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OK This may not be new but I just got this recommended to me on YT and my question is:

Do the Greek folks who hired KKL to advertise their perfume know that the name they gave to it - "Clochard" - mean "Streetbum" in French?

 

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9 hours ago, FrenchBug82 said:

OK This may not be new but I just got this recommended to me on YT and my question is:

Do the Greek folks who hired KKL to advertise their perfume know that the name they gave to it - "Clochard" - mean "Streetbum" in French?

"Clochard" was an internationally sold perfume brand, probably first sold in the 1980s and discontinued in the 1990s ;) It was apparently quite expensive.
There is also a Swiss jeans brand named "Clochard" and a Belgian men's grooming brand "Clochard Deluxe".

I don't think the word has a pure negative connotation – nowadays, it has more of a romanticized and mystical meaning.

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6 hours ago, Huntress said:

I don't think the word has a pure negative connotation – nowadays, it has more of a romanticized and mystical meaning.

Not in French, it doesn't. It is a very condescending word for homeless people. 
So weird.

 

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1 hour ago, FrenchBug82 said:

Not in French, it doesn't. It is a very condescending word for homeless people. 
So weird.

Well, I know that the motive of the "clochard" was used in a romanticized meaning in a few old French films and novels.

This is a description I found (translated from German to English):

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As a derogatory term for the homeless, the term "clochard" is used less and less in French these days. Yet at the same time it still exudes the odor of the romantic tramp who lives under the Seine bridges in Paris and in the city of love, another cliché that has turned its back on bourgeois existence. There are conflicting theories about the origin of the word: Either it is derived from the verb "clocher" (to limp) or from "cloche", the bell after which the beggars were allowed to pick up what fell on the market was. Popular culture sometimes glorifies the clochard as a life artist, he appears in films as in literature. The writer Georges Simenon once said that he felt "the state of the clochard is almost an ideal state", because the clochard is a "more perfect person". Not all of the estimated 3,600 homeless people in Paris share this feeling of grandeur. Some of them are visibly annoyed at how quickly the millions of euros they need can be raised to give a church (= Notre Dame) a roof that they have been missing for a long time.

 

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YEP, clochard is a negative word for the homeless. Btw I hope nothing happened to our friend uploading 1992 episodes. 

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2 hours ago, Pedro said:

YEP, clochard is a negative word for the homeless. Btw I hope nothing happened to our friend uploading 1992 episodes. 

Me too! He uses my Videoland account for the episodes and I haven't heard anything. Hopefully just enjoying a good Christmas break 😃

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Hey everyone.

 

I am ok and i want to record and upload new episodes starting sunday :)

 

its because of the work and the holidaybreak, i am not at home at the moment :)

There are 26 new episodes to come ;)

 

love you all 🥰

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13 minutes ago, rsclassicfanforever said:

Hey everyone.

 

I am ok and i want to record and upload new episodes starting sunday :)

 

its because of the work and the holidaybreak, i am not at home at the moment :)

There are 26 new episodes to come ;)

 

love you all 🥰

We love you too. Glad you are fine. Enjoy your holidays

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1 hour ago, rsclassicfanforever said:

Hey everyone.

 

I am ok and i want to record and upload new episodes starting sunday :)

 

its because of the work and the holidaybreak, i am not at home at the moment :)

There are 26 new episodes to come ;)

 

love you all 🥰

That's wonderful to hear! Have a great New Year! 🥰

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14 hours ago, rsclassicfanforever said:

Hey everyone.

 

I am ok and i want to record and upload new episodes starting sunday :)

 

its because of the work and the holidaybreak, i am not at home at the moment :)

There are 26 new episodes to come ;)

 

love you all 🥰

Glad all is well big hugs 😍

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14 hours ago, rsclassicfanforever said:

Hey everyone.

I am ok and i want to record and upload new episodes starting sunday :)

its because of the work and the holidaybreak, i am not at home at the moment :)

There are 26 new episodes to come ;)

love you all 🥰

Can I commend you on the quality of the uploads - full HD rip. Thank you, keep them coming.

Happy new year to you!

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15 hours ago, rsclassicfanforever said:

Hey everyone.

 

I am ok and i want to record and upload new episodes starting sunday :)

 

its because of the work and the holidaybreak, i am not at home at the moment :)

There are 26 new episodes to come ;)

 

love you all 🥰

That is good to hear, have a merry happy New Year's Eve and happy New Year😘

I think the quality is already brilliant however the videos work only on my smartphone and laptop, on PC they don't work but I'm assuming this is due to lack of some codec. 

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I'm curious why this soap resists having a long term 2nd family to balance out the played out Forrester's?  A have not family, that is.

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Those were Logans at the Beginning but since such Gold diggers as Brooke and Katie got their ways up there was no need for having such a have not family anymore. I regret losing young Spectra gang, though but I'm guessing that was just a gift for the fans for the 30 th anniversary and after that they became redundant. 

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