Yes, we say ‘le weekend’ now in France. The French language police (aka L'Académie Française) tried to make everyone use le fin de la semaine (literally ‘the end of the week’) as the correct French response as in “Je vous souhaite un bon fin de la semaine.” Just not the same as tossing off a “Bon Week-end!” as you grab your croissants and go. In fact th…
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