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So the big news in the French press is about the word bravitude<\/i> used by presidential hopeful S\u00e9gol\u00e8ne Royal.<\/p>\n

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Comme le disent les Chinois, un Chinois qui ne vient pas sur la Grande muraille n’est pas un brave et un Chinois qui vient sur la Grande muraille conquiert la bravitude.<\/i>
"As the Chinese say, a Chinese person who does not come on the Great Wall is not a brave person and a Chinese person who comes on the Great Wall conquers bravery."<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Royal’s use of this word set off something of a firestorm in the French news<\/a> (including a mocking version of the French motto Libert\u00e9, \u00e9galit\u00e9, fraternit\u00e9<\/a><\/em>).<\/p>\n

Critics are comparing it to Bushisms like “misunderestimate,” but Royal says that it wasn’t a mistake – she coined the word because the word bravoure<\/i> just wasn’t strong enough for the Chinese proverb she was translating. It’s an interesting question – what’s the difference between using a word that doesn’t exist because you don’t know any better and using one that doesn’t exist, but (maybe) should?<\/p>\n

Her campaign co-director Jean-Louis Bianco said:<\/p>\n

Je pense que ce qu’elle a voulu exprimer c’est la pl\u00e9nitude de la bravoure… c’est-\u00e0-dire quelque chose de plus que la simple bravoure.<\/i>
\n“I think that what she wanted to express was the fullness of bravery\u2026 that is, something more than simple bravery.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Her advisor Jack Lang said:<\/p>\n

J’aurais aim\u00e9 inventer ce beau mot. Il exprime la pl\u00e9nitude d’un sentiment de bravoure. L’inventivit\u00e9 s\u00e9mantique fait partie de la capacit\u00e9 d’un candidat \u00e0 parler une autre langue que la langue de bois.<\/i>
\n“I would have liked to invent this nice word. It expresses the fullness of a feeling of bravery. Semantic inventiveness is part of the capacity of a candidate to speak rather than waffle.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(Source: NouvelObs<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Bravitude<\/i> is a blend of brave<\/i> and <\/i>pl\u00e9nitude<\/i><\/i> and means “fullness\/completeness of bravery.” I wouldn’t recommend using it; we’ll just have to wait and see if and when it gets added to the French dictionary. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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