Comments on: Words in a French Life

By: softdrink

softdrink — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:58:00 +0000

Kristin,

Thanks for stopping by! I’ve been enjoying your website. Lovely photos…makes me dream of a visit to France.

By: Ladytink_534

Ladytink_534 — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 04:36:00 +0000

I’ve always wanted to learn how to speak French and I just love to listen to it in an audiobook.

By: bkclubcare

bkclubcare — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:17:00 +0000

How fun! I’m off to go explore the website.

By: Kristin

Kristin — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 05:24:00 +0000

Hi Jill,

Thank you for featuring my book! I am happy to read the feedback and invite you to continue reading the stories at my blog (merci, Jill, for having included the link

As for pronunciation, the publisher included a sound guide for the chapter title only. Good news: at the website, you will have access to an audio file for the word in question.

I would love to add pronunciation for each word in the vocabulary section but, sadly, my French is not the best (I count on my children and husband to help out with these sound files. But with work and school, they are often absent…). The other is an issue of time: with the various columns at word-a-day (the word, the story, the audio, the expressions section), I am unable to include a sound guide for each term, but choose to focus on the “word of the day”.

Amicalement,
Kristin

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:55:00 +0000

Oh, this sounds fun! My husband is from Belgium, so we speak French at home (and out and about!) when we want some conversational privacy.

And beurk! is one we use a lot around here, lol!

By: Literate Housewife

Literate Housewife — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:21:00 +0000

I have much enjoyed this book, although I’ve only read a few sections so far. I agree with you about pronunciations, though. This
American has trouble as it is without them. LOL!

Check out my latest post ~ you’re a winner! List Randomizer apparently thought it was about time I reciprocated your bookish generosity!

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By: Tammy

Tammy — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:24:00 +0000

Glad to see I’m not the only one to have picked up this book! Although I have to admit, I focused on the “French life” portion of the title and managed to miss the “words” portion, so I was quite surprised when I opened it up and discovered it was actually about French words and not about life in France (doh!). I’m going to hang on to it, just in case I ever get the trip to Paris.

By: bermudaonion

bermudaonion — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:49:00 +0000

Since we lived in France for 2 years, this sounds like a book I could really relate to.

By: J.S. Peyton

J.S. Peyton — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:14:00 +0000

The book sounds okay,but the blog sounds great! I don’t know much about France except that David Sedaris lives there now, and that he took a French class there once, which he hilariously recounts in “Dress Your Family in Corduroy.”

By: Beth F

Beth F — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:34:00 +0000

Thanks. I’ve been very slightly curious about this one. Now I know to let it go.