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Façon de Parler: L’Ecriture Inclusive & The movement to feminize French

"Languages ​​are not neutral tools: they influence how we talk, think, and represent ourselves…." façon de parler     : manner of speaking, way of speaking    : so to speak Audio: listen to Jean-Marc read the opening sentence, in French:  Facon de parler manner of speaking Façon de parler. Les langues ne sont pas des outils neutres : elles influent sur notre façon de parler, … Continue reading Façon de Parler: L’Ecriture Inclusive & The movement to feminize French

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animal expressions

brebis

A troupeau of sheep grazing on another pasture. Photo by Jean-Marc. la brebis (breh-bee)   : ewe   Note: brebis (masculine) refers to the cheese brebis égarée = lost sheep du fromage de brebis = sheep's cheese une brebis galeuse = a bad apple, a black sheep, or a personne indésirable Audio File: (check back later for the recording) Il avait eu une époque où … Continue reading brebis

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Characters

berger

Cabane de berger (the shepherd's wooden hut) photo by the Neurdein brothers. Here we have a slumbering sheepherder with his border collie and german shepherd (is it?) minding the troup. (When Mom sees this photo, she'll ditch her latest treehouse scheme… in favor of this fort-on-wheels with a nifty sliding door! Mom has had a hard time deciding where to anchor, here on the olive farm. This just may be … Continue reading berger

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