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French ex-president Sarkozy begins jail sentence

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375 points begueradj | 5 comments | 22 Oct 25 05:49 UTC | HN request time: 0.013s | source
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wiether ◴[22 Oct 25 07:43 UTC] No.45665963[source]▶
Et la santé !
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1. _ache_ ◴[22 Oct 25 08:28 UTC] No.45666271[source]▶
French joke.

He is jailed in a jail nicknamed "La Santé", which is also the the french cheers sentence. "À la votre *et la santé".

Will be the running gag of this christmas and new year.

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2. Beretta_Vexee ◴[22 Oct 25 08:46 UTC] No.45666379[source]▶
It's not a nickname. It's simply because the prison is located on Rue de la Santé (Health Street). Rue de la Santé was named that way because there was a hospital there from the 17th to the 19th century.
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3. _ache_ ◴[22 Oct 25 08:58 UTC] No.45666461[source]▶
I hesitated to call it a nickname, as the name is "Paris-La Santé".

But got covered by Wikipédia "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison_de_la_Sant%C3%A9", so I did called it a nickname too.

I'm pretty sure it can be called a "Métonymie de lieu" but I just didn't want to insist about that, it feels a little pedantic.

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4. wiether ◴[22 Oct 25 09:21 UTC] No.45666626{3}[source]▶
> it feels a little pedantic

Typical French conversation then!

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5. Beretta_Vexee ◴[22 Oct 25 09:35 UTC] No.45666714{4}[source]▶
Oh no, we hold back when we're here. For example, I didn't mention the possibility that it might simply be an ellipsis. And no one wants to talk about apocope.