Some interesting

facts about the

French language

The longest French sentence consists of 823 words & is found in the novel of

Victor Hugo «Outcast»;

Fact #1

French had been an official

language in England for more than 600 years;

Fact #2

«Hermitage» is

translated from

French as «a place

for privacy»;

Fact #3

Russian words

«суфле» & «суфлёр»

origin from one French

word «souffle»

which means exhalation or

breath;

Fact #4

Russian word «водка» can be written in two

ways in French: Russian vodka is

written like in English («vodka»)

& Polish – «wodka»;

Fact #5

There is a French inscription on the British coat of arms, which says

«Dieu et mon droit» («God & my right»

An act of the British Parliament about the necessary using of English in the state

agencies was written in French;

Fact #6

During the war of 1812

Russian soldiers often confused their people & the

enemies because of

their habit to speak French;

Fact #7

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.

Fact #8

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