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Although ‘banlieue’ = ‘suburb’ literally, the analogous word in American media is ‘urban’. For the SV crowd, Paris = San Francisco, banlieue = Oakland.
by kps 12y ago
Although ‘banlieue’ = ‘suburb’ literally, the analogous word in American media is ‘urban’.
For the SV crowd, Paris = San Francisco, banlieue = Oakland.
- jnbiche 12y ago>the analogous word in American media is ‘urban’ I would say the analogous word is "inner-city". "Urban" carries a limited range of socio-cultural connotations, unlike "banlieu" and "inner-city".