Category: Practical Jokes

Jackie, Max, Practical Jokes

Canular: How To Say Practical Joke in French? + Jackie & I have fun at Max’s expense…

Merci for your encouraging notes following last week's update regarding subscribership. Your words revive me! Today's mischief takes place in La Ciotat (photo snapped outside Le Palais Lumière where a patch of daisies looks as innocent as a team of pranksters in hiding. Read on.)  TODAY'S WORD: UN CANULAR     : practical joke, prank, hoax A DAY IN A FRENCH LIFE by Kristi Espinasse … Continue reading Canular: How To Say Practical Joke in French? + Jackie & I have fun at Max’s expense…

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Practical Jokes

gîte

le gîte (zheet) n.m.   : shelter, lodging, home  : self-catering holiday rental Il n'avait pas de gîte, pas de pain, pas de feu, pas d'amour ; mais il était joyeux parce qu'il était libre. He had no shelter, no bread, no fire, no love; but he was glad because he was free. –Victor Hugo, from Les Misérables A Day in a French Life… "In A Pinch…" … Continue reading gîte

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la crotte

Crotte makers in the southern French town of Tarradeau (Var). Crotte (krot) noun, feminine doo-doo The first time we dined together, she remarked that I was stuffy. Specifically, she said she had the impression that she had spent the evening with "la Reine." Her remarks struck me as ironic, for it was this woman and her upper-class status which had so affected me. So when … Continue reading la crotte

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