woolybanana Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 English gets everywhere in French despite attempts to purge the language of new entrants. Here is an example from today's papersL'école est finie et Bison futé est overbooké Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew44 Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Hello WB,In a recent tennis match, a line judge was 'overrulé', but didn't get 'un standing ovation' !@+Andrew 44 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 I've seen "surbooker" . Not sure if that's better or worse!Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereford Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 All the shops round here that get re-furbished are advertised as "relooke" (accent on e - sorry using US keyboard, on a laptop, cannot see where on this site to get symbols. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Add "er" to my very English surname and you have a French verb, but it doesn't appear to be particularly known or used by French people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereford Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 From a report in our local paper today:"........le jeune Thomas est groggy sur place" He was groggy because another young man had thumped him and indeed Thomas ended up in hospital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillan Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 I am more worried about the decline of the English language due to political correctness and the same goes for literature as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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