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[tealin]

So ... what was up with Bastille Day this year?

I mean, not in France; obviously there were parades and fireworks and stuff. I mean in the U.S. of A. I never remember this much attention being paid to Bastille Day outside of 'Learning about the culture is just as important as learning the language' bloody useless French class. Did I just never notice it before? Is it a California thing?* Or is it, as I cynically suspect, because we have a new administration and thus it's OK to not hate France anymore so anyone with an international perspective is celebrating this by overcompensating?

*very much doubt this

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[noodledaddy.livejournal.com]

We had an anchor at the TV station in San Diego who liked the idea of broadcasting in a second language. She thought the language should be French.

Yes, this was the same anchor who not know who the noted Spanish artist who died was (PICK-ah-so) and who, after having to fill in on the noon news for a week, was heard to say "Man, these eight-hour days are killing me."