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Nov 2024
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Ten things (besides bread) that the Fren...

Oliver Gee
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What's a baguette? A long loaf of bread, surely. WRONG! A baguette can be one of 15 different things. Here's how I found out - and a few baguette-related language facts to impress your French friends. 

Featuring, ever-so-briefly, the voice of Véronique from France with Véro

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