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I don't speak French at all, but it sounds funny to me that the École is both Normal and Supérieure. Like, make up your mind, school!

>>Stavro+(OP)
I don’t speak French either but I like the etymological sense that Superior school means Post-Secondary/College better than the English version. It seems like a logical and efficient way to get the meaning across.

>>VVerti+pV1
That's probably what's happening, but I think I will keep the funny version in my head canon.

>>VVerti+pV1
Not at all! There are many "Ecole Normale" which are just schools for teachers. The "Superieure" refers to the fact that you have to pass a hard exam to get in. And once there you can do research or become a teacher in a preparatory school (which prepares you to do the ENS's exams, in a pyramidal way)