{"id":33630,"date":"2025-07-18T12:22:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T12:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cbti-bkvt.org\/language-cultural-exchange-how-bastille-day-14-july-became-franglais-day-in-a-contre-soiree\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T12:24:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T12:24:15","slug":"language-cultural-exchange-how-bastille-day-14-july-became-franglais-day-in-a-contre-soiree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cbti-bkvt.org\/en\/language-cultural-exchange-how-bastille-day-14-july-became-franglais-day-in-a-contre-soiree\/","title":{"rendered":"Language\/cultural exchange: How Bastille Day 14 July became \u2018Franglais Day\u2019 in a \u2018contre-soir\u00e9e\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">14 July, Brussels: Whilst much of France was celebrating the fall of the Bastille and the end of the autocracy of the monarchy, the Press Club in Brussels kindly hosted us (mainly members of the Chambre belge des traducteurs et interpr\u00e8tes (CBTI)\/Institute of Translation and Interpreting (ITI) network but also other language aficionadoes) for a fun \u2018franglais\u2019 event moderated by Julian Hale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As explained by one of our group, meeting in <em>petit comit\u00e9<\/em> (<em>nous \u00e9tions une dizaine<\/em>) that evening, a \u2018<em>contre-soir\u00e9e\u2019<\/em> is also when, if someone\u2019s holding a party (remember <em>le film \u2018La Boum\u2019 avec Sophie Marceau!<\/em>), a group move into the kitchen for a \u2018side party\u2019. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Contre-soir\u00e9e &#8211; \u00c9v\u00e9nement social organis\u00e9 pour rivaliser ou co\u00efncider volontairement avec une autre soir\u00e9e se d\u00e9roulant simultan\u00e9ment.<br><\/em><em>Source&nbsp;: https:\/\/www.lalanguefrancaise.com\/dictionnaire\/definition\/contre-soiree<\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an evening full of linguistic nuances, cultural insights and the odd \u2018<em>boutade<\/em>\u2019 (rejoinder, quip, witty remark) which the Anglophile <em>raconteur <\/em>(one of many French words the English have adopted) Voltaire would, I like to think, have enjoyed, we decided to switch between English and French. We dipped into the history of how French entered the English language (via the Normans and the Norman conquest in 1066), looked at differences between French and English (a highly linguistically protective Academie Fran\u00e7aise vs no English academy (the English are <em>insouciant<\/em> in this regard); the French \u2018<em>quart d\u2019heure acad\u00e9mique\u2019<\/em> vs no equivalent in English; the abundance of \u2018<em>bises\u2019<\/em>, including a \u2018<em>bises<\/em> map of France\u2019 vs the lack of \u2018<em>bises\u2019<\/em> in the UK; expressions like \u2018<em>tu as les chevilles qui gonflent<\/em>\u2019 vs \u2018you\u2019re too big for your boots\u2019). I also used a photo collage (another English borrowing from French as \u2018<em>coller\u2019<\/em> means \u2018to stick, glue\u2019) of French icons from the worlds of sport, royalty and popular culture to illustrate a few points. We began with why \u2018Honni soit qui mal y pense\u2019 is on British passports (NB you\u2019ll have to come and meet us at a future event to find out this and other \u2018Franglaisisms\u2019)\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The famous Anglophile and 18<sup>th<\/sup> century philosopher\/salon comedian\/anti-autocrat hero Voltaire also featured. I read a short passage from Candide in which he makes fun of the philosophy of \u2018Optimism\u2019 by using its slogans to describe the amorous activities of the philosopher Pangloss with Cun\u00e9gonde. And there were plenty of fascinating contributions from each of the guests, with one referring to the French fad for adding \u2018ing\u2019 to words as if that then makes them English. <em>Faire le footing<\/em> (go jogging) and <em>le relooking <\/em>(a makeover) were among the examples. A Belgian guest was not a fan of the Belgian proclivity (<em>penchant<\/em> if you like) to use English words in French where French equivalents exist (e.g. \u2018<em>forwarder un mail<\/em>\u2019 instead of \u2018<em>transmettre un courriel\u2019<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A conclusion: In times of sometimes excessive nationalism, why not hold more events about exchanging between nations\/languages? Why not hold a \u2018Franglais Day\u2019 every year, perhaps not on 14 July but maybe on the day Britain and France signed the Entente Cordiale (8 April 1904) or the day of the opening of the Eurotunnel (6 May 1994) or a day between Wimbledon and Roland Garros (the French Open as we Brits call it)?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019ll leave you with a new expression for me this year and an example of how a sportsman wowed a court\/courted the French with his limited French. The new expression: After the match between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannick Sinner in the French Open, the commentator described it as \u2018un match d\u2019anthologie\u2019, a match for the annals or a classic in English. It\u2019s literally a \u2018collection of flowers\u2019, as Larousse explains via some etymology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>anthologie,<\/strong> nom f\u00e9minin<br>(grec\u00a0<em>anthos<\/em>, fleur, et\u00a0<em>legein<\/em>, cueillir, choisir)<br>Source\u00a0: https:\/\/www.larousse.fr\/dictionnaires\/francais\/anthologie\/3850<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The word \u2018sport\u2019 is, as Etymology Online explains, from the \u2018Old French\u00a0<em>desporter<\/em>,\u00a0<em>deporter<\/em>\u00a0&#8220;to divert, amuse, please, play; to seek amusement,&#8221; etymologically &#8220;carry away&#8221; (the mind from serious matters), from\u00a0<em>des-<\/em>\u00a0&#8220;away&#8221; (see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.etymonline.com\/word\/dis-\"><strong>dis-<\/strong><\/a>) +\u00a0<em>porter<\/em>\u00a0&#8220;to carry,&#8221; from Latin\u00a0<em>portare<\/em>\u00a0&#8220;to carry&#8221;\u2019<br>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etymonline.com\/search?q=sport\">https:\/\/www.etymonline.com\/search?q=sport<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sportsman who wowed the French!: the American Jim Courier, who used a lovely French expression after he won the French Open many moons ago (<em>il y a belle lurette<\/em>). \u201c<em>Je parle le fran\u00e7ais comme une vache espagnole\u2026.