In article , says...

Not to be confused with the telephone callers that try to sell you
things you don't want, which are mangy touts.

Must remember that one. I wonder how many of them speak French.

We have a range of games we play with the overseas, TPS-deaf ones who
won't take a polite refusal....

Janet

On 2013-08-01 22:03:04 +0100, Martin said:

On Thu, 1 Aug 2013 18:00:40 +0100, Sacha wrote
snip

Martin's wife speaks
fluent French, so obviously some has rubbed off on him!

An intensive French course and working in France had more effect.

Do you speak French at home, or English? Or perhaps a mix of the two?
We were sitting near a family on the beach yesterday and the Italian
father spoke Italian to their young son but English to his wife. I
thought what a lucky child that is to be effortlessly learning two
languages at the same time.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On 2013-08-01 21:33:12 +0100, Baz said:

Sacha wrote in :

On 2013-08-01 19:23:44 +0100, Baz said:

Chris Hogg wrote in
:
snip

The OP was complaining that her brother had nicked all the peas. Mange
tout is a play on mangetout, a variety of pea.

So, it is mangetout, not a play, but the same word split into two?
I honestly don't get it. Never mind, I will get it eventually.

Thanks Chris
Baz

The pea itself is called mangetout meaning 'eat all of it' because one
does eat the whole thing, pod and all. And 'vous avez mangé tout' means
youve eaten everything. No more than that!

Oh, I see now How stupid am I? J'ai mal lu la chose. Je me sens stupide
maintenant.

Désolé
Baz

Pas de tout!
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On 2013-08-01 21:41:34 +0100, said:

In article , Baz wrote:
Sacha wrote in :

The pea itself is called mangetout meaning 'eat all of it' because one
does eat the whole thing, pod and all. And 'vous avez mangé tout' means
youve eaten everything. No more than that!

Oh, I see now How stupid am I? J'ai mal lu la chose. Je me sens stupide
maintenant.

Not to be confused with the telephone callers that try to sell you
things you don't want, which are mangy touts.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Like that one!
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On 02/08/13 09:57, Sacha wrote:
Do you speak French at home, or English? Or perhaps a mix
of the two? We were sitting near a family on the beach
yesterday and the Italian father spoke Italian to their
young son but English to his wife. I thought what a
lucky child that is to be effortlessly learning two
languages at the same time.

Many years ago my parents knew a family where the mother was German
and the father Egyptian. The children spoke one language with
the father, another with the mother, and family discussions were
held in English.