Jamie’s Blog – Word of the Week #03
This week’s word is: Discombobulate ˌdɪskəmˈbɒbjʊleɪt verb To throw into confusion. francais = condondre
Splendid or Awesome. BrE. vs. AmE.
‘We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language’ The Canterville Ghost, Oscar Wilde (1887) ‘England and America are two countries separated by the same language’ George Bernard Shaw (1942), [attributed] It may have come to your attention that there are some small differences between British English (BrE) and […]
Foire Internationale de Caen 2017
L’invitation de cette année est de faire le Tour du Monde de la France en 80 jours. Cette année, Caen Event propose une exposition sur la France aux quatre coins du monde, sur les territoires français qui s’étendent depuis les zones subarctiques, antarctiques jusqu’aux forêts tropicales & équatoriales. Comme chaque année, l’Académie des Langues est […]
Beards: Facial Hair and Language.
I will begin by admitting that I can’t grow a beard, no matter how hard I try, so this is a bizarre* choice of blog-post for me. So, put on your seatbelt for another etymological roller-coaster ride. As so often with such matters we begin with Latin and the word “barba” which itself has much […]
Combien la réforme Macron va vous faire gagner selon votre salaire ?
Informations publiées par le site internet Capital. Selon les simulations exclusives réalisées par la banque privée KBL Richelieu, nous avons eu un aperçu des gains visibles directement sur la fiche de salaire des salariés. La réforme Macron a pour objectif de redonner du pouvoir d’achat aux salariés. Les attentes sont désormais connues. Dès l’an prochain, […]
Crazy English Spelling – Doubt
Doubt /daʊt/ v: to question, to waver or to hesitate n: uncertainty, confusion français: doute Why is there a silent “B” in the word “Doubt”? It seems unneccesary, doesn’t it? The French word “Doute” arrived into English in the 13th Century from the original Latin word “Dubitare”. Later, sometime in the 14th Century, […]
Jamie’s Blog – Word of the Week #02
This week’s word is… Gobbledygook ˈɡɒbəldɪˌɡuːk noun If you describe a speech or piece of writing as gobbledygook, you are criticizing it for seeming like nonsense and being very technical or complicated. français = charabia I’ll be back next week with another word. See you soon!
Interesting English – A Sing Song with King Kong.
Hi everybody. I’ve been searching my library of English books to find more interesting concepts in English and I found something I had never heard about before. Why does a clock make the sound “tick-tock” and not “tock-tick”? And when we have an informal conversation we have a “chit-chat” and not a “chat-chit”? And why […]
Jamie’s Blog – Word of the Week #01
Hi everybody! Welcome to my blog. Today, I am beginning my “Word of the Week” series. This week’s word is… Kerfuffle kəˈfʌfəl noun, informal commotion; disorder; agitation français = remu-ménage, en désordre I’ll be back next week with another word. See you soon!
Le Bilinguisme selon Courrier International
« Courrier international » est un journal qui recueille et traduit des articles de la presse internationale. Dans l’hebdo n°1386 de la semaine du 24 au 31 mai 2017, un dossier est consacré au bilinguisme : « Emploi Objectif Langues : Pour travailler, mieux vaut être polyglotte. Tous les avantages du bilinguisme, vus par la presse étrangère ». Plus de la […]
by Académie des Langues