Julia Frey's Blog – September 2009 Archive (3)
Amuse-Bouche No. 14: Ramadan, Madame ? Ramadan runs for 30 days. In 2009, it's 21 August - 19 September
by Julia Frey
Ramadan runs for 30 days. In 2009, it's Friday, 21 August, to Saturday, 19 September.
There’s nothing more amusing than two foreigners trying to communicate in a third language. I’m having trouble understanding Mahmoud’s Algerian-accented French. He, in turn, cracks up whenever I say his name (a variant of Mohammed), because my hard American consonants make it sound like mammouth… Continue
Added by Julia Frey on September 15, 2009 at 8:00am — 10 Comments
Amuse-Bouche No. 12: A la nage (Swimmingly) - Do you swim like a monkey wrench?
by Julia Frey
Do you swim like a monkey wrench?
Le mois d’août ! In France it’s synonymous with holidays, for August is vacation month, and gives us words for the two pests of the season, aoûtats (chiggers) and aoûtiens (August vacationers). When it’s 36ºC (97 in the shade) on the Côte d’Azur, I avoid both plaies (literally, wounds—unbearable people or things) by heading to the neighborhood… Continue
Added by Julia Frey on September 2, 2009 at 2:30pm — 3 Comments
Amuse-Bouche No. 13: La Rentrée: The Opposite of Vacation. In France, the new year begins on September 1.
by Julia Frey
In France, the new year begins on September 1.
September in Paris. So many parties. We go to a cocktail for Laurent’s new novel, due out for la rentrée littéraire. “What exactly,” I wonder, “is a rentrée?” (re-entry). He says you have to begin with the end. End of the holidays, that is.
A year has only nine months in France. It’s over in May,… Continue
Added by Julia Frey on September 1, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments
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