Stormy Weather – Lost in Translation
We’ve been having some incredibly stormy weather over the last couple of weeks. The Côte...
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Tag: French Language
Déconfinement: End of Lockdown
The great excitement this week has been déconfinement – the partial relaxing of lockdown. As...
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The Best French TV Series to Watch
If you find yourself reading my blog then I assume you’re a bit of a Francophile, or...
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18 French-English Songs You Should Know
I’ve noticed a trend becoming more and more popular over the last few years in French music,...
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Radio FG and the use of an English swear word in French
I just picked up my car from being serviced this morning and found the radio station had been...
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Money, Slang, Synonyms and all That…
Something my son said a few days ago got me thinking. He said the word “argent”...
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9 Favourite French Expressions
The French language is peppered with expressions and being such a gastronomic place it should come...
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Movies in France – How to Find a Film in English
Going to the movies is a universal pleasure but one that can become fraught with complications...
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Merry Christmas, don’t mention New Year!
It’s the build-up to Christmas and every time I see someone I won’t see again until...
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Watch out for new books; it’s la rentrée littéraire!
La rentrée; it’s over and done with, right? Well almost, but not quite. Children and...
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Franglais, or Englishisms in French
Every now and then the Académie Française gets upset about the number of English words creeping...
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