tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post8962869296225067427..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Driving to Loches for lunchKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-6053349609509656172014-09-21T20:38:04.924+02:002014-09-21T20:38:04.924+02:00Version Privée is a clothing store in Loches. Appa...<a href="http://www.koifaire.com/centre/version,privee-37176.html" rel="nofollow">Version Privée</a> is a clothing store in Loches. Apparently, there's another VP shop in the Tours suburb of Joué...Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-84239639966817302592014-09-21T20:28:11.404+02:002014-09-21T20:28:11.404+02:00Beautiful street.... just curious about the "...Beautiful street.... just curious about the "Version Privee" bag that the lady is holding. Any ideas?Linda from Alabamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00983608418231711700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-88739768429978751832014-09-20T19:52:50.968+02:002014-09-20T19:52:50.968+02:00Chm, no, Oshkosh is pronounced [AHSH-kahsh]. in Fr...Chm, no, Oshkosh is pronounced [AHSH-kahsh]. in French, it's Loches [LUHSH], not [LAHSH]. The vowel in Loches is the same vowel as in bonne or tonne or poche or moche in French.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-68307521241309107912014-09-20T19:44:39.962+02:002014-09-20T19:44:39.962+02:00I remember that discussion too and I mentioned Osh...I remember that discussion too and I mentioned Oshkosh. When Frank and I stopped there for dinner and the night, he was so pleased with the name of that town, he repeated it over and over: Oshkosh, Oshkosh, Oshkosh... For me it sounds very close to Loches!chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-64657383928812146942014-09-20T18:29:44.369+02:002014-09-20T18:29:44.369+02:00Hi Judy, I remember that too. English friends of o...Hi Judy, I remember that too. English friends of ours pronounce the English word "lush" more like "leush" than like the American pronunciation -- think of the Beatles Liverpudlian accent. Our American pronunciation of "lush" has the same vowel as in "ton" or "son" or "won". I have to ask my English friends to pronounce "son" and "sun" to see if they pronounce the two words differently, where we Americans do not. Anyway, the American "lush" is extremely close to the French "Loches."Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-40115309369742845862014-09-20T18:18:25.233+02:002014-09-20T18:18:25.233+02:00Oh, I remember the big discussion we had here one ...Oh, I remember the big discussion we had here one year, about the English-language pronunciation of <i>Loches</i>, about how it differed when said by an Australian, a Brit, an American, or an English-speaking Frenchman :) ... and none realized (behind our silent computer screens) that the others were thinking of it pronounced differently.<br />Great photo!Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-88440412288617343212014-09-20T11:53:34.060+02:002014-09-20T11:53:34.060+02:00Beautiful small town.Beautiful small town.Gosiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14604712540141917583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-40408722732834140512014-09-20T11:25:01.151+02:002014-09-20T11:25:01.151+02:00It had rained here when we got home, but we had on...It had rained here when we got home, but we had only 3 mm in the gauge. We've been having showers all morning. That was a good lunch yesterday.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-40441862947488713992014-09-20T11:21:08.477+02:002014-09-20T11:21:08.477+02:00In the afternoon we had brilliant sunshine and 27°...In the afternoon we had brilliant sunshine and 27°C chez nous. It was a lovely mild evening then a sudden chill arrived with darkness. It's nice that it's cooler at night I think.........shame about today's rain.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.com