{"id":10806,"date":"2025-10-20T11:14:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T10:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/franskkulturhus.no\/?p=10806"},"modified":"2025-10-20T11:14:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T10:14:34","slug":"podcast-the-stories-behind-place-names-with-yann-de-caprona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/franskkulturhus.no\/en\/podcast-the-stories-behind-place-names-with-yann-de-caprona\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: The stories behind place names with Yann de Caprona"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For this new episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/franskkulturhus.no\/en\/fransk-norsk-kafe-our-podcast-dedicated-to-you-learning-french\/\"><em>Fransk-norsk kaf\u00e9<\/em> podcast<\/a>, Gilles welcomes etymology specialist <strong>Yann de Caprona<\/strong> to celebrate the release of his latest dictionary, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/kagge.no\/produkt\/hobby-og-fritid\/reise\/etymologisk-ordbok-over-verdens-stedsnavn\/\">Etymologisk ordbok over verdens stedsnavn<\/a><\/em> (Kagge Forlag).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s a journey through thousands of place names filled with surprising stories and delightful anecdotes \u2014 from Norwegian fjords to French villages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The conversation also explores his life lived across multiple languages: how he thinks in French, Norwegian, Swedish or Italian \u2014 sometimes all in the same day \u2014 and how these languages shape his memories, experiences and identity. 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