ianp Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 I was reading a copy of the book "100 ans d'affiches des chemins de fer" (published by La Vie Du Rail in 1981) which I picked up at a model railway exhibition on Saturday. It's a great book with lots of splendid posters in it. To my great surprise I found that one poster from 1936 used that classic bit of Franglais: Le Weekend. I had always thought that Franglais was a much more modern invention and concern. Also to my surprise I learned that Salvador Dali designed five SNCF posters in 1969. I wonder if they ever asked Pablo Picasso, seeing as they named a type of autorail after him? A cubist railway poster would be most intriguing. If you want the book, it can be bought on the French Abebooks website for about 35 francs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 I was reading a copy of the book "100 ans d'affiches des chemins de fer" (published by La Vie Du Rail in 1981) which I picked up at a model railway exhibition on Saturday. It's a great book with lots of splendid posters in it. To my great surprise I found that one poster from 1936 used that classic bit of Franglais: Le Weekend. I had always thought that Franglais was a much more modern invention and concern. Also to my surprise I learned that Salvador Dali designed five SNCF posters in 1969. I wonder if they ever asked Pablo Picasso, seeing as they named a type of autorail after him? A cubist railway poster would be most intriguing. If you want the book, it can be bought on the French Abebooks website for about 35 francs. Franglais has been around for ages....One name you'll sometimes hear for a bar is 'Estaminet', which sounds very French; allegedly, however, it's derived from a phrase used by Tommies during WW1 who wanted to finish their drink when getting some respite from the Front- 'Just a minute'. There is also a speciality in the Calais area- 'Un Welsh'; normally, it's just melted cheese on toast, though I have given my mother's recipe to several of my colleagues. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Hayter Posted February 22, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 22, 2015 I asked our neighbour in our French village who is nearly 80, what they called le weekend before they took over the English word. He said, "Sunday." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DIW Posted February 23, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 23, 2015 ............. A cubist railway poster would be most intriguing. If you want the book, it can be bought on the French Abebooks website for about 35 francs. Would that be pre-1960 Francs or 1960 to 2001 Francs? Beret, manteau, ..... allée Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted February 23, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 23, 2015 Or was it Euro? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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