UPCT - Linguistics: Poubelle, When a Name Becomes a Noun 

🗑 Among the many celebrations of the month of May, there is one particularly joyful: the celebration of trash. "La poubelle" in French. Before being the name of a notorious restaurant in Los Angeles, the word "poubelle" was a simple feminine noun, itself derived from the name of Eugène Poubelle. And this ping-pong between name and noun is in fact a figure of speech: an antonomasia. So much to say about trash! (Subtitles are available in French and English by clicking on the CC button on the RU-vid control bar). Join this week's conversation on www.frenchconv...
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🔗 (fr) Journée nationale de la poubelle et des ordures: lesjourneesmon...
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