From: Christophe.Wolfhugel@grasp.insa-lyon.fr (Christophe Wolfhugel)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.french,news.answers
Subject: FAQ: soc.culture.french - Intro [monthly]
Supersedes: <scf-faq-part0.12@grasp1.univ-lyon1.fr>
Followup-To: soc.culture.french
Date: 19 Dec 1992 16:19:16 +0100
Organization: INSA Informatique (Grasp), Lyon, France
Expires: 28 Jan 1993 16:19:06 GMT
NNTP-Posting-Host: grasp1.univ-lyon1.fr
Summary: This bilingual (french-english) article is intended for readers inte-
  rested in the soc.culture.french newsgroup and contains relevant information
  about french-speaking countries and answers to frequently asked questions.

Archive-name: culture-french-faq/part0
Version: $Id: part0,v 1.6 92/12/19 16:18:16 wolf Exp $

                      Introduction to the

   Soc.Culture.French Frequently Asked Questions (with answers)

The charter of SOC.CULTURE.FRENCH is to serve as a discussion group
for issues related to francophony (surprise!).  This monthly
posting of frequently asked questions (FAQ), with answers, is intended
to prevent the recurrence of specific questions or types of questions
that are either unanswerable, or are asked seemingly weekly.  The
information contained here is based on the best postings from the
net on these subjects, and thanks are due to the netters who provided
them.  Information from international sources would be a welcome addition.

As with any newsgroup, it is best to read it for a few weeks before
posting anything, in order to see what topics are currently being
discussed.

If you want to add delete or change any information in this FAQ,
please email to:
   scf-faq@grasp.insa-lyon.fr

Whenever possible, please include the entire paragraph before
and after modification, this will help me avoid misunderstanding
when applying your suggestions.  Better, if you can send a context diff,
please do so.  Don't forget to send me the "Version:" header then,
so that I can apply your changes to the files.

The different parts for this FAQ are formatted as a digest and
can be parsed easily by newsreaders implementing such functions.

Un grand merci a Benoit De la Filolie pour avoir ete a l'origine de
cette FAQ et a qui je souhaite une bonne continuation dans ses
nouvelles occupations. Merci egalement aux nombreux contributeurs
qui font vivre et evoluer cette FAQ.

Following persons have also contributed to this FAQ as well as many
other people. Thank you. If I forgot to mention you, sorry, just
drop me a note and I'll add your name to this list.

Roland Behunin <au021@cleveland.freenet.edu>,
Bruno Berstel <berstel@lacim.uqam.ca>, Stan Brown <brown@ncoast.org>,
Philippe.Deschamp@inria.fr,
Bruce Grant <bgrant@ais.org>, Patrick Hurt <thsspxh@iitmax.iit.edu>,
Jehan-Francois Paris <paris@cs.uh.edu>,
Travis Lee Winfrey <travis@ZONKER.gs.com>.

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Subject: Contents of this FAQ

Part 0  (this part, after the table of contents)

   0. Where is this FAQ archived?


Part 1

Subject: 1. How to get French/France news ?
            Comment obtenir des nouvelles en francais/de France?

   1. How to get French/France news?
      Comment obtenir des nouvelles en francais/de France ?

   2. What are the radio frequencies and broadcast times of RFI?
      Quels sont les frequences et les horaires de diffusion de RFI ?

   3. What are the various French Organizations and how can I contact them?
      Quel sont les differentes associations francophones/francaises ?

   4. What are the various French magazines and newspapers and where can I
      find them?
      Quels sont les magazines et journaux francais/francophones disponibles
      hors de France ? et ou ?

   5. Where can I find French songs and music?
      Ou puis-je trouver de la musique et des chansons
      francaises/francophones ?

   6. Where can I find a French restaurant (outside France)?
      Ou puis-je trouver un restaurant francais hors de France ?

   7. Do rules exist to write French accents and the cedilla?
      Existe-t-il des conventions pour taper les cedilles et accents francais ?

   8. What does "Cedex" mean in a mailing address?
      Quel est le sens de "Cedex" dans une adresse postale ?

   9. About citizenship
      A propos de citoyennete

  10. What is the meaning of the colors on the flags of France, Belgium,
      Switzerland, Quebec, ... ?
      Quel est la signification des couleurs des drapeaux francais, belge,
      suisse, quebecois,... ?

   11. Where can I get a French spelling checker or dictionary?
       Ou puis-je trouver un dictionnaire [bilingue] electronique ?

   12. If at all possible, how can a Minitel get access to Internet?
       Si c'est possible, comment peut-on avoir acces a Internet par Minitel ?

   13. How can I connect to French Minitel by Internet or modem?
       Comment se connecter au Minitel francais a partir d'Internet ou avec
       un modem ?

   14. How can I import electronic hardware?
       Puis-je importer du materiel electronique de l'etranger ?

   15. How can I import a car/motorbike?
       Quel procedure pour rapatrier sa voiture ou sa moto ?

   16. Tourist visa: Who needs it? For how long? ...
       Visa touriste: qui en a besoin, validite, ...

   17. How can I get the electronic address of a French school?
       Comment puis-je obtenir l'adresse electronique d'une ecole francaise ?


Part 2

   18. Standard / Daylight saving time: dates and offsets.
       Changements d'heures : dates et decalages.

   19. About Paris
       Au sujet de Paris

   20. What are the address and phone number of the closest French Consulate?
       of the French Embassy?

   21. Do technical French/English dictionaries exist?
       Existe-t-il des dictionnaires techniques francais/anglais ?

   22. What about BBSes in France?
       Quoi de neuf au sujet des BBS en France ?

   23. About income tax on Americans in France or French in the USA.
       A propos des impots pour les Americains en France ou les Francais
       aux USA.

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Subject: 0. Where is this FAQ archived?

As this FAQ is posted in both soc.culture.french and news.answers it is
automatically archived at the sites archiving all other news.answers
articles.  If you can't find the FAQ near your site, you may try the
following:

- If in Europe:
   + By anonymous ftp to grasp1.univ-lyon1.fr [134.214.100.25], get the files
     in the directory /pub/faq/culture-french-faq.
   + By listserv: send the following commands to listserv@grasp1.univ-lyon1.fr
       get faq culture-french-faq/part0
       get faq culture-french-faq/part1
       get faq culture-french-faq/part2
     The commands must *not* be in the subject line.

- If in North America:
   + By anonymous ftp to pit-manager.mit.edu [18.172.1.27], get the files
     in the directory /pub/usenet/news.answers/culture-french-faq.
   + By mailserver: send the following commands to
     mail-server@pit-manager.mit.edu
       send usenet/news.answers/culture-french-faq/part0
       send usenet/news.answers/culture-french-faq/part1
       send usenet/news.answers/culture-french-faq/part2

- The list of other publicly known archive sites is given in
  the document "Introduction to news.answers" published regularly i
  by Jonathan I. Kamens in news.answers.


-- 
Christophe Wolfhugel    |    Email: Christophe.Wolfhugel@grasp.insa-lyon.fr
  "Pour le bien-etre de tous, il est interdit de pisser dans le metro."