Magic System "Premiere Gaou" Music Video

This music video comes from Cote d'Ivoire.  Thank you for sharing Emmanuel!

The Year 2000 According to the French Circa 1900

For some reason France in 1900 was the popular topic over the weekend.  This article offers 20 illustrations, each showing what the artist imagined the world would look like a century later in the year 2000.  The whimsical drawings are fantastic(al), and the modern-day commentary accompanying them is witty.

What French People in 1900 Thought Life Would Be Like in 2000

Paris, 1900

While I'm finding it hard to believe that this is actual footage from 1900 (obviously colored after the fact), it's still a neat video that shows what life in Paris was like in the early 1900's.


Une vidéo très rare de Paris à l'an 1900

Negative words that (mostly) derive from French

This is really an article about the English language, but if you read carefully, I think you'll see just how much French has influenced English. 

12 Lonely Negative Words