Losing our Lunch. Old dogs and non-spring chickens will remember a time when lunch in France was ‘slow food only’, a minimum 2 hours, even at work or school, and fast food was practically unheard of.
Where to pick up your P-O Life mag….
Test your French and have a giggle with this tongue in cheek joke about Ikea flat pack furniture. Vocabulary provided at the end.
Time to get the chain saw out?
The arrival of spring is a great motivation to get out the paint brush or saw….and get DIY-ing, but do you know what to ask for when you realise at the last minute that you are missing that ‘absolutely-can’t-finish-the-job-without’ screw, nail or spanner?
Rugby is a massive part of the P O culture, but where did the game originate, how did it evolve and why is it so popular here?
Some useful vocabulary to help you to explain politely when a ‘plat’ is not quite ‘comme il faut’.
Did you know that grève also means sandbank or pebbly beach and actually comes from Place de Grève, a flat and sandy area on the banks of the River Seine in Paris (now Place de l’Hôtel de Ville)?
Test your French with a lovely springtime poem: Premier sourire du printemps by French Romantic poet, Théophile Gauthier
The french language often uses the verb ‘avoir’ (to have) in expressions where the english language uses ‘être’ (to be).