tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782570194343894086.post6742714256256729869..comments2022-09-16T05:55:49.556+02:00Comments on Dirty feet and rubble in my hair: Pin Pon off!!!Rozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09360552472354032509noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782570194343894086.post-32912888263026751282011-01-11T13:35:59.013+01:002011-01-11T13:35:59.013+01:00It takes time...and also a willingness on the part...It takes time...and also a willingness on the part of your neighbours...I wouldn't worry about it.the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782570194343894086.post-43554600492051762822011-01-11T07:56:12.959+01:002011-01-11T07:56:12.959+01:00Helen, I wish I was as integrated as you were - th...Helen, I wish I was as integrated as you were - the language is coming on very slowly but between work and renovating our house we have little time to socialise with our french neighbours. One day.....Rozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09360552472354032509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782570194343894086.post-88756691232864373832011-01-11T02:56:49.333+01:002011-01-11T02:56:49.333+01:00Yes, they certainly did and they were very welcome...Yes, they certainly did and they were very welcome...<br /><br />I always lived in obscure corners, so knew most of the chaps involved as they were very local. <br />They were volunteers, did their training in their spare time, and were usually active on other local things as well....so it was more like friends arriving than anything else when they did their calendar round.<br />The calendars were always a riot...tower blocks in flames, etc., so I suppose some central depot issued them to fire brigades generally and the only local bit of it was the photograph of the massed sapeurs pompiers on the back cover...none of them resembling Adonis as you so rightly say!<br /><br />And as for odd words and how they are pronounced..what about what is written as 'hein' and sounds like 'ugh'...well depending on who's speaking...and it took me a long time to fathom<br />'be oui' as a greeting... <br /><br />Have you ever been to the fire brigade ball? I don't know about the Limousin but everywhere I've lived these were really bacchanalian affairs....fifty or more totally inebriated people dancing the tango is a sight to behold...the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782570194343894086.post-17506263584664722202011-01-10T19:53:37.085+01:002011-01-10T19:53:37.085+01:00Did they come calling when you lived in France tho...Did they come calling when you lived in France though Helen? I cant imagine it's just a Limousin thing and I reckon I hear dogs going 'barf' far more than I hear them going 'ouah'!!<br />Diane we met a lovely French lady at a party the other day who suggested we visit her at her house and speak (very bad) French with her for some practice - worth a try I guess!<br />Vera - Hurrah for us and our toughness!!! We should drink some homemade cider to us and our tenacity (well, I would if it didn't taste so shi***!!!)<br />Alan - no worries, we have been terrible communicators of late - we are house sitting at the mo as Jane and Den are sunning themselves - but we are backwards and forwards between houses so give us a bell xxxRozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09360552472354032509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782570194343894086.post-83970006364917572762011-01-10T18:25:53.162+01:002011-01-10T18:25:53.162+01:00Not big on onomatopoeia the French eh? Unless they...Not big on onomatopoeia the French eh? Unless they hear things differently, perhaps they do. <br /><br />Hope your both well, happy New Year to you all sorry we've not been in touch. Fred and I are over next Thursday to Sunday if you have time for a cuppa?Alan Leishmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04698261577155305225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782570194343894086.post-28106379115715559942011-01-10T08:54:05.427+01:002011-01-10T08:54:05.427+01:00I totally agree about the temperature of the house...I totally agree about the temperature of the house often being colder on the inside than outside. Frequently I have ended up outside doing jobs rather than freezing myself silly doing jobs in the house. We try to keep one room warm, though, for when we work on the PC.s. It's healthy, though, being outside keeping warm! Would rather be doing that than being locked in a fully centrally heated house in the UK. Hooray for us stoical Brits!Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13235143664894609891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782570194343894086.post-33150690358404826402011-01-09T20:32:23.677+01:002011-01-09T20:32:23.677+01:00Roz you have company there, I don't think I wi...Roz you have company there, I don't think I will ever get the language either :(((( DianeDianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14782670749466305626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-782570194343894086.post-11023013151680274952011-01-09T16:18:04.582+01:002011-01-09T16:18:04.582+01:00Well, they're called the bombaderos.....but I ...Well, they're called the bombaderos.....but I don't know what their fire engine noise is...I'll have to ask some kids!<br />They don't do calendars either....<br /><br />And in what language is a dog supposed to go 'barf, barf'...?<br />Don't need encouragement to do that in my experience...normally just when I've washed the floor.the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.com