vendredi 16 avril 2010

craquants

So what is a craquant price?

Can only assume it is good : -), cracking and crunchy, though craquants videos on youtube imply some other uses (cute, tasty?) as does the wiktionnaire

And how do you say it? Like this - 'spl0uf

jeudi 15 avril 2010

d'accord

Ok, so I know what d'accord means but I loved the way the ticket conductor went up and down the train saying nothing more than "d'accord" in various ways that suggested varying degrees of accord.
Me, I'm gonna model my pronunciation on this and try not to pick up too much creole(?) - yep I'm singing along ;-)

mardi 13 avril 2010

soyez prudents

be careful/prudent? Again an imperative and a road sign

serrez a gauche

something like keep left? Seen on the motorway approaching peage.

incivilité

l'incivilité n'a pas sa place. Incivility is of course uncommon in England ;-).

But what does the rest of the phrase mean? Is it a clever pun? ... has no place/seat?

update (14/04/10):
- Last night I requested a pronunciation on forvo and someone did it by the morning :-)
- When I updated this post in draft.blogger I noticed a 'define' option on the post editor toolbar, which gives (but interestingly this only works if you write it without the accent, err why?):