Navel-gazing survey o' the day
From France. Obviously.
The Ministry of Housing has been fretting about what unites the French, and the results are in:
The Ministry of Housing has been fretting about what unites the French, and the results are in:
Not a wholly outrageous set of answers, although our Gallic chums were choosing from a list. They were then asked which of the three Republican Values they felt France needed more of, and it was equality. I would have opted for liberty, but it split 39% for Equality and 30% apiece for Freedom and Brotherhood. Less than 100 as France has its mouth breathers too.
Those who opt for equality over liberty probably also breathe through their mouths as well as dragging their knuckles on the ground as they walk.
Croydonian said... 9:54 am
I can't say I was impressed with that either. I quizzed my source with the beret and the gauloise glued to his lower lip, and he failed to give me a rendering of 'mouth breather' in French, which was annoying.
Unsworth said... 2:50 pm
Yes, Fraternité can translate as Brotherhood - but with different connotations (in both directions!) I feel.
And whereas French Fraternité is fairly fickle, French Enmity is rather more certain.
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