Some interesting facts about the French language

1. Some interesting facts about the French language

2. Fact #1 • The longest French sentence consists of 823 words & is found in the novel of Victor Hugo «Outcast»;

3. Fact #2 • French had been an official language in England for more than 600 years;

4. Fact #3 • «Hermitage» is translated from French as «a place for privacy»;

5. Fact #4 • Russian words «суфле» & «суфлёр» origin from one French word «souffle» which means exhalation or breath;

6. Fact #5 • Russian word «водка» can be written in two ways in French: Russian vodka is written like in English («vodka») & Polish – «wodka»;

7. Fact #6 • There is a French inscription on the British coat of arms, which says «Dieu et mondroit» («God & my right» • An act of the British Parliament about the necessary using of English in the state agencies was written in French;

8. Fact #7 • During the war of 1812 Russian soldiers often confused their people & the enemies because of their habit to speak French;

9. Fact #8 • The variant of French, that the residents of the province Quebec use, differs from the bookish French so much, that other French people can understand it far not always.

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