Are there any French people on this board?

[Bad Samaritan]

jj wrote:

> corona wrote:
> > There can only be 'x' amount of H?tel de Ville in France.
>
> Where x= [presumably] the number of cities in France- a fair
> few,
> I'd guess. I'm a bit confused, too, by the distinction between
> this term and 'mairie' [town hall].
>

I think it's just a nuance with historical and governmental connotations.

[bunker]

I am not French but I am French speaking (in clear : from an other French speaking place).

All of you are mostly right concerning the meaning of the words.

Mairie is a much newer word and there used to be nuances between Hotel de ville and Mairie. But now they are disappearing and the 2 words mean more and more the same thing: the place where the city is administered.

The nuances between both were these :

Mairie was used for villages. You can not have an Hotel de Ville (a City Hall) in a place that is not a city.

Also, Hotel de Ville means the actual building while Mairie means the administration (if you translate : The administration decided to do that ... you'll say : The mairie decided to do that. You cannot say The Hotel de ville decided to do that.)
!teacher!

One of you wrote that it was probably a play on word. IMHO it is surely a play on word.

The 1st picture is a picture of a City Hall not of an hotel. And it is located in some village somewhere. The STOP sign makes me think of a village near a border (maybe Germany or Switzerland).

But I am not French (in clear : I have the capability of being wrong !oops!)

[corona]

'The 1st picture is a picture of a City Hall not of an hotel. And it is located in some village somewhere. The STOP sign makes me think of a village near a border (maybe Germany or Switzerland).'

Interesting.

I had no doubt it was not a hotal, but a City / Village Hall.
So STOP signs are different near the border, comapred to inland.
I thought all STOP signs were the same.

[corona]

Hotel RM - That's where the action takes place.

Hotel RM sounds like a chain, similar to Travelodge. Or it could simply be a one off Hotel. Ant ideas as to what RM stands for?

[corona]

Tomcast de Marc & Gregory Dorcel
http://blog.dorcel.com/2457--tomcast-de ... orcel.html
Mark Dorcel appears in the video as he looks now.

(Boy 06) Bar Customer. Looks a lot like Mark Dorcel. What do you think?
http://www.doobedoopictures.com/COVER/c ... 0hotel.htm

[bunker]

corona wrote:

> > I had no doubt it was not a hotal, but a City / Village Hall.
> So STOP signs are different near the border, comapred to
> inland.
> I thought all STOP signs were the same.


Some signs have the word STOP written in it and some others have no words, only a red sign.
What is interesting is that the so-called international sign (with no words) is used mostly near international borders.
It is left to each locality to decide which one they'll use.

[jj]

... you'd have thought the AF would have insisted on something
more Gallic in flavour- 'arretez'! or such : -))

[corona]

Tomcast de Marc & Gregory Dorcel
http://blog.dorcel.com/2457--tomcast-de ... orcel.html
Mark Dorcel appears in the video as he looks now.

(Boy 06) Bar Customer. Looks a lot like Mark Dorcel. What do you think?
http://www.doobedoopictures.com/COVER/c ... 0hotel.htm

[alneda]

The license plate you give an indication.

http://www.doobedoopictures.com/COVER/I ... ion_01.jpg

The number 78 shows that the vehicle is attached to the department of Yvelines.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvelines

In the best case, the film was shot in this department. Otherwise, in the neighboring departments.

[corona]

It could brign results. I'll take a look.