Comments | wwidsith: Of bellards and bikes

wwidsith

Of bellards and bikes

Jul 31, 2009 09:12

This could be my last morning in Shayne's flat. Hannah arrives in Paris today - all our things from England are packed up and being held indefinitely by a removal company until we find an apartment for them to be moved into. I was out last night and didn't get in until after 4am, so I am sitting here at my desk, grateful for a brief burst of wifi ( Read more... )

while you're busy making other plans, words, we'll always have, inshayne, etymology

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hobnobofjoy July 31 2009, 10:33:37 UTC

Oh wow, how exciting! Good luck, and have fun, and all that...

My parents are at the French house for a month right now. Say hi to them for me? Make sure they're ok and don't get into any trouble with the cows.

Are those bikes the fantastically ugly silver ones that look like they've got a moped's handlebars? That's a great idea though.

I like those words. I've talked enough for one comment, but I like them.

wwidsith August 1 2009, 18:42:48 UTC

YES IT'S THE FANTASTICALLY UGLY BIKES! I love em. How well it will work in London I don't know, but Paris is small enough to make it perfect

used_songs July 31 2009, 11:49:27 UTC

I love the etymology - that's fascinating!

desayuno_ingles July 31 2009, 15:51:03 UTC

Ah, so that's where the name of the hat comes from.

And, b/c I don't remember much French at all, I thought ventre was vent. So here's a video. Have I posted it for you before? I love this song.

wwidsith August 1 2009, 18:44:08 UTC

Really cool. No, I've never heard that before. Brilliant

desayuno_ingles August 2 2009, 01:28:21 UTC

Isn't it lovely?

desayuno_ingles August 2 2009, 01:31:00 UTC

Also, it's funny but just tonight I, and a friend, met up with some acquaintances of said friend, one was wearing a horizontally striped shirt and I thought, 'how Frence' before realizing, "oh, duh, these are the French dudes staying with him." which brought me back to your post and why the horizontally striped shirt is so very recognizably French. Unfortunately I could not remember the name for it so failed in making the connection for the French dudes.

herself_nyc July 31 2009, 22:17:30 UTC

Give me a bite of that, please.

Also, please remind me how Les Halles is pronounced, because I always forget.

wwidsith August 1 2009, 18:46:49 UTC

Yeah it's tricky because the H is one of those ones which stop liaison, so instead of saying lézal you say lé-al with just two vowels together, sometimes even pronounced with a tiny glottal stop in between. But you can practise all this when we do our flat-swap....

herself_nyc August 2 2009, 02:04:14 UTC

That's it, I knew there was something about that H. Thanks.
And yes, I hope I'll get a chance to practice ....