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A second life for the ‘blue gold’ of France’s southwest
Edit Taipei Times 25 Jul 2015
It took an American in southwest France to revive an ancient blue dye that once brought riches to the region and was so prized it was lauded in Geoffrey Chaucer’s poetry and used for uniforms in Napoleon’s army. “We brought this pastel back into fashion,” a proud Denise Simeon-Lambert said, using the region’s old Occitan-language word for her tint that has wooed mega-designers like Dior and Chanel....
Two-Letter Words
Edit About.com 16 May 2015
If you've played Scrabble or similar games, you know how handy two-letter words can be. That's true in Spanish versions of Scrabble as well as online games such as Apalabrados (Angry Words) and Wordfeud too ... The list may not coincide with words that are legal to use in a specific game. Not all possible definitions are given ... ad — Word used in Latin phrases such as ad hoc ... as — ace ... oc — Occitan (a language related to Catalan)....
Academic Briefs: Feb. 18 - Feb. 26, 2015 (Saint Francis University)
Edit noodls 03 Mar 2015
(Source. Saint Francis University) Academic Briefs. Feb. 18 - Feb. 26, 2015. February 26, 2015 ... 18-26, 2015. SCHOOL OF ARTS & LETTERS. History/Political Science - Dr ... The film was shown on February 20 as part of Black History Month ... Supreme Court (Clay v ... On Wednesday evening, the students were treated to some Occitan songs (Occitan is a language that at one time was the primary language in southern France as well as parts of Italy and Spain)....
Southern France still bullish on 'abrivado'
Edit Al Jazeera 06 Sep 2014
A siren wails and a powerful bull hurtles from a pen, sending a thrill of anticipation through the crowd of villagers swollen by curious summer tourists ... "This is all part of our annual fete," said Gil Jose, a cafe owner in Sauve, a medieval village north-west of Nimes where many street signs are in the ancient Occitan language. "You'll see it in many villages in this region in summer, but there's no comparison to bull-fighting." ... ....
Survey on language uses of the population (EULP). Occitan Aranese in Val d'Aran. 2013 [+] (IDESCAT - Statistical Institute of Catalonia)
Edit noodls 20 Jun 2014Putin’s Triumph
Edit CounterPunch 21 Mar 2014
Until 1991, they populated an even greater land mass (called the Soviet Union, and before that, the Russian Empire) where Russian was the lingua franca and the language of daily usage for majority of citizens ... Imagine it divided into North and South France, the North retaining the name of France, while the South of France calling itself “Occitania”, and its people “Occitans”, their language “Occitan”....
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