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Good Feast!
Saint Michel Today was September 29: Michaelmas, or the Feast of Saint Michael. In America, we don’t generally make a big deal about the feast days of saints. There are exceptions, of course, the most...
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Got a chimney? It’s French.
A while back, I posted about how much of the English language comes from French. Perhaps surprisingly, more English vocabulary comes from French than from any other language source, even...
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Suspense. It’s French … sort of.
SUSPENSE … 2 a : mental uncertainty : anxiety b : pleasant excitement as to a decision or outcome <a novel of suspense> — from the Merriam-Webster Dictionary Suspense is a “French English”...
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Truffles: mushrooms, chocolate, and … dogs?
For the last post before my CELTA English teaching course begins Monday, I thought I’d write about a few relevant “French English” words : student, study, review, professor. Then a friend shared an...
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Make Yourself Comfortable
Comfortable? One of the “French English” words that I love most is “comfortable” because … well, like most people, I like being comfortable in a comfortable place. That’s one of the great things about...
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Labor Disputes, Wooden Shoes, and Italian Bread
Today’s “French English” word is “sabotage.” Everyone, I’m sure, knows what sabotage means: as a verb, it means to deliberately destroy, damage, or obstruct something; as a noun, it’s the act of doing...
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“He took the midnight train goin’ anywhere.”
I’m a nerd. Today, Michel and I were watching the season one finale of Glee. As you probably all know, Glee is a musical comedy television show about a fictional high school glee club in small-town...
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Le petit chapeau
Disclaimer: I’m not a linguist (yet) so, if you are one, please be gentle in your reactions if I’ve gotten something completely wrong … As English speakers, one of the first things we notice about...
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French Kiss: Don’t Forget Your Galoshes
From the 1995 Lawrence Kasdan romantic comedy French Kiss, starring Meg Ryan and Kevin Kline This might come as a surprise to you but, before today, the French didn’t even have an...
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Mon époux
Last Friday, Michel and I celebrated our third wedding anniversary! It’s hard to believe that it’s already been three years since that magic day. We shared a wonderful evening of fun and food to...
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