Re: SUNDOWN at Canada House-Sochi,Russia
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Originally Posted by jj
(or was it Char)that's the extent of my French.... very limited.... very
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oh dear oh dear oh dear come now James you are as much of a defeatist as Gord
(in his sympathy seaking intro to Nous Vivons Ensemble in the awesome 1971/1972/2011 BBC In Concert he claimed to not speak a single word of French yet due to historical and practical reasons the average English speaking person's vocabulary is riddled with a huge number of French words and expressions) a few being cafe restaurant creme au lait frappe fiancee cul-de-sac,there are several pages of them listed on
http://french.about.com/od/vocabular...nenglish_2.htm
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Honorary Curator Bootleg Museum 
(where Sir does not signify that I am a fully benighted Knight just a Bt which signifies a humble Baronet -?? read the wiki!)
I meant no one no harm Once inside we found a curious moonbeam Doing dances on the floor
Last edited by johnfowles; 02-15-2014 at 12:58 AM.
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