Day in the life : La Provence

The definition of "Provence" thanks to my Parisian friends.
A confusion has finally been cleared up.

You can find the rest of the "Friday day-in-the-life" videos here : http://observingparticipant.wordpress.com/category/fridays-a-day-in-the-life/ ;)

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• provence
• expat
• france
• paris
• not paris
• herbes de provence
• dialecte
• provencal
• regions de france
• departements de france
• french
• french language
• aix-en-provence

[mizplacedcitygirl]

Province-not France

Provence-pretty southern region

Your parisian friends are just pronouncing "province" in a way that might be construed as "provence" but they know the difference, trust me.

[MiChmski]

@mizplacedcitygirl No on this one I have to admit it was my fault - I heard it wrong for 4 years and had to make this video to find it out :D

[glossymind]

Actually, everything outside Paris is called "province" (with a "i" and a lower-case "p") Provence (with a "e" and a capital "P") is a southern region as you said. They're quite different (The Provence is a province but not every provinces are Provence :p) Everybody in France makes the disctinction (thanks to their accents) but Parisians tend to pronounce both words the same (wich causes confusion) Thanks for your videos, you're always so enthusiastic and funny :p)

[MiChmski]

@glossymind it took me 4 years and making a video to figure that out ! :D

[Metallimeister]

You need to fix the audio levels. The outro music was waaay louder than the dialogue.

[aboritek]

@magikkris +1 I've only seen 3 of your videos yet, and I think i have to stop... If not, i'll have to create a fan website dedicated to you!

Et en plus tu parles de mon pays de manière méliorative! Merci et surtout CONTINUES!

[micpicq]

Indeed, the "non Paris" part is "Province" (and the people from the "province" are "provinciaux" ie non-Paris people), which is not to be mistaken with the Provence, ie the southern part on the map which was rightly mentioned in the video. So, in short, province is not Provence, but apart from this minor mistake, the video, as always, was great!

[bananaarmadillo]

@tizzylishe

Sorry, nobody cares...... Maybe fuck off, Mademoiselle.

[JoRichard21]

Yes you probably mistook "province" for "provence" but it sounds like a good joke anyway, and you are so damn right about Parisians (as one myself)... thank you for your unique insight on our culture, it is so refreshing and far from old clichés !

[highdubber]

@Elemy69 " Visit Lyon, it's a beautiful town" and she's not going to come... It is actually an amazing city ! And there you have actual food in actual restaurants ;)

[tizzylishe]

Sorry, so not funny.......Maybe work on your editing, Madame.

[ElleEstQueTropRoque]

Province : not Paris

provence : south east of France

[Torkash]

Go and search "Cliché ! English version" on youtube and enjoy !

[Torkash]

You wouldn't have had this problem living in Provence (or anywhere else in "not Paris"). As said below,

1) only Parisian people use the word "province". It's such a way to forget all differences between very special &nothing alike towns & places.

2) Not only they don't show respect, they pronounce it wrong.

But you're not the only American to make this mistake. It's very usual.