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Monday, 14 January 2008 |
Sir,
Your (December) article on foie gras was, sadly, peppered with inaccuracies
and an excess of the current ‘PC’ nonsense that is bandied about in circles that
have no first-hand knowledge of actual practice. Hardly a stellar example of
objective reporting.
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Monday, 14 January 2008 |
Dear French News,
Your review of the book on Jeanne la Pucelle (December issue, Grand Est
page) showed it to be a scholarly work. However there is a flaw in the
proposals. The English paid a fortune to get their hands on the person
responsible for their defeats. Joan was then imprisoned, put on trial and
tortured. Would they then quietly free her, or allow her to escape, and arrange
for someone to be burnt to coincide with the end of the trial?
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Monday, 14 January 2008 |
I have a French friend, a connoisseur of
good food and drink, who maintains that
camembert and oatcake is a combination
worthy to rank with ham and egg, sausage
and mash, roast beef and yorkshire
pudding and other inspired combinations.
At the time, he was eating my oatcakes.
When I was newly married and living
in a
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Monday, 14 January 2008 |
‘French News’ is always a good read but
when I read Robin Hicks’ description of
the Jardin des Évêques being “SNUCK”
behind the cloisters… I just had to write
and complain. It is a horrible-sounding
word which is hardly, if ever used. The
Oxford English Dictionary says, “Usage:
The form SNUCK for the past or past
participle should not be used in formal
contexts. It arose in American English in
the 19th century and remains non-standard
in both American and British English.”
What is wrong with the word ‘hidden’?
We have such a beautiful, colourful
language, why desecrate it?
Elizabeth Gay, Aquitaine
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Monday, 14 January 2008 |
Wake up, it’s Super Tuesday! Or it practically is if you’re an overseas
American voter. Because you can’t just get out of bed on voting day and
decide to be a good citizen if you live overseas: exercising your civic duty
abroad takes resolve.
Speaking of which: how about “putting a Democrat back in the White House
this year” for a New Year’s resolution? Because the Democrats are trying hard again
this election cycle to turn out those theoretical 6 million overseas voters, or at least
the Democratic ones.
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