Fandango’s Friday Flashback 13th June

This one comes from 12 June 2014, since when it has amassed no fewer than five views, so don’t talk to me about going viral. It is a perhaps useful insight into the mind of a still unrepentant grammar pedant. Laying Down The Law You may have seen that the State opening of Parliament took…

‘Why can’t they speak English?’

In the interests of editorial balance, following last week’s feature aimed at our new local readers from Le Quotidien de Faire-Le-Dodo (87), which sought to explain the inability – or reluctance – of the incomers to speak French, today we deal with the thorny matter of the language barrier from the expats’ point of view. * * * * * * * *…