To get back onto âCheerful Newsâ⌠I recently met a man who had sung âHead, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toesâ with me when he was a 7 year-old and he is now married with a child to whom he has taught the same songâŚ
Must confess I didnât understand who he was nor what he was babbling about, until he burst into song and the years simply fell away. Quite emotional all round âŚ
That I understand, itâs why you would add an âhâ to a word that doesnât have one that I havenât understood.
HahaâŚ.indeed!
Itâs in my list of things to get when next in Leclerc.
I remember seeing this. Never made it, but if Leclerc fail me I might give it a go.
Oh yeah, good point, I just presumed it went that way too as they all do it! @vero help 
Iâm continuing my experiments with lacto-fermentation. After the âveranda-heatwave yoghurtâ, I tried something else and added milk to some leftover oat flakes that had been fermenting in water for a few days and had developed a lovely tangy flavour. Well done â I ended up with a firm yoghurt with a delicious, distinctive flavour 
My daughter does peach tea in Tennessee as everyone in the countryside has a front open verandah with the usual rocking chairs so they put a big earthenware container out there for 24 hrs and the heat makes the teabags infuse and then its refrigerated until gone which isnât very long. You see the containers on the porches when you pass the houses
Just before we move on, not just the French. I was always taught at home and school that hotel did have a silent âhâ. Which meant that it should always be an hotel not a hotel.
My Dad was from Southampton, donât know if that made any difference. 
I donât know. Ive always said ho-tel
Thatâs very kind of you Mikey but Iâve got things higher up on my âto doâ list other than make cottage cheese. But Iâll take the half hour if I may 
That sound delicious !!
OkâŚyou can have 1/2 hour as an 18 year old. Hope that does?
Wow - all the energy and whatevers of an 18-year old. Thatâll do nicely, thank you.
Iâve just come back from the doctors - his surgery is in the local hospital. The cheerful news is that I had good BP results, my heart is still ticking quite nicely, and I have no other problems except niggly cramps. Heâs given me some meds for the cramp and said make sure to drink 2 litres per day in this hot weather.
There is no AC in the hospital but what I did notice was that at every workstation and in every office, there was a tower fan. That must have cost a bomb and put paid to their budget for the year!
When Stuart and I watch the MotoGP racing, we always comment on the fact that one of the commentators, Sylvaine Guintolli (who is French), and lots of the other Spanish and Italian riders pronounce the word âcircuitâ SIR QUIT.
Also the French pronounce âironâ as I RON.
Strange but true âŚâŚ
Have you tried teaching them how to pronounce wasps or crisps?
From experience, it is easier if such words are written down for them to scrutinize while I carefully speak. 
If we are âout and aboutâ such awkward words, spoken off the cuff, can have us all in hysterics.
My grandson shocked me last night at his 6th birthday party at which all the adults were gathered with an outburst of âOh my godâ in fluent English. Well I know his parents donât encourage words like that so he must have heard it on the TV but what followed that was me giving the French side of the family a lesson in English swearwords and hearing them say them left me in hysterics. I then got a reciprocal lesson in the equivalent in French.
Reminds me of a happening in a wood yard years ago. A very well spoken lady was asking for some fencing materials, in particular Arris rail, pronounced with an H