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Agathoune!

http://www.agathoune.com

An offbeat, educational blog promoting French and American friendship and understanding through first hand experience.

• Added on: Feb 27th, 2009
• Country: France
• Language: English

• Author: Dan
• Listed in: Europe Destinations
• Tags: france living in france working in france french language french insights offbeat articles

Recent Posts

• Corsican Beauty

  Posted on Sunday September 20th, 2009 at 01:59 in corsica, sausages, goat cheese, corse, ngv, bonifacio, ajaccio, french blog, france blog, i muvrini, gr20, véronique sanson

  When most people think of France, they probably imagine the hexagonal country mashed in the middle of continental Europe and its stunning capital city Paris.  Although this does make up the most populous bulk of the country, France also consists...

• France à l’Envers

  Posted on Saturday July 25th, 2009 at 06:31 in reus, pig latin, reum, french slang, french blog, reup, france blog, meuf, teuf, la langue internationale, le nouveau roman, zarbi

  When I was growing up, once I knew how to spell, my parents had the ingenious idea to teach me Pig Latin.  For those of you who don’t know what Pig Latin is, it’s a way of creating a sort of “secret language” by transfor...

• How Many Constitutions?

  Posted on Saturday July 11th, 2009 at 01:15 in politics, history, bill of rights, La France, Napoleon, cohabitation, prohibition, civil society, consul, fourth republic, council of 500, french blog

  France is generally regarded as the birthplace of democracy in Europe.  Although the 1789 French Revolution is considered by many as the spark that lit the fire of European democratization and the propagation of fundamental concepts such as eq...

• American Homecoming

  Posted on Tuesday June 30th, 2009 at 03:44 in Cheap Jeans, La France, ice water, no sales tax, cheese curls, hawaiian pizza, french blog, cream soda, general tso's chicken, wall to wall carpeting, american eating habits, ceasar salad

  Five days passed - five pounds gained (~2.3 kg).  That about sums up my latest trip to the US1, where I just returned from some quality time with my family, but also non-stop eating of many the fat-filled, cheese-covered dish, perpetual snackin...

• Rules of the Road, French-Style

  Posted on Wednesday June 10th, 2009 at 09:51 in transportation, La France, civil society, code de la route, french blog, manual transmission, jumelles, carte grise, france blog, administration and state, sens interdit, american driving in france

  Driving in France is not for the faint hearted. Although the French do (thankfully) drive on the right side of the road, it still is a huge learning experience to adapt the relatively easy-going, law-obeying American driving style and concept of spac...

• Realizing French

  Posted on Saturday May 30th, 2009 at 00:25 in there, their, they're, french blog, réaliser, france blog, la langue internationale, le nouveau roman, après que, bernard cerquiglini, common french language errors, fautes de grammaire

  I have frequently noticed that when you learn to speak another language, you tend to understand the structure, spelling and grammar rules of the foreign language better than your own native language.  This is not to say that you can actual...

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This blog is currently rated a 4.00 out of a possible 5 based on 1 comment.

eyeglasses4u

good blog and nice articals

Posted: March 20th, 2009 | More Reviews From shayanarshad | Report This Comment

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