Author: ebodeux

Caviarder – transitive verb I came across an article in Le Monde about a scanner used to further delve into letters that Marie-Antoinette had secretly exchanged with Axel von Fersen, a...

Lost in Translation: An Illustrated Compendium of Untranslatable Words from Around the World This whimsical book by Ella Frances Sanders is a treasure. Published by Ten Speed Press in 2014, it...

Looking for something new to listen to that is upbeat, often jazzy, clever and with a French flair? French singer Thomas Dutronc is the son of France's icons Jacques Dutronc and...

 L’amphore – noun, masculine This word comes to me from my children’s love of Astérix, the French/Belgian series—a bande dessinée currently in 38 volumes, first published in 1959 by famed duo...