Even more French Road Photos...

Bryn666 · Post by **Bryn666** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 16:39

Hi all,

102 of 3000 photos online this time around. They're of the same region I went to last summer, so you may recognise the route. Captions shall follow later, but for now:

http://brynsphotoarea.fotopic.net/c611657.html

Hope these interest some people

rolex · Post by **rolex** » Tue May 16, 2006 20:38

Hi,

why we cannot see the other fotos ( 2898 of 3000).
I am French and fotos of motorways in my country interest me.

Bryn666 · Post by **Bryn666** » Tue May 16, 2006 21:15

Hi there, I don't have the online space!

However, if you're interested, I have some photos of the N227 online

See: http://www.lmars.co.uk/tosh/oldsigns/

rolex · Post by **rolex** » Wed May 17, 2006 09:23

Thank you, very much.
Very nice fotos.

luchar · Post by **luchar** » Fri May 19, 2006 20:26

Here's a question from an English-speaker (but not native) guy (hence, me).

Do we rather say "pictures" or "photos"?

stupid question one might think, but French people teaching English in school always use "photo"...

Bryn666 · Post by **Bryn666** » Fri May 19, 2006 20:33

You can use both. English is a funny language when it comes to multiple meanings for the same word.

Mind, our one saving grace is that our words don't have a complex gender structure, so no "le" and "la" for us to learn

rolex · Post by **rolex** » Wed May 31, 2006 16:24

Bryn666 wrote:Hi there, I don't have the online space!

However, if you're interested, I have some photos of the N227 online

See: http://www.lmars.co.uk/tosh/oldsigns/

You can share your fotos in this forum http://www.forum.sara.free.fr
or, for motorways, you can send your fotos at the webmasters of this site :
http://www.franceautoroutes.free.fr

luchar · Post by **luchar** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 09:21

It's rather http://forum.sara.free.fr No WWW !

IJP1 · Post by **IJP1** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 19:52

Good question.

"Photo" is specifically taken by camera - "picture" can be taken by camera, or drawn, or painted, or whatever.

Note that you *take* a photo, you do not *make* one - that's a common mistake among foreigners and, if you get it right, you'll sound like a native!

Good luck!
Ian

rolex · Post by **rolex** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 09:40

luchar wrote:It's rather http://forum.sara.free.fr No WWW !

Sorry, luchar !!

Lewis · Post by **Lewis** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 17:08

Intresting to see that the French 'End of Motorway' sign is exactly the same as the British one.

Bryn666 · Post by **Bryn666** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 17:32

It's identical across Europe except some countries use a elongated version - as France did until the 90s. Some countries use a green background instead.

t1(M) · Post by **t1(M)** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 20:37

Coming across the sign for the end of a road for motor vehicles only (crossed out "happy car") can be disconcerting to the uninitiated driver in France, as it might be construed to mean "no cars"

(yes, I know it's square and not round)

James · Post by **James** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 21:33

After driving in France my favoirite sign on the autoroute was the autoroute interchange one - whenever 2 crossed it always seemed to be a free flow link rather than our obscession with roundabouts - we could learn from this

luchar · Post by **luchar** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 10:41

Let's just not talk about the new expressway-motorway junctions, OK ?