No, your French friend is not wishing you a healthy bowel movement. Dire merde - roughly pronounced deer mehr-duh - translates as ‘to say shit’. This does not have to do with gossiping or character ...

French-speaking passengers on a flight from Dublin to Paris got the fright of their life this week when a faulty PA system announced that the plane was about to crash! The plane was traveling through ...

A protester holds a placard reading "MEDEF" (the largest employer federation in France) crossed to read "Shit" ("Merde" in French) during a demonstration against proposed changes to labour laws in ...