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  • Alex, Bely et moi vivons en amerique depuis des decennies et ils ne me contradirons surement pas quand j'affirme qu'ici malgre les points communs que partagent tout les americains, il y a une distinctive culture noir-americaine ici aux states, culture due a leurs origines africaines.

    Global Voices in English » Obama’s Ghana Speech Underwhelms 2009

  • I was a ‘petite americaine’ (although at 5′10″ tall, hardly petite!) and I too fell madly in love: with the city of light, and a fellow american photographer,,, was later dumped/abandone (by the photographer) and afterwards spent many hours sitting in cafes dropping tears into my cafe cremes.

    cover up 2008

  • How wonderful, congratulations! amy, la petite americaine |

    question 2008

  • Alex, Bely et moi vivons en amerique depuis des decennies et ils ne me contradirons surement pas quand j'affirme qu'ici malgre les points communs que partagent tout les americains, il y a une distinctive culture noir-americaine ici aux states, culture due a leurs origines africaines.

    Obama's Ghana Speech Underwhelms 2009

  • These lines of comfort are different for everyone. amy, la petite americaine |

    tongue-tied 2007

  • I only hope I someday make it to where you are now. la petite americaine |

    épanouie 2007

  • I resisted the temptation to crank up my speed – this two-lane blacktop was narrow and full of unexpected twists – and I was relieved to get to Lac Megantic and the turnoff marked Rt 161: Woburn et la frontière americaine.

    State of the Union Douglas Kennedy 2005

  • La frontière americaine is only a few miles from there.

    State of the Union Douglas Kennedy 2005

  • I think it comes from these americaine girls in my classes that only like to speak in english, and they sound stupid.

    "This life I'm living" skipperjbk8 2003

  • What Le Figaro actually wrote was: "Mme Rice, tailleur noir, collier de perles et silhouette impeccablement droite, a redonne [sic] le 'la' de la 'nouvelle diplomatie' americaine [sic]."

    languagehat.com: POT AUX ROSES. 2005

  • Empire of Light reflects the chiaroscuro of cinema, where phantasms of light are projected through the darkness and people dream with their eyes wide open; maybe it also alludes to what French film-makers call la nuit américaine, the practice of using special lenses and filters to shoot night scenes in broad daylight.

    Trick of the light: the enduring appeal of René Magritte’s big tease Peter Conrad 2024

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  • An anesthetic.

    November 30, 2009

  • See also: The father of Nicholas Cage's character in The Weather Man. Michael Caine is a great actor but his American accent is laughable. In fairness, he does better in Secondhand Lions.

    November 30, 2009