#france tips

[etherealarte]

[thatsbelievable]

[nouverx]

As a french person, it's kinda funny to me when fanfic writers make Alastor speak french, and it's always things like "Bonjour mon cher, je t'aime" you know, typical french words from the main France french most people learn here and there.

The thing is, Alastor knows french creole from Louisiana, which isn't the usual France french most people know. Alastor would speak like "Bonjou konmen to yê?" Or "Mo laimm twa" instead ahah.

Also, there's different versions of french creole, the one from Louisiana is not exactly the same from Antillean Creole or French Guianese Creole. If you want here's an example to what Louisiana Creole sounds like!

So yeah if you want to spice up your fics and be more accurate with your Alastor speaking french creole, dont be afraid to look out for Louisiana Creole expressions instead of the typical french you'd normally use! Makes it more fun and more accurate 💃

[wh4tth3fr3shfvck]

midterms start tomorrow, it might be too late to panic!

not gonna lie this week was really chaotic the studying hours are so uneven

also how did i achieve nearly 9 hours on saturday that’s wild

[toughtinkcosplay]

i watched an abby cox video forever ago about how most hand sewing needles easily available in stores absolutely fucking suck and how you have to find fancier brands online that were made in england or whatever to get good ones these days, but only recently acted on it by adding some on to my order of snaps for my meryl coat.............

ohmygod. it makes such a difference. you guys, if you hate hand sewing, go buy some slightly better needles. i got some from wawak which is an online store that specializes in notions (and they're much cheaper than what you'll find at joann's), and it makes everything so silky holy crap. i'm forever changed.

[baaardi]

París. Noviembre 2023

Minolta Hi-matic 7s Kodak 400

[citizenscreen]

An upward stroke is recommended by actress Frances Drake when applying powder as as creams and astringents, Hollywood, California, 1935.

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[of-two-lands]

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[deus-ex-mona]

i miss renrennnnnnnnnn

[sayxit]

never too many

[thatsbelievable]

[sissa-arrows]

France realizing they have no legal basis to make the Keffieh illegal so cops are calling it a religious sign… that’s so fucking ridiculous. And this is not ignorance cause this is so unnatural. The cops be taking the Keffieh of some people and saying “here is your religious sign” when they give it back. Except they NEVER do that and talk that way. The goal is to put in white people’s mind that the Keffieh is religious that way when they make it illegal it will be met with support from the “it’s not racism or an entrave to freedom it’s secularism” crowd.

Also for the people who live in France, participating to a wild protest or a protest that was forbidden is not illegal. The Police CANNOT fine you for being on your way to a pro-Palestinian protest or just being to a pro-Palestinian protest. Participating is illegal ONLY if you are already at the protest and the police tells you to leave because the protest was not allowed. If you refuse THEN they can fine you. Except the cops do not respect the law and are legit fining people just for existing as North African near the places where the protests are planned (so far nothing about Black people being targeted but it’s only a matter of time so know your rights too).

If the police still give you a fine without telling you to leave first and giving you a chance to do so contest the fine explaining the situation.

If the police does tell you to leave if it’s a big protest and you’d rather stay because you can afford the fine (135€) I would suggest pretending to leave. The protest should be big enough that the cops won’t catch you again. If they do catch you, you can afford the fine and pay it. If they don’t catch you remember that you were willing to pay a 135€ fine to protest for Palestine so you can probably spare that money on a donation to one or multiple charity groups.

The bonus? The 135€ fine would have went to the government. Meanwhile if you pay taxes the 135€ donation can be put on your taxes and you can get your taxes lowered by 89€ because of this donation so in a way you’ll be making the government “pay” you back for the donation to help Palestinians when they wanted to fine you for even thinking Palestinians deserves rights.

Get a cap to hide your hair and sunglasses too. To avoid appearing and being recognizable on people’s pics and videos if you don’t want to be. Get some water and eyedrops for the teargas. Your keffieh will make a nice barrier for the teargas too.

AND FOR THE LOVE OF GOD OR WHATEVER YOU CARE ABOUT OR BELIEVE IN STOP POSTING PICTURES AND VIDEOS OF YOURSELF FACE UNCOVERED AT PROTESTS SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE WHO DID NOT CONSENT TO HAVE THEIR FACES ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

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Escape for the Weekend

[electricboogaloosstuff]

I see a lot of people saying "french people are so rude". Here's what I think of this as a french :

- first of all, parisian people, especially customer service people, don't count. They are rude even from a french standard. You're not really ordering a coffee in Paris if the server doesn't make you feel like an idiot.

- second, swear words have not the same weight here. Some region will even use them almost as a punctuation. Not rude.

- third, we follow a bunch of rules that we do not disclose to tourists and take it as a personnal offense if you don't follow them. Yes, like mystical fae. Yes, we assume that you know them. So, from our point of view, YOU are rude.

- fourth, we tend to prefer honesty to people pleasing, and we also tend to not give informations about our refusal if we don't want or can't do something. Not rude.

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