Those lime-green leaves are just itching to tickle that lemon of a Citroën.
Ticklish? Vous craignez
les chatouilles (fear the tickles…)? Then you'd better go and hide under
the bed, with the dust bunnies, lest our furled Francophile fingers find you
(!) and unleash a string of snorts from your inner laughing court.
Guili-guili!* Gitchy, gitchy!–we're tickling today:
CHATOUILLER
(shaah-tooy-ay) verb
: to tickle
Hear today's word and phrase
("Vous craignez les
chatouilles"?): Download Chatouiller
. Download Chatouiller
(OK, to be truthful, I had no French word to match
today's topic, so witness, now, one wordsmith's attempt to MAKE today's term
FIT into today's theme, the theme being Other People's Blogs on
France):
As I was about to say… to wake somebody up, you might tickle
their toes with a feather or, if you're really evil, you might poke your finger
into their armpit. (We hate that!) Have no fear, we're sticking to those
feathery "wake up" tickles today, the kind that awaken awareness and cause
curiosity — and the one thing we are all curious about here, is FRANCE… and
the FRENCH!
So today, we're tickling each other into awareness about
other sites and blogs
dedicated to France, the French, and the French
language.
Here's how to participate (or "tickle" back):
=>
Share with us a blog or site about France or French life via this link.
It can be your own blog (please don't be shy!), it might be your
daughter's, cousin's, or grandmother's blog… Maybe it is a friend's blog…
or the website of your "pire ennemi" (or "foe")? In that case, it's time to
give up the green (the little green monster) and tell us about that great
Gallic gazette
(or blog, or site, or newsletter…) that you secretly enjoy.
Spill the beans, get it out, scour the net, leave no stone unturned.
Guili-guili-guili, gitchy, gitchy, goo, we want to discover more of France,
we're just itching too!
(Side note: Have you been itching to start your
own blog on "something French" so as to share your experience, savoir faire,
or souvenirs with us Francophiles? Here's the best advice I've ever heard:
"If you build it, they will come." So here we are, fingers curled just
waiting to tickle back… What are you waiting for? Start that blog! … and
be sure to enter it into the recommended blog links (via the comments box)
here.
Let's start those recommendations now, I'll
begin:
For a delightful peek into French life in the Ardèche region,
check out Rachel Pommier's blog. She's an American writer married to a
fetching, faith-filled, Frenchman (Raphael!). Along with three darling
demoiselles, they make their home (and their wine) in the beautiful Ardèche
region. More, here.
More
French / France related sites here: http://frenchblogs.notlong.com/
For the French Blog Directory submit your site, or another's, here.
NOTE! In order for the suggested site links to be clickable, make sure to prepend the site address with http://  (add http:// before the "www").
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This delightful blog post explores the French word “chatouiller,” which means “to tickle.” The author shares a charming anecdote about tickling her children and reflects on the simple joys of parenthood and the laughter it brings. The accompanying photographs and vivid descriptions add to the whimsical nature of the post. It’s a lovely reminder of the beauty of everyday moments and the power of language to capture those experiences. French grammar