ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the reader will find a host of terms taken from a broad spectrum of sources mentioned in the French press: advertising slogans, film titles, lyrics from famous songs, the punchlines of music-hall classics and children’s playground lore. ‘And possibly more’. These are the words included in a typical ad in the lonely-hearts section of a newspaper or website. After mentioning the possibilities of travel, music and cinema, this expression concludes the ad, implying that the relationship could develop into much more than sharing hobbies if a true affinity can be found between the two people. The title of a Franco-Italian film that came out in 1973, which satirically describes the hellish life of ‘banlieusards’ using public transport to go to work in Paris and return to the far-flung suburbs in the evening.
