Tag Archives: French

French Business False Friends

Posted 37 days ago by Stephen Whiteley

Like walking down the aisle with the price sticker stuck to the sole of your shoe, it can happens to anyone. No matter how careful, experienced or fully bi-lingual you are, from time to time a false friend slips through …

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The French Revolutionary Calendar

Posted 245 days ago by Stephen Whiteley

Wheezy, Sneezy and Freezy; Slippy, Drippy and Nippy; Showery, Flowery and Bowery; Wheaty, Heaty and Sweety. Although this list may put you in mind of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, it in fact represents the earliest rendering into English …

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The day before yesterday

Posted 370 days ago by Stephen Whiteley

Nuestro mañana será más luminoso [sic] que nuestro ayer y nuestro hoy. Pero ¿quién pondría la mano en el fuego en cuanto a que nuestro pasado mañana no vaya a ser peor que nuestro anteayer? [Our tomorrow will be more …

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Root, route and rout

Posted 387 days ago by Stephen Whiteley

The words ‘root’ and ‘route’ are homophones in British English (in other words, they are pronounced in the same way), whilst most Americans would pronounce ‘route’ to rhyme with ‘out’ or ‘shout’. The root is that part of a plant …

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The Troubadours 2: a poem in 5 languages

Posted 587 days ago by Stephen Whiteley

Here is a poem, or rather a song, which is written in five languages, with one verse each: Provençal, Italian, French, Gascon and Galician. The sixth verse is written in all these languages, in the same order, with two lines …

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