A translation table is currently proving an internet hit. The table explains how to translate British politeness which, for the uninitiated, usually means exactly the opposite of what it appears to mean. For example: “With the greatest respect” actually means “you are an idiot” whilst the interlocutor understands it as “he is listening to me.” Another favourite is a variation
Going up into the loft, unless this is an everyday occurrence, can be a chastening experience: all those memories and relics of the past gathering dust. Routing through the accumulated detritus recently I came across my old French A level papers. They were scary. Paper I on June 11 1964 lasted from 2 – 5 and consisted of two questions.
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A grammatical ding dong is currently engaging the minds of French intellectuals (all the French consider themselves intellectuals), and the furore is about the proposal to abolish the circumflex accent, that funny hat-like object that hovers over all the French vowels. This revolutionary change was first proposed and agreed 26 years ago by the Académie Française, but fears of a
