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Toinetoday at 12:53 PM3 repliesview on HN

"As a French" ne veut rien dire en anglais. Il faut rajouter man, person ou quelquechose. Frenchman, French person, French citizen.


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Mainan_Tagonisttoday at 2:00 PM

Pedantry attracts dislike. One may be right to state something, yet wrong to call it out in public.

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Mindless2112today at 1:07 PM

The demonym for France is "French," so it's not wrong (even if it doesn't sound right.)

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gib444today at 1:56 PM

Nor "Frenchie" while we're on the topic. It sounds really weird. It's also commonly used to refer to a french bulldog !

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