Franco-Anglais Conversation… It is July

French words

 

 

During dinner wine is served, but not enough to slur one's conversation. French Husband was telling a tale to Alice about something or other, when I heard him say, "… because of this, certainly Corey and I will be going to "de – oven"."

Now I had caught enough of the conversation to know that he meant to say "we will be going to heaven", meaning we were good enough people. But Alice who is just starting to understand the play of words that French Husband uses with regularity, thought he meant we weren't good enough and would be burning in hell, hence "de – oven".

Now some of you who have just started to read my blog, or who have been reading my blog since time begin, will think I am being an "oven-ish" type of girl to be shining a light on French Husband's mispronounced English words. Well that might be true, but I figure since he does not want me to speak French to him (for reasons beyond my acceptance) I give myself full right to enjoy the occasional tease.

Bob lights for lightbulbs,

Thread-mill for treadmill,

Sleepers for slippers,

…and then there is Alice's Australian accent that confuses the Jesus out of him…

Way back in July Alice asked, "What is the mountain called?" And French Husband replied, "That mountain isn't cold, it is July."

 

 



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11 responses to “Franco-Anglais Conversation… It is July”

  1. Thank you for bringing laughter at the end of a long Monday 🙂 It is the second smile you prompted today – earlier I turned my calendar to February and saw your special day is coming later this week.

  2. Jacklynn Lantry

    tee hee hee…I love it when you write about FH’s fringlish. Guess I’ll see you in the oven.

  3. God I laughed and laughed out loud. I could just see the whole scene and the look on Alice’s face as she observed Yann’s matter of factness in accepting his hellish fate…and your’s too, i loved that bit….of course you both will go down together.
    What happened next????

  4. Oh you made me smile. This must make you smile and have a few chuckles too. What a delight words can be when misunderstood.

  5. Fuuny post, Corey. Accents can be quite amusing. Like Real Housewives if Cheshire…they’re speaking English, but I feel like I need subtitles:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4TrPzRLNCA

  6. Oh bless yer wee heart’ie, Corey, for making me laugh out loud. That French Husband of yours!

  7. RebeccaNYC

    If Yann does not think your French is good enough, then he gets what he deserves. What if you told him you were tired of him butchering your native language and from now on only French would be spoken in France? When you are in the US you can speak English. I think it is only fair. 😉

  8. Massilianana

    That was so funny, I laughed out loud ! Merci ! Very enjoyable quotes and moments, you should keep them coming more often ! Take care

  9. Shelley Noble

    So fun, so cute.

  10. SARAH WEBB

    i laughed this early morning. i have a french friend too and so many things i laugh at and the questions they ask….i loved sleepers for slippers. in fact it makes great sense and i might just rename them in my house!!! thanks for the smiles

  11. Love it!! I hope you are noting all these snippets in a notebook for future reference in a book on Life in Provence X

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