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How Africans are changing French, one joke, rap and book at a time

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Re: How Africans are changing French, one joke, rap and book at a time

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Post by foooobaba » Sun, Dec 24, 2023, 1:40 AM UTC

mhkane wrote: post #471

baby wrote: post #377

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You can’t write that without dropping some youtube links

Fair enough, here are a few links: - Les Parents Du Campus: Gboglo Koffi (1993): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOOo7GmMT0U - Espoir 2000: Abidjan Farot (2006) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNVpabquZFA - Molare: le boucan (2008): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4bDNll6L0g Boucantier is one of the words that was introduced in the Larousse dictionary in 2019 One of the key artists of the movement passed away in 2…

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Re: How Africans are changing French, one joke, rap and book at a time

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Post by alternative_a » Sun, Dec 24, 2023, 9:50 PM UTC

pezezin wrote: post #484

alternative_a wrote: post #265

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This is all true. You also can ask for ice with your coke. This will endear you with the wait staff as they can not resist snickering and muttering “American ..”

That depends on the country. In Spain ice with your soft drinks is the default, even in winter.

Yes, this was France.

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