Linguistics: Poubelle, When a Name Becomes a Noun
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🗑 Among the many celebrations of the month of May, there is one particularly joyful: the celebration of trash. "La poubelle" in French. Before being the name of a notorious restaurant in Los Angeles, the word "poubelle" was a simple feminine noun, itself derived from the name of Eugène Poubelle. And this ping-pong between name and noun is in fact a figure of speech: an antonomasia. So much to say about trash! Join this week's conversation on https://www.frenchconversationgroup.com Related episodes: L'accord de Paris (https://youtu.be/_OUUSz3sPf0), Spa (https://youtu.be/QV_Ljb1ohKk) 🔗 (fr) Journée nationale de la poubelle et des ordures: https://lesjourneesmondiales.fr/Agenda/journee-nationale-de-la-poubelle-et-des-ordures/ 🔗 (fr) Gestion et tri des déchets - Paris: https://www.paris.fr/gestion-et-tri-des-dechets 🎙 (fr) Peut-on vivre sans poubelle ?: https://www.francebleu.fr/emissions/la-vie-en-bleu-le-dossier-en-poitou/poitou/peut-vivre-sans-poubelle 🎵 Soundtrack: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6i4JjGSsId4CCCVkJuwLHa?si=K0d8KhxkSqqAPq8_kw5XqQ ☝️ If you enjoyed this episode, please consider: - supporting on https://www.patreon.com/frenchconversationgroup or https://anchor.fm/frenchconversationgroup - subscribe and share 🇫🇷 French Conversation Group meets weekly in Los Angeles, New York or online. It's meant for non native speakers (beginners, intermediate, advanced) to practice their French and have fun. You're more than welcome to join! Check out this link for more info: https://www.frenchconversationgroup.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/frenchconversationgroup/support
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