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Examples
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After the fatal epoch of June 20, my family no longer enjoyed any tranquillity; every day there were fresh alarms, and rumours that the faubourgs Saint Antoine and Saint Marceau [together with those wretches who were called the Marseillais] were marching against the château.
The Ruin of a Princess Cl 1912
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Marseille is my city and I'll be a 'Marseillais' until I die. "
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I've also heard it this way "cinq raisins/un seau" (five grapes fill one bucket) this last "story" must have been told by a Marseillais ... who might have just as well said "five sardines to one bucket ..." you know, the old "sardine that blocked the port entrance" ...
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Her very own daughter (seated beside her, dressed all in black and looking very Cannoise*) prefers La Côte d'Azur, explaining, Les Marseillais* are violent like the wind that blows through their city!
Savoir Vivre 2010
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But still, it seems strange for a Frenchman (un Marseillais de coeur!) * to admit that.
Escapade 2010
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Possibly the Marseillais have simply had enough time to adapt to a more varied demography.
Sunstroked 2008
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Bars and cafés fill with mixed Marseillais couples, and Arabic slang peppers their speech.
Sunstroked 2008
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But still, it seems strange for a Frenchman un Marseillais de coeur!
Escapade 2010
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Her very own daughter (seated beside her, dressed all in black and looking very Cannoise*) prefers La Côte d'Azur, explaining, Les Marseillais* are violent like the wind that blows through their city!
Traditions 2008
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Nor, as I see when I reach the port, is there a “typical” Marseillais.
Sunstroked 2008
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