fucking beers you moron" then he said that i didn't have to be so snotty" to that i responded: "i'm in your country so why shouldn't i speak your language?" he responded that "i didn't have the accent down right". don't got me wrong. not all parisians are that way. the guy was probably having a bad day. i still love the hospitality that i recieved whenever i've been there. be it paris or amiens. amiens. now there is paradise. the old architecture, the people, the ambiance of the town. just beautiful. white beaches with blue water, fishing, surfing, lounging......

i used to be able to speak french. i took it for 8 years but i haven't used it in so long that i've lost it (or most of it, unless i spend a couple of weeks there then it starts to come back.......but i can say une autre bière, s'il vous plaît:beer:

:thumb: , i like you, you know what is good
Vive la France !!

To plthijinx: he must have been in a bad day
i think it's fine you speak english, not enough english make the effort

EDIT: to you all, are you english or american ??

i'm american. texan to be exact. yeah, it was just a bad day. everyone has them. the hospitable people that i met there outweigh the 4 occations that i ran into. granted one of the times was at a game with PSG and sochaux during the championnat de France Professionnel 1993-1994 1ere Division. a couple of kids (ans 13 or 14 perhahps) thought that me and a friend were english and threatened to shout out that we were english in Le Cup of the stadium. this is a long story and i'll have to tell it sometime. too tired to do it now though......

I think Boulougne means "lunch meat", doesn't it?

Kidding! I'm Kiddinggg!!!

aww hell! i almost fell out of my chair!:thumb:

When I have travelled in France, the kindness and honesty of the people has impressed me. Yes, there has been an occasional experience where I have not been understood, but that has always happened in a city - Aix-en-Provence, Paris. I ask you, would you judge Americans by the bad experience you have in New York City on a hot, humid, difficult day after dealing with demanding travellers?

it's the same pretty much anywhere you have a dense population. some people are rude and that is just life. i'm happy go lucky to an extent but everyone has their thresh holds.

americans can be just as rude. i deal with it every day just as every one else does in the big city. my point is though, that society as a whole, cares about each other and IMHO would do anything for anyone. maybe i'm naive but that's how i think. i'm one of those mr. nice guys i guess.:rolleyes:

you 're maybe right plthijinx, but what IMHO means ?
and where do you live in Texas ?

To Elspode: i think Boulogne means nothing :p
what means kidding ??

IMHO - In My Honest Opinion

kidding is une plaisanterie.

edit: i live in Houston.

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So, you're saying there is a good red light district?

Now most of the rest of the world believes that IMHO stands for In My Humble Opinion.

You really must be from Texas.:D

bwahahaha!!!!:cool:

i guess i can blame that translation on NBN 'cuz he's the one that told me that!:thumb:

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it's ok there but i think Amsterdam's red light district would be more your speed. i've been there a couple times too and it's def·i·nite·ly LJ approved!:cool: :joint:

Bon jour
 

Je parle Français, TRÈS un peu! (haha!)

I took 5 years of the language in high school, and I *might* be able to have a very slow and very simplistic conversation. :p

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Originally posted by Katkeeper I am a fan of France and the French people.

Moi aussi! I've been that way ever since I can remember. My Dad took French when he was in college, and I used to browse through his old French books as a kid. Had no idea what I was saying, but it just sounded good! :D And I used to watch "The French Chef" and I thought that Julia Child was actually French! (she was born in California). But the food that she cooked...mmhm! It all looked incredibly wonderful (and fattening...all that cream and butter!). :yum:

I used to dream of going to France (or to Europe), but in today's travel and political climate, I don't know if it's such a good idea anymore. Plus, I'd have to haul my dialysis machine and supplies along, and that's no fun, even for short trips. :(

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not to get off the subject of the thread but there is a dialysis machine for home use? can you rent it or do you have to buy it? my mom has to go to the medical center 3 times a week for dialysis. just curious.....

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Sounds like your mom is on hemodialysis, where the patient has to go to a clinic for several hours, several times a week.

I do what is called peritoneal dialysis, where the patient can do treatments at home while they sleep. The link that I provided will be able to describe the process better than I can. ;)

As far as the machine, insurance covers the cost of it. I suppose you can look at it as "renting" the machine. Depending on which company a particular clinic deals with will determine the type of machine the patient gets (mine is from Baxter Healthcare).

Hope that helped. :-)

Like me in english :D
that's why i don't always understand what you say
and can't write what i really want to say

i always wonder whether you (strangers) find the french (the language) "has a good melody"??
do you understand what i'm saying
for exemple, spanish has a nice sound (or italian), latin language
on the contrary, german is rather "hard"
and french ??
do you appreciate the french accent ??
you understand, because i'm french, i can't give my opinion

-"the good red light district", what's this ??
la région à la bonne lumière rouge ou la région légère à la bonne rouge ???
i imagine there is a connection with :joint: if you talk about Amsterdam

"la région à la lumière rouge" est une idiome Americaine, comme on dit "femmes du nuit" peut-etre? La quartier de prostituée !

