Showing posts with label Famous French Cat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Famous French Cat. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

DON'T BOTHER ME

Pompon a la flemme
The Birman is back. Famous French cat Pompon needs no prompting to show what "avoir la flemme" means.

Vocabulary
la flemme:  laziness
avoir la flemme:  to be lazy



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Thursday, January 16, 2014

GO AHEAD, BE A GOUJAT

A bounder and a cad 

When asked to strike a pose to interpret the word goujat, famous French cat Pompon, who is by no means a saint, assumed this disregardful posture...
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Vocabulary
un goujat:  a bounder, a cad
les actualités:  news reports



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Thursday, January 24, 2013

AUTOFICTION

Time spent with a cat is never lost.
Famous French cat Pompon contemplates the next entry in his online diary, a thought from Colette: "Le temps passé avec un chat n'est jamais perdu."


For more of the same nature: The Cat's Pajamas

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Tuesday, October 9, 2012

NO DOUBT

Famous French cat Pompon is unequivocal about today's expression:
Tout le monde a des yeux et des oreilles; mais tout le monde n'a pas de discernement. --Madeleine de Puisieux,  Les Caractères (1751)

Everyone has eyes and ears; but not everyone has discernment.

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