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I learned a new word the other day: brouteur. A scammer in French.
It comes from the verb brouter, to graze, as in a sheep. Its modern-day meaning comes to us from French-speaking Africa, where internet fraudsters first used it to mean literally cutting the grass ...
In the spotlight in France last week was Brigitte Macron’s case against ‘X’ for online harassment. The French first lady has taken legal action against a collective group of individuals who claimed online that she is actually her brother, now a trans woman and even, in the most absurd example, mar...
I once lined up for hours to see the Mona Lisa at the Louvre. When I finally got to see the famous portrait, it was in a cordoned-off area with security guards standing by to make sure no one got too close. La Joc...
Have I mentioned that geography is not my strong point? Growing up in Toronto, Canada, I was used to streets designed on the grid system: north, south, east and west. To get your bearings, you only needed to locate Lake Ontario.
Things got confusing when I was twelve and my family mov...
Translation: to throw in the towel. Which is exactly what French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu did in a surprise announcement this morning, resigning after less than a month in office and only hours after appointing his new cabinet.
Not inappropriately, the ex...
