Bernard Fripiat - The French language, quite a story!
Audio 29:00
Bernard Fripiat, playwright and associate of history was our guest in Vive (s) Voix © Royalty free
By: Pascal Paradou
31 min
"Look, the
head
in Latin was said to be
caput
, which will give
capital, chief
etc. but in popular Latin, therefore a Latin spoken by the Gauls, the
head
was said to be
testa
, which meant
bowl of terracotta
, and that's what
testa
which will give the French
head
! So note that when we say
I'm fed up
, we finally make the same comparison as the Romans! "
Publicity
In 50 chapters, Bernard Fripiat tells us about the pivotal moments that forged the language of Molière.
From Gallic origins to the simplification of spelling in the 21st century, including numerous reforms: how was the French language constructed?
Bernard FRIPIAT
is an aggregate in history, specialist in the history of words, author of numerous books on the French language, including the last
“3 minutes to understand - 50 key moments in the history of the French language”
published by Courrier editions of the Book in the collection
"3 minutes to understand"
And Lucie Bouteloup's column
"La flea à l'oreille"
in
RFI Savoirs
, and today, it's been ages!
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