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Tag Archives: French
New words are fun!
Many new English words were born in 2009. Were the same born in French? If so, are the phenomena – environmental, political, social, technological – similar in both countries? They seem to be. The strange thing is that, out of … Continue reading
French on American Prime Time TV!
There were two beautiful comments in authentic French in the growing romance on Hawthorne. The handsome doctor is actually played by big French box-office actor, Michael Vartan. When he surprised Christina, played by Jada Pinkett Smith, with his French inner … Continue reading
Posted in Language Tips, Reasons to learn French
Tagged authentic French, French, HawthoRNe, Jada Pnkett Smith, Michael Vartan, romance, sex, TV
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What Will the French Think of Us Now ?
The French think Americans are naive prudes because we disapprove of philandering politicians like Senator Hart (remember?) and ex-President Clinton. What must they think of us now?! http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/monde/amerique/cowboy-nu-contre-milliardaire-a-new-york_776152.html
Posted in Cultural Perspectives
Tagged French, French opinion of Americans, naive, philandering politicians, politics, sex
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A Word A Day or Spellcheck – Which Is Right?
A.Word.A.Day did it again, gave us a week of French words used in English. The words were pas de deux, bien-pensant, beau monde, tranche, and passe-partout. Those are the English spellings. You can see their derivation and use at http://wordsmith.org//awad/ … Continue reading
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Tagged au fait, bon ton, clou, English words from French, etymology, French, French words, moue, pied-a-terre
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French + English Word Exchanges
The theme of this weeks’ A.Word.A.Day is the exchange of English and French words that go from one country to the other, sometimes with modified meanings. He has a great quotation from ALICE IN WONDERLAND. Let’s see if Anu Garg … Continue reading
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Tagged ' 'flirt, 'flirter, English and French, French, words
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Dictionaries approve new French words
Various French dictionaries are keeping up with changing French life by including some brand-new words. Should we learn them… or will the very fact that they’re now accepted make the rebellious French not use them anymore? The columnist suggests the … Continue reading
Posted in Language Tips, News from France
Tagged blogosphère, dictionary, French, words
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Recommended French for recent English words
New English words like ‘to podcast’ and ‘gender studies’ are causing problems in French. They were coined in English to correspond to American trends that took off around the world. If you led a country and your citizens used those … Continue reading
Posted in Anglicisms Invade, Language Tips, News from France
Tagged Add new tag, French, French government recommendations, iPod, neologisms, podcast, Québec, Québecois, translation
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Bubbly wines that are not champagne
Bertil Jean-Chronberg came to my house for our third Dégustation de Vins. He was as informative, interesting, and tasty as the previous times. It is astonishing how profound and complete his knowledge is. He can distinguish more in one sip … Continue reading
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Tagged bubbly, champagne, French, wine, wine tasting
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Bubbly wines 2
Posted in Language Tips
Tagged apéririf, brut, bubbly, champagne, digestif, French, palate, sommelier, wine tasting
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words, words, words !
The Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication has announced a Semaine de la Langue Française starting March 14. Check out its whimsical website that lets us get to know and play with a number of fun French words.
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