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Forum: France
Mar 10th 2010, 9:16 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 1,242
Posted By geoff3

Re: Snowed in near Avignon! Anyone else?

Not quite snowed in but 30cms near Perpignan.
We planted 100 olive trees last Sunday in perfect sunny weather, on Monday it rained so we were happy about that for the new trees but Tuesday it snowed...
Forum: France
Mar 10th 2010, 9:05 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 2,817
Posted By geoff3

Re: Anyone know about Sarlat in Aquitaine?

Sarlat is a gorgeous town but very touristy. Good food!
If you are interested in genealogical research most departments in France have free on-line readable birth, mariage, and death registers, and...
Forum: France
Feb 22nd 2010, 7:32 am
Replies: 368
Views: 232,787
Posted By geoff3

Re: Useful French Phrases

extract from Wiki...
Dans le Sud de la France, en particulier à Toulouse où il se prononce cõ ͊ŋ, con ou son dérivé bouducon est utilisé de manière impersonnelle comme interjection. Il est...
Forum: France
Feb 22nd 2010, 1:34 am
Replies: 368
Views: 232,787
Posted By geoff3

Re: Useful French Phrases

Careful, "con" in the Longuedoc Rousillon serves as a "fin de phrase" or apostrophe and is not intended to be offensive to the person one is talking to.
Geoff
Forum: France
Feb 17th 2010, 7:26 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 952
Posted By geoff3

French/english pension pbs

Anybody out there who has worked in France long enough to be asking for a french pension? You might get a surprise !
I worked in the UK from 1966 to 1972 then came to France working from 1972 untill...
Forum: France
Feb 17th 2010, 4:16 am
Replies: 368
Views: 232,787
Posted By geoff3

Re: Useful French Phrases

a funny expression from down here (Perpignan) Je suis esponté.... means I am flabbergasted

geoff
Forum: France
Feb 17th 2010, 4:11 am
Replies: 368
Views: 232,787
Posted By geoff3

Re: Useful French Phrases

My grandad often used to say "san fairy ann" I'm gessing the spelling he never wrote it down.
I now know where the expression came from..... from the trenches in france He heard it so often from the...
Forum: France
Feb 17th 2010, 4:00 am
Replies: 19
Views: 2,186
Posted By geoff3

Re: Ahoy France

Plumbers can always find work in France, as can electricians, and brickies.
There is a new self employed status in France called an "Auto entrepreneur" which allows you to creat your own company...
Forum: France
Feb 17th 2010, 2:09 am
Replies: 5
Views: 939
Posted By geoff3

Re: New today

Have you had a look at the Gers?
This small department in the middle of the Midi Pyrénées has a lot going for it.
Very green, reminds me when I used to get of the ferry and go up through Kent....
Forum: France
Feb 16th 2010, 9:43 pm
Replies: 1,515
Views: 307,473
Posted By geoff3

Re: Introduction Thread (Somewhere to say Hi)

Hi, I'm Geoff Chapman from up North (Teesside) originally but been living in France since 1972 when I moved over here to the Paris suburbs to follow my french girlfriend Roselyne.
We married and...
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