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…

Kristin EspinasseFebruary 29, 202421 Comments

April Fool's Day, Traditions

Poisson d’Avril – April Fool’s Day in France & Paper Fish Tradition

It's April Fish Day in France and Smokey's hunting for a live one… Smokey Dear, you still don't get it, do you? But then, I don't understand how the French got "fish" from "fool" either ("fool ish"?). .Poisson d'Avril! (pwah soh(n) dah vreel) : April Fool! Audio File: listen to Jean-Marc pronounce the words in the following sentence: Download MP3 or Wav Attention à votre dos… aujourd'hui, c'est "Poisson … Continue reading Poisson d’Avril – April Fool’s Day in France & Paper Fish Tradition