In the US we feel that French is the most romantic and beautiful of all languages. Sorry if I did not write it well.

I do, but I am creped out by the governmental control over the language.

edit: creeped, not creped. Though that's an amusing pun.

red light district:

an area of a city where the prostitutes and whorehouses are located.

"came" was the play on words.
nevermind

kikoo, essayent ceci. c'est un traducteur en ligne:clic ici

ok, i understand
"les femmes de nuit" are "les prostituées", there is also "femmes de joie" ;)

oh, really ?!!
i'm proud, you understand, i'm french...
i didn't know the french was a so beautiful language
you like the language but do you like the inhabitants ??

To plthijinx: thanks for the link, i think it will be useful

Enfin quelqu'un de la douce France...
Je suis Luxembourgeois, et parfois j'ai fort dur à imposer un peu notre mentalité européenne. Mais normalement c'est bien rigolo ici et la majorité sont des mecs géniaux et intéressants. Si t'as un problème de traduction , tu peux toujours m'envoyer un courriel ou un message privé. Allez amuse-toi bien ici ;)

Sorry folks, but I really couldn't resist :p I think Kikoo and myself, we gonna flood this board with french messages and french opinions ;)
I passed a WE in Escalles, maybe you know this little village about 60 km from Boulogne. And we went to visit Boulogne on Saturday and their was a big market it was really lovely.

un luxembourgeois, mais c'est merveilleux !!
et enfin quelqu'un qui parle français, l'anglais, c'est vraiment pas mon fort
Vive le Luxembourg ! Vive la France !! et vive l'Europe !!! (et vive les francophones ;))
C'est vrai que les américains et les européens, on a pas la même vision des choses, heureusement, nous sommes là et c'est vrai qu'ils sont sympathiques (enfin, le peu que j'en connaisse)

Americans are very "mixed" about the French inhabitants right now. Everyone has a different opinion.

But I don't think they will change their mind about the language. It's become a cultural note: French is the language of romance. If one speaks French to an American woman, she will assume it is romantic even if the words are not!

Oh my god. Don't tell me that! There are already some bad french words coming to my mind. Hihihi

Eh grosse salope, je vais
t'enculer jusqu'à ce que
ta merde te sortira par
les oreilles.
http://www.okay.lu/forum/smilies/denken.gif

Sorry, it's just too funny ;)

merde

Mais Oui!!! :-)

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for exemple, spanish has a nice sound (or italian), latin language on the contrary, german is rather "hard"

I find German to be somewhat "guttural", but yes, spanish and italian is like singing...it tend to flow smoother than some languages.

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and french ?? do you appreciate the french accent ?? you understand, because i'm french, i can't give my opinion

Love it when I hear it. :D

*faints* I love it! I was able to do a very loose translation, but I quite enjoyed reading it out loud (to brush up on my French).

You're in Belgium, correct? I can't remember.

Mmm...waffles and chocolate. :yum:

Oooo, imma tell yo momma! ;)

I remember when a friend of mine in school taught me that word, and I said it out loud in French class. Ha, the teacher looked at me and was amazed. He would say, "Mademoiselle Roselyne!" (which was my French name in class). And make a jesture like he was so offended (but he really wasn't..he was always joking around).

I also like, "Zut alors!" :D

Pi lives in Luxembourg, a little little little ;) country near Belgium (and France too)
Belgium chocolate....miam miam

Ca n'est pas un mot très correct mademoiselle Roselyne :D
and what is your real name

i wonder whether you are a lot to teach french at school ?

my spanish teacher wanted to call me Jaime. we had little signs that we had to put on our desks with our "spanish names" on them......
.....I made her change it to "Cheech" ...no really. she did it. I was Cheech for the whole year....

she wouldn;t go for "Dorito"......oh, well, cheech was good enough, i guess.

"Eva" in German is still "Eva." I didn't have to change. Well, okay sorta. There is a pronouciation difference.

eeeffa, vee haff vays of macking you learn zis cherman lankwaj.

Hehe! C'est vrai...

Je m'appelle Rhoda (a.k.a. Rho)

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i wonder whether you are a lot to teach french at school ?

Not sure how to answer that one. :confused:

i was reading the subject "France did something right" with a wonderful question: "should we run down those " Evil doers" from the "Axis of evil"?
that was very informative :(
there are a lot of stupid things but it's the life...
fortunately, all americans are not "anti-french"

Lord knows, i'not. it's been years since i've been there and i really do miss it. of course my best friend hasn't been back in france for 2 months and he's getting ready to leave again on another assignment so i won't be able to save up and go visit him and his wife. the last time i was there was in the fall of '96 i think.....

Oh you could always come to Luxembourg and stay for a while at mine's

wouldn't that be in a barracks? wait, acutally it would be bigger than my buds flat/apartment. one small room maybe 4 meters wide and 8 deep with the shower in the corner and the crapper out in a closet in the hall!:)

Hehehe, I'll give you a number and you'll know how we live : 50000 $ GDP the highest in the world.

cool then i can stay at a motel 6 :D