Lots to unpack from today's vlog.
Don't miss the look at the egg waxing on the little girl's face as if to question the Fanny's french. Apropos to have Babel as the ad today since perhaps she needs to learn proper French before Dutch. Poor Maria looked so frustrated to see Fanny regard a sacred dinner as just a party. She will not make it through the season, I predict. Glad Amaury & Natty got out of the pigeon poop nest whenever it really happened.
Indeed her French is not very good (says the girl whose English is very Hercule Poirot-esque
). She has no excuse. She has been living in France for 17 years and has not improved because she is too lazy and lives in an English speaking ghetto. It is English TV, English films, English everything.
Salon de la musique, NO, it is salon de musique. There is a salon de musique in Versailles. A woman so interested in châteaux should know that.
Jardin à l'anglaise, NO, it is jardin anglais. Most of the time "à la" is for a dish: homard à l'américaine (lobster), lièvre à la royale (hare), bouchée à la reine (vol au vent)
She gave a biscuit to Kevin "faite par Caroline". NO "fait par" (made by)
Magnet fishing "encore rien", NO it should be "toujours rien". The little boy answered using the correct "toujours rien". The 3 children are bilingual Dutch/French. Proper French
and how old are they???
Lack of practice, pretty obvious. Laborious French Miss French GCSE at 12!!!!!
She too has a very strong Southern accent. She speaks like Mireille Mathieu, a famous French singer who is now retired, I think. Nothing wrong with that but for such a snobish woman, it does not sound very Paaaaarisiaaaaan