Beware ! The following words are used in French too, but with a different, sometimes very different, meaning: - A drawing-room is not "une salle de dessin". It is a room where gentlemen withdraw (se retirent) to smoke without disturbing the ladies. It's...
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Classified crossings (Fr. passages pour piétons): - zebra crossing : passage piétons traditionnel, la chaussée est zébrée de bandes de peinture blanche (ou jaune); parfois encore appelé "passage clouté" en français; - pelican crossing : passage décalé,...
Read moreWhat equivalents do English speakers find for the French idioms ? °l'appétit vient en mangeant : (the) appetite comes with (the) eating. °C'est l'hôpital qui se moque de la charité : it's like the pot calling the kettle black . °On voit la paille dans...
Read moreThere used to be a habit of getting as close as possible to the King's English, nowadays it seems the Queen's English is full of surprises, as illustrated by a recent article in The Sun. Alison Maloney sure has a knack for writing fun ! Her article is...
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Autrement dit, bonne année à tous -- l'année du Coq, où nous passerons le cap des 3000 lecteurs. Merci à tous pour votre fidélité. Mac Govern
Read more... = F + MP3 + TAB + URL + USB + 404 F is for function (F1 key, F 11 key etc. on your computer keyboard) MP3 is for Motion Picture [experts group 1 Audio-layer] 3, a system enabling (audio-)files to be compressed to 10% of their original size. TAB was...
Read moreDo you happen to know of Ben Hatch ? If not, I strongly advise you to read Road to Rouen, a hilarious (not only that, of course) travel book telling of France and the French. I have selected the following passage about les Machines de l'Ile: "In Nantes...
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ALBERT C. BARNES (1872 – 1951) ... was an art-collector, a philanthropist; Barnes is also famous for his long-enduring friendship with philosopher John DEWEY (1859-1952) Albert C. Barnes was born in a working-class family; the family lived in a hard,...
Read moreI hear very strange things over here about the meaning of presidential candidates' and the winner's surnames. Remember "trump", whether a name or a surname, has nothing to do with the French "trompe". So, let's make a clear list: - a trump is "un atout",...
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