tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096424416646902124.post5915995590601559478..comments2024-03-03T15:24:35.324-08:00Comments on But you are in France, Madame !: it's all in a nameBut you are in France, Madamehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05828509802680133173noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096424416646902124.post-8942375097040694752016-09-19T14:18:01.634-07:002016-09-19T14:18:01.634-07:00Thanks for your comment. This was my experience, b...Thanks for your comment. This was my experience, but I guess it is a bit risky to generalise!But you are in France, Madamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05828509802680133173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096424416646902124.post-63856743829133505342016-09-19T08:07:21.033-07:002016-09-19T08:07:21.033-07:00"In France, having a second name is rare"..."In France, having a second name is rare". I am not sure about this. I am French and it seems pretty normal to me. Some people even have 3 o 4 names :)Bettinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01755041423460448121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096424416646902124.post-55074545325486571952016-09-15T14:30:09.811-07:002016-09-15T14:30:09.811-07:00Thanks Ellen. They are all very loved!Thanks Ellen. They are all very loved!But you are in France, Madamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05828509802680133173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096424416646902124.post-16113654592805702492016-09-15T14:29:41.710-07:002016-09-15T14:29:41.710-07:00Hi Darlene. Her grandmother's name suits her b...Hi Darlene. Her grandmother's name suits her beautifully and she is definitely a Miss Molly May. Love your hockey player story!But you are in France, Madamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05828509802680133173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096424416646902124.post-78603119053484343302016-09-15T12:40:47.789-07:002016-09-15T12:40:47.789-07:00That's the face of a loved child. Congratulati...That's the face of a loved child. Congratulations!Kiwihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08175970854511498140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096424416646902124.post-86989177475514854862016-09-15T11:03:29.275-07:002016-09-15T11:03:29.275-07:00Molly May is a great name and she suits it! I acci...Molly May is a great name and she suits it! I accidentally named my daughter after a hockey player - Marcelle Dion. Fortunately she doesn't mind. Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252671846285594734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096424416646902124.post-14061433933774635052016-09-15T04:53:35.884-07:002016-09-15T04:53:35.884-07:00Hi Susan, sometimes the pull to be true to yoursel...Hi Susan, sometimes the pull to be true to yourself is just too strong. In this case, unfortunately so for your friend's daughter. As a French language teacher myself, the confidence with which the non-native English teachers corrected my own English-speaking offspring intrigued me. <br /><br />As for the cheques, I had to think hard every time I wrote one out, as the order for the name and But you are in France, Madamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05828509802680133173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096424416646902124.post-54796034879440358422016-09-15T04:38:36.841-07:002016-09-15T04:38:36.841-07:00I have an Australian friend who has lived in Franc...I have an Australian friend who has lived in France for 40 years. Her children have a French father and grew up truly bilingual. But her daughter failed her English exam for the Bac. She says '<i>c'est la honte de ma vie !</i>' but she refused to use the absurd outdated formal English that the class insisted on. She speaks and writes perfectly in English in a normal modern way.<br /><Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096424416646902124.post-17291363585943935172016-09-15T02:27:58.074-07:002016-09-15T02:27:58.074-07:00Thank-you! It was all these little, almost inconse...Thank-you! It was all these little, almost inconsequential, differences that made our French life what it was, memorable, enriching and life-changing.But you are in France, Madamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05828509802680133173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7096424416646902124.post-51893973785042782122016-09-15T01:14:24.677-07:002016-09-15T01:14:24.677-07:00What a lovely story! And such cuties!
My kid manag...What a lovely story! And such cuties!<br />My kid managed to get 21 out of 20 in English. I expected nothing less! There's no special class for English speakers here. However, I spoke with the teacher and in addition to the assignments (which took under 5 minutes), she got to read "The Hunger Games." <br />People tell me my signature is odd--I do an American John Hancock style that&Taste of Francehttp://francetaste.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com