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Old May 15, 2019, 9:04 pm
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Originally Posted by NickB
You are right that Bastille day is not an expression that would be recognised in French. However, "fête nationale" is not that common either to refer to the 14th of July. "Fête nationale" might be what they write down on calendars and the like but I can't say that it would be much used in ordinary speech. "Tu fais quoi pour le 14 juillet?" would sound natural whereas many native speakers would wonder what you are talking about if you said "tu fais quoi pour la fête nationale?"
Yep, much like in the US where calendars say "Independence Day" but almost everyone refers to "the 4th of July." In practice, I also say <<quatorze juillet>>
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