tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post8504639633831500178..comments2024-03-28T11:41:43.558+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Août là làKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-81115102332722987982016-08-01T19:56:02.085+02:002016-08-01T19:56:02.085+02:00I don't mean eating the flowers after the actu...I don't mean eating the flowers after the actually bloom, but the immature flower heads -- hearts, bottoms, leaves.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-80268415991201308432016-08-01T17:55:49.734+02:002016-08-01T17:55:49.734+02:00In my 1960s French class we were taught ah-oo. An...In my 1960s French class we were taught ah-oo. And stationner versus parking.Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-3127488122228603182016-08-01T17:51:38.390+02:002016-08-01T17:51:38.390+02:00I didn't know you could eat any of them.I didn't know you could eat any of them.Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-33001221018909235512016-08-01T16:19:46.277+02:002016-08-01T16:19:46.277+02:00We've heard dozens of people say the word août...We've heard dozens of people say the word <i>août</i> on the news on France 2 TV (the official government channel) today and nearly all of them say "oot" (sort of like the Scottish/Virginian/Canadian pronunciation of "out"). My 1980-vintage pronunciation dictionary says that in the expression <i>le mois d'août</i> the final T is not pronounced [luh-mwah-doo] but in <i>en août</i> it is pronounced [ä-noot]. As Judy says, it's a little like off-un vs. off-tun in American English. I remember hearing people pronounce the word as [ah-oo] or [ah-oot], in two syllables, back in the 1970s.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-32121865746060621782016-08-01T15:53:09.284+02:002016-08-01T15:53:09.284+02:00Beautiful hydrangeas... you guys always have succe...Beautiful hydrangeas... you guys always have success with what you grow!<br />Regarding the artichokes... so, you didn't harvest any? Just let them go to flower?<br />And, about <i>août</i>... didn't you mention in a blog post once, that some folks pronounce the <i>t</i>, and others don't? Kind of like the American English pronunciations of <i>often</i>... one pronounces the <i>t</i>, and the other doesn't?<br />Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-48574235722444071592016-08-01T15:33:07.666+02:002016-08-01T15:33:07.666+02:00Autolycus,
Even though the right pronunciation of ...Autolycus,<br />Even though the right pronunciation of <i>août</i> rhymes with "too", I guess at one point some people pronounced it as in Yahoo. There is a popular song <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSUiL6YYvu4" rel="nofollow"><i>Au trente-et-un du mois d'août</i></a> where the pronunciation is closer to the Scottish one, but I have no idea what said pronunciation is really like !chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-80273119301874429352016-08-01T14:27:27.695+02:002016-08-01T14:27:27.695+02:00Get aout of here lol! I love hortensia, especially...Get aout of here lol! I love hortensia, especially the ones I've seen in France.Evelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824964122794535252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-19573697201334671352016-08-01T14:02:17.112+02:002016-08-01T14:02:17.112+02:00Autolycus ! lol ... that was vaguely the way I sai...Autolycus ! lol ... that was vaguely the way I said it ... If I lived in France, they would beg me to speak English.<br /><br />Ken, the color and size of the flowers is amazing. Right now, all I see from every window is green but I will take that over all that brown or white that I saw too much of, up North :)<br />Walt has a seriously green thumb ! Notes From ABroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12202279303962539035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-1220730433099568862016-08-01T12:53:50.099+02:002016-08-01T12:53:50.099+02:00I was taught to pronounce "août" like a ...I was taught to pronounce "août" like a Scotsman ordering someone to leave (gorgeous flowers, btw).Autolycushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17642868944400656922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-4505018351514631482016-08-01T12:16:29.288+02:002016-08-01T12:16:29.288+02:00I don't know if all varieties of the artichoke...I don't know if all varieties of the artichoke plant produce edible "flowers" or just some. We didn't try to eat these this year.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-54911172011304245142016-08-01T12:12:08.650+02:002016-08-01T12:12:08.650+02:00We've had just a few really hot days. Right no...We've had just a few really hot days. Right now the weather is very pleasant -- cool mornings, warm afternoons.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-59943523878032830852016-08-01T10:46:40.742+02:002016-08-01T10:46:40.742+02:00Beautiful flowers. It's so hot and dry down he...Beautiful flowers. It's so hot and dry down here that my hydrangeas/hortensias are more brown than pink.Taste of Francehttp://francetaste.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-89808916490609642732016-08-01T10:07:06.871+02:002016-08-01T10:07:06.871+02:00Artichoke flowers are as delicious looking as they...Artichoke flowers are as delicious looking as they taste.chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.com