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Ten anglicisms that we no longer (never) want to hear

2022-06-18T06:10:12.298Z


QUIZ - "You ghosted me", "I troll you"... English words abound in conversations. Why not use their French equivalents?


Just get on a bus, take the subway or walk down the street to realize it.

Anglicisms eat away at conversations.

What a pity!

French has such a constellation of words and synonyms that it is regrettable to sulk.

If English seems more "effective", the language of Molière is a firework of subtleties.

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"Tu m'as ghost"

,

"j'ai dead ça"

,

"il m'a stalké"

,

"no way"

... It is easy to replace this unsightly globish with French equivalents.

English may seem

cooler

, but French has an incredible variety of vocabulary.

Le Figaro

offers you to drive these Anglicisms out of our daily lives, by testing your knowledge of their French equivalents.

Will you get a no-fault?

Source: lefigaro

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