tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988897878875491148.post5230370994058007803..comments2023-11-03T14:30:45.289+01:00Comments on Red, White and Bleu: The Frenchman has been warnedParisgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06541058433269818013noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988897878875491148.post-24981358704125430922008-09-23T15:15:00.000+02:002008-09-23T15:15:00.000+02:00Oh, also, what ParisGirl says. Eldest son's first ...Oh, also, what ParisGirl says. <BR/><BR/>Eldest son's first words of French, repeated in every single shop we entered, were "Bonbon Madame".Wafflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02907816708805451116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988897878875491148.post-11907535901644183032008-09-23T15:14:00.000+02:002008-09-23T15:14:00.000+02:00Hooray! Will mail you.Hooray! Will mail you.Wafflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02907816708805451116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988897878875491148.post-65317181350009288092008-09-23T13:39:00.000+02:002008-09-23T13:39:00.000+02:00Jaywalker, I'm free! Coffee would be fab.Anon, chi...Jaywalker, I'm free! Coffee would be fab.<BR/><BR/>Anon, children can be bloody-minded but they know how to get what they want and if that means saying "ice-cream" in German, Swahili or Chinese Mandarin they'll do it!<BR/><BR/>Ooops! I just swore in print.<BR/>xParisgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06541058433269818013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988897878875491148.post-12160162172304057172008-09-22T21:35:00.000+02:002008-09-22T21:35:00.000+02:00I agree WITN was clearly upset. I guess she will h...I agree WITN was clearly upset. I guess she will have to develop a thicker skin tho, now's she's in the public domain. Not wise to go turning stuff up tho and reading about oneself, compulsive tho it no doubt is!<BR/><BR/>My friends' children are trilingual (not without blood, sweat and tears) and all varying degrees of 'frenchness'. Oldest an Anglophile, youngest won't speak anyhtignbut French. The Mother, being German loses out most, linguistically, maybe because the parents speak Englsh to each other. But she perseveres doggedly in German to her children always.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988897878875491148.post-28637330933290043302008-09-22T13:30:00.000+02:002008-09-22T13:30:00.000+02:00Hmm, as you know I am not at all squeamish about t...Hmm, as you know I am not at all squeamish about the swearing. Ahem.<BR/><BR/>Am in Paris for French launch of my eurotedious Tedium Files on 14 October. Free for coffee? <BR/><BR/>Bruges or Brussels. Hmm. Disloyal as it is, I'd say Bruges!Wafflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02907816708805451116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988897878875491148.post-37371601764447643032008-09-19T14:59:00.000+02:002008-09-19T14:59:00.000+02:00Anonymous, thanks for popping in and glad you like...Anonymous, thanks for popping in and glad you like what you saw. I think WITN was hurt and angry and pressed 'post' before giving herself time to cool off. <BR/>Heaven knows I can I swear but am squeamish about swearing in print...besides my mother would be horrified!<BR/>Are your friends' children trilingual? <BR/>Jaywalker, how about a trip to Paris? (my birthday present from the Frenchman was a yet-to-be-taken weekend in Bruges or Brussels).Parisgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06541058433269818013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988897878875491148.post-27518114006379047572008-09-19T12:06:00.000+02:002008-09-19T12:06:00.000+02:00It is beautiful at this time of year. Gorgeous. Go...It is beautiful at this time of year. Gorgeous. Go and sit on a heated terrace for me and admire the winter coats on display. Must find a birthday present for my Frenchman today, dammit! <BR/>ExWafflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02907816708805451116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988897878875491148.post-48271686969478376852008-09-19T11:53:00.000+02:002008-09-19T11:53:00.000+02:00Hi, just popped over to your blog, as I read your ...Hi, just popped over to your blog, as I read your comment on WITN's one. Actually I agreed with your comment, and wrote something a little similar. To tell you the truth I wanted to say much more, but was afraid of being cyber lynched. To me it was unattractive, immature and using exactly the same bullying, tit for tat, abusive tactics that had been used against her, which she criticised so strongly, without giving a right of reply or allowing for freedom of speech, which I thought was a real shame. I was amazed at the seemingly 100% positive response to her post. (but then comment moderation was 'on') For me it really put me off reading her (not that I'll be a loss to her as I don't leave fawning comments)& rather changed my image/view of her.<BR/><BR/>I'll be returning to your blog, looks great. I have friends (English/German couple who live in Mantes La Jolie, their 4 children are, of course more French than they are. And being English AND German they have a few historical culutral antipathies to overcome!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com