The New French Forum

Good morning all.
First I would just like to say that I'm very happy to be able to use this site. It's great that it's here...
It has been suggested that I resurrect this thread, seeing as 'mine' has been started by someone else, so here is it.
Personally I'm more interested in people being happy than in what they are doing (unless it makes them...

Any opinions on this?

I dislike the BBC, their Today programme and others became impossible to listen to and their obsession with Farage (how many times was he on Question Time) was absurd but then it is filled with Tories in all the top positions. But clearly this new far right govt. needs a national broadcaster that will be completely compliant, possibly by not...

I'm not mistaken in choosing this category for the topic. Watching Clermont playing against Bath got me wondering if, once Brexit happens, UK teams will be illegible to play in the competition, given that the UK will be no longer part of Europe.

🎼 Go Jeremy Corbyn- go Jeremy Corbyn

Advertisements are more and more numerous and invasive: In your mailbox, along the roads, on the screen of your laptop, calls on your telephone, in the magazines, etc...
I measured the other day, reading a newspaper on my laptop: less than 1/4 of the surface for the article ! On the French TV , not more than 10 minutes of news and you have to be...

Yes I’m going to gloat :lol: :good:
After 31/2 years of assorted Remainers on here and everywhere else decrying stupid neanderthal knuckle draggers voting to ‘Get Britain Out’ it is finally going to happen.
I am sorry that the French resident English have lost out over that time due to the fall in the relative value of the Pound, but as I have...

I went to pay my tab at the bar and said to Lionel deux bierres . Cedric at the the end of the bar said, mimicking my accent, or not deux bierres followed by 4 or 5 voices including mine say zat is the question .
I suppose you had to be there.

The UK is meant to be going to get the Boris feel good bounce, now that he has such a big majority.
Everyone will be richer, new hospitals, jobs,nurses and most importantly jobs and wealth for the forgotten northern English.
I can remember early 2000s and the UK was booming, people had money to chuck at the European property market.

We have been...

We have an old De Dietrich combi boiler which reaches the end of its life. I don't want to change it for a new one as we want to get rid of the propane tank and the associated trouble for deliveries. And there's no town gas in the village.
I've already designed our new central heating, but I don't want to do it in winter.
Our old boiler has to...

I have been very slow to get some sort of insulation for the roof here and now I'm almost at the point of needing to buy some loose fill stuff to fill the gap between the T&G ceiling and the boards above (dunno what they're called). I was planning to just pour vermiculite granules into the space but now I notice that it's not listed on the Brico...

I need a couple of ABS sensors for my old Alfa. As its not being kept, I was going to buy a Chinese never heard of before one for 12 euros. The Bosch one is 80 euros. I assume the Chinese one will still work.
How come there is such a vast difference in price, do you still buy original parts for your jalopy. (,,..?? put them in where you want :lol:...

I thought we had a weather thread on here but been through 32 pages in the café twice and found nothing.
We had snow yesterday which is unusual in this part of the Cher, it melted a bit last night but snowed again during the night. She flies into Limoges this afternoon so waiting for the snow to melt.

Yes I’m going to gloat :lol: :good:
After 31/2 years of assorted Remainers on here and everywhere else decrying stupid neanderthal knuckle draggers voting to ‘Get Britain Out’ it is finally going to happen.
I am sorry that the French resident English have lost out over that time due to the fall in the relative value of the Pound, but as I have...

I'm having a bit of a dilema in that I know we must get a smart phone but it's the contract business I want to get to grips with. I don't know much about any of this so any help will be gratefully received. We have an Orange contract at 43 euros per month - phone/internet calls included to europe. We also have a PAYG phone each (the cheapest you...

Preparing for Independence
How to play the Boris, Cummings team.
They mislead the British with lies and wild claims.

All the SNP need to do is say is, The English think they can tell us what we can and cannot do.
That will win the hearts of the Scottish people.
Independence and still part of the EU.

My OH and I are huge fans of cookery programs like Saturday kitchen.
I'm sooo delighted to re-discover my country with Keith Floyd, Rick Stein and James Martin !
Along the years, I've travelled a lot in France (almost not at all elsewhere as I didn't feel the need). I could almost say that I've been everywhere !
These chefs take you from the...

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How about a game? Take the last two letters (minimum) of the previous French word to make another. Proper names OK. Strict rules, though. No phonetics, no cheating or else Nurse Ratched will be round with the syringe! :shock:
Allons-y......
GOUVERNEMENT

Despite the title, the English version of Maraboutdeficelle :D As it's (roughly) the native language of the forum, minimum THREE last letters of the previous word to make a new one.

CONVENIENT

When the French adopt English words ( weekend, shopping etc) how do they decide whether they are masculine or feminine?

My little basic mobile is letting me down as I can only set 3 alarms a day on it and when using the calendar, only one item at a time shows up on the screen. Ideally I'd like to see the whole day's activities at once. Other important consideration is fairly decent camera. I will rarely use the internet on it so don't need a super expensive one....

This got a wow response from me this morning. Edit 15 dec. the tweet below has now been deleted.

This is just a general enquiry, but I would appreciate some input from those who know about the mysteries of auto electrics. We have an ancient (2002) Astra which has given faultless service and is the only one of our two old motors with a tow bar, so is needed to haul our trailer to the dechetterie.
After comparatively short periods ( a couple of...

I need to do a long French to English translation but Google translate, nor Babefish or from what I can see non will do it. Anyone help please