Tuesday, September 24, 2013

IN THE BRAMBLES

For the birds
The season's last wild blackberries, left for the birds in the Parc du Marquenterre, a natural ornithological reserve in the Baie de Somme.


Expression
c'est du pipeau:  for the birds, i.e., nonsense 


Vocabulary
une mûre sauvage:  a wild bush-grown blackberry; the French word mûre is also used for mulberry, which grows on a tree
un mûrier:  a blackberry bush; also a mulberry tree
une ronce:  a bramble, a briar
un pipeau:  a flute; a lie (familiar)

©2013 P.B. Lecron


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