Re: OFFTOPIC: What is "francais hexagonal"?

From: Michael Everson (everson@indigo.ie)
Date: Tue Nov 17 1998 - 14:06:35 EST

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Ar 10:35 -0800 1998-11-17, scríobh John Cowan:
>I ran into this term, and was mystified: obviously "hexagonal
>(six-sided?) French" is not a useful translation.

France itself is called "l'Hexagon" because of its physical shape.

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