<\/em>\u201d (literally, I speak French like a Spanish cow&nbsp;!) and had the crowd in his hands from that moment on. Wonderful that he dared to speak in French (<em>il a os\u00e9<\/em>!) and all credit to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019ll leave you also with a link to a radio show called Flux D\u00e9tendu (literally, \u2018Relaxed flow\u2019, so \u2018Chilled out vibes\u2019 or something like that) where I\u2019m an <em>animateur<\/em>. It\u2019s a 30 minute interview with Carine Girac-Marinier des \u00c9ditions Larousse, which will be right up your alley if you like the French language. <br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiopanik.org\/emissions\/flux-detendu\/flux-detendu-du-19-avril-2025\">https:\/\/www.radiopanik.org\/emissions\/flux-detendu\/flux-detendu-du-19-avril-2025<\/a><br>You can just listen to particular parts if you like, by clicking on the time codes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And if you want to know more about Franco-English connections, read Henriette Walter\u2019s book \u2018Honni soit qui mal y pense\u2019. For a fun deep dive into French, visit the Cit\u00e9 internationale de la langue fran\u00e7aise in Villers-Cotter\u00eats (where Fran\u00e7ois I signed a decree in 1539 that marked the shift from Latin to French), just north of Paris. I\u2019ll leave you with two \u2018must reads\u2019 (A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, set during the time of the French Revolution, and Animal Farm by George Orwell) plus two \u2018must sees\u2019 (Anatomie d\u2019une chute de Justine Triet and Les Diaboliques avec Simone Signoret).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"539\" height=\"409\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbti-bkvt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cbti-bkvt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-1.png 539w, https:\/\/www.cbti-bkvt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-1-300x228.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Photo courtesy: <a href=\"https:\/\/travelfrancebucketlist.com\/faire-la-bise-kiss-in-france\/\">France Bucket List (c) \/ Data &amp; Maps: JL Benoit-Guyod (personal work)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A review of the Cit\u00e9 internationale de la langue fran\u00e7aise in Paris (by Julian Hale):<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/togethermag.eu\/a-celebration-of-the-french-language\/\">https:\/\/togethermag.eu\/a-celebration-of-the-french-language\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Book recommendations about the French language<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Honni soit qui mal y pense by Henriette Walter<br>Le fran\u00e7ais dans tous les sens by Henriette Walter<br>A History of the French Language by Peter Rickard<br>Mille ans de langue fran\u00e7aise, histoire d\u2019une passion by Alain Rey, Frederic Duval, Gilles Siouffi<br>Histoire des mots fran\u00e7ais by Olivier Bertand<br>J\u2019en perds mon Latin by Fran\u00e7oise Nore<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Books on the use of English words in French<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pour en finir avec l\u2019anglais (Chanteclair, \u00e9ditions Hors collection)<br>En vrai fran\u00e7ais dans le texte \u2013 dictionnaire franglais-fran\u00e7ais (Alfred Gilder, Le cherche midi \u00e9diteur)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If this kind of thing flicks your switches (<em>fait votre bonheur<\/em>), join Julian Hale\u2019s Whatsapp group by emailing him your phone number (<a href=\"mailto:JulianAHale@gmail.com\">JulianAHale@gmail.com<\/a>) so that you can hear about monthly events covering different languages. Upcoming are ones on Russian, Arabic, German, Spanish, Italian and more\u2026 Volunteer speakers are welcome too\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stay also tuned for more RAF (read: \u2018r\u00e9seau anglo-fran\u00e7ais\u2019) events at the CBTI, in synergy with the ITI: https:\/\/www.cbti-bkvt.org\/agenda\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>14 July, Brussels: Whilst much of France was celebrating the fall of the Bastille and the end of the autocracy of the monarchy, the Press Club in Brussels kindly hosted us (mainly members of the Chambre belge des traducteurs et interpr\u00e8tes (CBTI)\/Institute of Translation and Interpreting (ITI) network but also other language aficionadoes) for a&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbti-bkvt.org\/en\/language-cultural-exchange-how-bastille-day-14-july-became-franglais-day-in-a-contre-soiree\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Language\/cultural exchange: How Bastille Day 14 July became \u2018Franglais Day\u2019 in a \u2018contre-soir\u00e9e\u2019<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":265,"featured_media":33627,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[912,405],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anglo-french-network","category-life-in-cbti-bkvt","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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