L'école de conduite française.

So, as the title might suggest, there's something that has been nagging at me. A few days ago on the way to babysit, I noticed a driving school that has the same name as the title of this post.

I have since spent a not-inconsiderable amount of time pondering its meaning. I can't decide whether the adjective (French) is being accorded to the school (feminine noun) or the driving. Because it is at the end of the sentence, and normally adjectives follow the word they modify, I believe this translates as the School of French Driving. Meaning they teach you to drive like French people.

This interests me, because it is clear that there is a style to driving in France. I, personally, would call it suicidal, but to each his own. The reckless driving of motorcycles on sidewalks makes me want to go around laying strips of sharpened nails on the curbs, and yesterday a minivan almost drove into the side of the bus I was on (the side I was standing on, THANKYOUVERYMUCH).

It makes Mario Kart look downright civilized.