As I write this, it is still Bastille Day in France. So, to the French members, and the Francophiles on EC, hope you had a happy day celebrating. Oui, aujourd'hui est le quatorze de Juillet.
J'ai oublié! Je fondais pendant la journée, je n'ai eu que ça en tête -.- Félicitations, French people!
Is Bastille Day similar to the Independence Day in America? I know Bastille day has something to do with the Storming of the Bastille and it started the French Revolution because the French were hungry, poor, and ready for blood because of King Louis XVI.
Yeah, more or less. In French, it's called "Fête Nationale". It's the equivalent of Canada Day for, well, Canada. And it is the day the Storming of the Bastille took place, though I wouldn't go as far as saying it started the French Revolution, considering it's hard to pinpoint an exact moment for the beginning of a revolution. It's more of a symbol.
Tabernacle de Canard. J men calice de "Bastille Jour" ou Canada Day. (I don't give a fuck about Bastille Day or Canada Day; as said by many Quebec-French speakers) Sorry wanted to swear in Quebecois. French Canada doesn't celebrate Bastille Day as it has nothing to do with their history because France ditched Quebec hundreds of years ago, so why celebrate an important French holiday. St John the Baptist Day is celebrated in Quebec, and is it's equivalent of Bastille Day or Canada Day. Though Federalist Quebec natives celebrate Canada Day, it is overshadowed by "la Seperations" smelly duck love for St John the Baptist Day. Franco-Ontariens and other Non-Quebec french communities in Canada have a much easier time celebrating our bilingual bicultural heritage through Canada Day. A lot of Quebecois just really don't want anything to do with us, though they really don't have a lot to do with France, and haven't for hundreds of years. Really strange. The only people that celebrate Bastille Day in French Canada or Canada are French nationalists.
