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Il est interdit d'interdire !

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Written on a wall in Menton, France.

Il est interdit d'interdire ! (means "it is forbidden to forbid") is an aphorism in French created and pronounced for the first time on the radio RTL by Jean Yanne in the form of a mocking joke, and considered as a polyptote by linguists.[1] This sentence later became one of the slogans of May 1968.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Jean Yanne - Video". Dailymotion. 2008-03-28. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
  2. ^ Arnaud, Nicolas (2015-08-20). Le Bac Histoire Pour les Nuls, nouvelle édition (in French). edi8. ISBN 9782754081597.
  3. ^ "LES MURS PARLENT". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 2018-09-30.