Bastille Day 2012
The first of five Bastille Day parades for François Hollande (possibly ten, who can say?). Prime Minister Ayrault is on the right.
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posted by tiberge @ 7:53 AM
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I could not watch, but ignoring this insignificant nothing and his minister, a thought for all the military in the parade, and for all the martyrs of the Revolution on this day.
VIVE LE ROY !!! (or as it was pronounced before the Revolution - Vive le "Rouay")
@ dauphin,
But "rouay" rhymes with roué! Or does it rhyme more with "ouais" as they say instead of "oui"?
I too think of the police, gendarmes, and military who have this for a commander-in-chief! But Sarko was not much better. Any head of State by definition must be a patriot willing to fight to win for his nation. And above all, he must recognize the enemy and not hate his own people. Since 1968 it has really been "le monde à l'envers."
And did you see - Simone Weil honored AGAIN! And Juliette Gréco.
Madame Weil will go to the next world laden with trophies. They never stop fawning over her and she is not embarrassed.
@ tiberge
Yes, which is why I was careful not to spell it "roué" ! lol Yes, like "ouais".
"Rwa", "mwa", "twa", etc., these supposedly were Parisian bourgeois pronunciations which were generally adopted after the Revolution to distinguish from the pronunciation of the nobility, which in any case I think had rural roots. Louis Philippe tried to restore this, announcing, "Le rouai, c'est mouai !", but Paris snickered at him.
I think the current pronunciation is more elegant.
Well, I can see Juliette Greco more than Ms. Weil. The trophies may do her no good in the next world, since metal melts at high temperatures.
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