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Occitan ( English: / ˈɒksɪtən, - tæn, - tɑːn /; [10] [11] Occitan: occitan [utsiˈta, uksiˈta] ), [b] also known as lenga d'òc ( Occitan: [ˈleŋɡɒ ˈðɔ (k)] ⓘ; French: langue d'oc) by its native speakers, sometimes also referred to as Provençal, is a Romance language spoken in Southern France, Monaco, Italy 's Occitan Valleys ...
Aujourd'hui ( French: [oʒuʁdɥi], Today) was a daily newspaper in Vichy France published between 1940 and 1944 in Paris. It was founded by journalist Henri Jeanson, [1] who edited the publication during the autumn of 1940. [2]
Je me souviens ( French pronunciation: [ʒə mə suvjɛ̃]) is the official motto of Quebec, and translated literally into English means: "I remember." The exact meaning of this short sentence is subject to several interpretations, though all relate to the history of the Quebec people. The motto can be found on all Quebec licence plates, among other things.
French also shows enormous phonetic changes between the Old French period and the modern language. Spelling, however, has barely changed, which accounts for the wide differences between current spelling and pronunciation. Some of the most profound changes have been: The loss of almost all final consonants.
Today (also called The Today Show) is an American morning television show that airs weekdays from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on NBC. The program debuted on January 14, 1952. It was the first of its genre on American television and in the world, and after 72 years of broadcasting it is fifth on the list of longest-running United States television series .
Polari, a jargon that began in European ports and evolved into a shorthand used in gay subcultures, influences much of today's slang in words like "zhuzh," "drag," "camp" and "femme."
Laborem exercens ( Latin: Through Work) is an encyclical written by Pope John Paul II in 1981, on human work. It is part of the larger body of Catholic social teaching, which traces its origin to Pope Leo XIII 's 1891 encyclical Rerum novarum .
Poète maudit. Poètes maudits Paul Verlaine (far left) and Arthur Rimbaud (second to left) depicted in an 1872 painting by Henri Fantin-Latour. A poète maudit is a poet living a life outside or against society. Abuse of drugs and alcohol, insanity, crime, violence, and in general any societal sin, often resulting in an early death, are ...