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Publicity for a local business , never seen âlikerâ before but no option really for facebook
âOuverture prochaine Ă Dole !
Liker vite notre page afin de ne manquer aucune actu ! â
I wonder what the Académie Française would have to say? Some of the recent French (mis)appropriations of verb forms from English words are terrible.
I love âfootingâ being used for jogging.
Cracks me up every time I hear it.
What about re-looker for home decoration changes?
Well of course, because jogging is a tracksuit, pfffff
Sandwichs always cracks me up when you see it plastered on cafe windows or walls.
Iâve always thought it very odd that French uses English âwordsâ that arenât actually used in English, such as ârugbymanâ or âtennismanâ.
Liker, cliquer âŠ
I was surprised recently to hear a friend refer to âle timingâ.
Surely lâAcadĂ©mie Française is all over that sort of thing
I think un makeover is a thing as well.
One of my faves is âshowroomingâ on the side of a furniture shop van.
In English we also have words many think are French
I was trying to explain to my student the dilemma of how an âentrĂ©eâ in American English is the main course and a starter ( entrĂ©e in French) is actually called an âhors dâoeuvreâ. We often have very funny classes laughing about the differences of English.
Que prenez vous en entrĂ©e means what are you having as a first course. Menus have entrĂ©es plats desserts on them. Hors dâĆuvres are the things you eat not the course even if thereâs a bit of confusion sometimes.
Americans just got the wrong end of the stick.
My favourite recent one is âle rĂŽle du management dans un business start-upâ.
Why do I have a mental image of a bowler-hatted gent strutting around saying âI say! You there. You French people - youâre going to have to learn English eventually, why not just get on with it?â
French AirBnB hosts love to describe their (poky) city apartments as âtrĂšs cocooningâ.
Hahaha that sounds like something theydy say in Qui Veut Ătre Mon Associé⊠They love throwing about their Franglais in that show
Variant on this theme : âLe start-up 100% Made in Franceâ
While queuing for the Baker⊠I heard my neighbours chuckling about this and that⊠and one definitely said âle shoppingâ
âle shoppingâ means going round boutiques etc though, not buying looroll and catfood.
Ah⊠that does make sense⊠they were laughing about the amount of time one of their number spends doing âle shoppingâ⊠and that lady is always very well presented
Although much of her time is spent buying the ingredients for the school canteen⊠which are obviously of equal importanceâŠ