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Sous la neige
“La neige? Pas trop.” That’s what the locals said when I asked: “Do you get much snow in winter?” “Not really. Usually melts around here. You have to go higher up for it to stick.” Our Swiss village...
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Voeux
“What can I wish you?” people will ask. “Health? Success? A little wealth?” The very first post I published on this blog in January 2013 was about the month-long tradition of ‘les voeux’ or new year’s...
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Un Premier
One of my favourite French expressions is ‘remercier’. Used not to thank someone, but rather to fire them. Or to ‘let them go’, as we so kindly put it in English. To me, ‘remercier’ illustrates all of...
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Désmicardisation
The French are good at inventing long, complicated words for things. They are even better at transforming these words into snappy little acronyms – some of which make me smile. I mean, there’s even a...
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Couacs
Can anything be more French than le couac? Although it is pronounced like ‘quack’ in English, ‘couac’ has less to do with ducks than it does discord. (French ducks are said to go ‘coin-coin’). In...
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