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Anagrid 1a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Horizontal clues: Vertical clues: 1: PREJEES - DUFFIES a: BADJEB - EIKIER 2: VILLAUA - AKENESS b: TELEAU - STEFTE 3: NULGLIB - MOKCIAO c: LELS - EASLY - LAAR 4: SLABIS - INTERE d: LIUP - NOARS - APEG 5: UHM e: ILVE - SAYUP - NEOX 6: DEALY - LARSE f: SRIN - NIGS 7: PYRAT - ANOAX g: SERTHEO 8: AUSRERE - BEEVORS 9: SPROO - ESSAM i: AXYOMMS 10: EKENS - ROOTH j: NOIK - ATEN 11: OSS k: EMEF - SLOAS - TYPM 12: EAPEST - BENBYL l: IRAF - NEARA - EBUT 13: LANXIER - SUEMALE m: AUNI - TARSE - NILB 14: OGGIESA - PIESTAB n: CRESTO - SLEATH 15: NEERENT - SENTTAT o: KERESS - SEESOY 36 Numbergrid A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 I 37
Herve Bohbot, the French representative at last year’s WSC is one of very few Frenchmen who play Scrabble in English. Although not his first language he still managed to win 8 games at that elevated level What chance would we have of playing in French? Well, according to Geoff Cooper we are already using several French words... The French Connection Geoff Cooper, (currently sojourning in Northern France) The following French words in capital letters are all allowed in Scrabble but you won’t find these definitions in Chambers. LES VOILA ! [nb in French, nouns and their pertinent adjectives are designated either (m) masculine or (f) feminine and/or (pl) plural] AI = Have fr avoir - to have - j’ai, tu as, DE = Of - a useful word which eliminates the possessive apostrophe. EN = In ( and a variety of alternative meanings) ES, EST = Are or Is, from être - to be - je suis, tu es, il est ET = And LA = The (f) - le, la, les MA = My (f) - mon, ma , mes OU = Or TA = Your (f) - ton, ta, tes UN = A or one ANE = Ass BAS = Low or low down BEL = Fine, handsome, beautiful CAP = Cape - Cap Gris Nez is where you would swim to from Dover and your nez would be bleu CAR = Coach or bus DIT = Say or said, from dire - to say - je dit = I say FAR = Speciality flan from Brittany FIN = End JEU/X = Game/s LES = The (pl) LOT = French Département also name of river MAL = Bad MON = My (m) NON = No - what a NICE girl says? NOS = Our PAR = By PAS = Not RIZ = Rice SEC = Dry SON = His, hers or its when the noun is (m) - son, sa, ses TES = Your (pl) TON = Your (m) VIN = Wine - don’t drink VIN du CHATEAU - (see CHAT) ABBE = Priest ATOC = (Sorry - the supermarket chain is Atac and it’s also found in Spain) AUTO = Motor car - to be utterly confused see also CAR and VOITURE BIEN = Well - as in didn’t he do.... BAUD = Breton town which stages Camion Cross or Truck Racing BORD = Edge or rim BRIE = Famous cheese BRUT = Rough or crude. Opp DOUX describing cider CAFE = Coffee CENT = One hundred CHAT = Cat - do not confuse with poussez (push) CHEZ = At or to the house of - CHEZ NOUS - our house COIN = Corner CUIT = Cooked - (BIEN CUIT - well done) DANS = In or into DENT = Tooth DOUX = Soft or sweet. Opp BRUT describing cider FORT = Strong HAUT = High HERM = Island - not French but closer to France than England JOUR = Day MAIN = Hand MIDI = Noon (In 30 minute’s time everywhere closes for 2 hours) NICE = Where all the Nice French girls come from? 38 NOUS = Us or we - people from Leeds usually say this when they mean NOS though CHEZ NOUS is “us ‘ouse” PAIN = Bread PLAT = Dish or course - eg PLAT du JOUR PAYS = Country - eg Pays de Galles=Wales PONT = Bridge - there’s an incomplete one at Avingnon POUR = For - and a pourboire is a tip (for a drink) ROTI = roasted ROUE = Wheel - as on a CAR (bus or coach ), AUTO or a VOITURE ROUX = Red, ginger SANG = Blood SARK = Island - not French but closer to France than England SENE = A town on the Golfe de Morbihan close to Vannes SEPT = Seven TETE = Head TIRE = Shoot, also a shot played in PETANQUE TOIT = Roof TOUR = Tower eg Eiffel TOUT = All TRES = Very TROP = Too - my PETANQUE approach play is often TROP FORT ARRET = Stop BOULE = Ball - metal ball used to play PETANQUE CARTE = Map CHAMP = Field DROIT = Right - drive on this side. To confuse the British TOUT DROIT means straight ahead FILET = A net - I thought that my steak was a bit stringy JETON = I think this is a token. Anyway I have to put them in the slot for the campsite washing machine to work JEUNE = Young LAPIN = Rabbit MERDE = A French expletive very common at JEUX des PETANQUE PARIS = Capital of France PARTI = Left, from partir meaning ‘to leave’ PEAGE = Toll or toll road PERDU = Lost PETIT/E = Small, little, also a young child PHARE = Lighthouse PLAGE = Beach PLUME = Pen REDON = Town on the River Vilaine only a few kms from where I am now. ROCHE = Rock - The town (excusez-moi, petite cité de caractère) of La Roche Bernard, also on the Vilaine, is even nearer - just down the N165 ROUEN = French city (or CITÉ) SABLE = Sand SALLE = Room - SALLE À MANGER - dining room SEINE = Famous river running through PARIS and ROUEN SELLA = Ex-international rugby player TOURS = Towers - also name of a French town ANGERS = Yet another French town ATTEND = wait, from attendre - to wait BRETON = Sort of French Plaid Cymru - someone who paints out road signs if they are not in his language GAUCHE = Left - don’t drive on this side unless you are mad enough to attempt to overtake a Frenchman MANGER = To eat MOULIN = A Mill ORLEANS = French city also a common bonus VOITURE = Car - not a motor coach or a bus but a motor car. Again to confuse the Brits also a coach or carriage FATIGUÉ = What I am after compiling this article and what you are if you’ve read this far. PS I am puzzled by Paté à l’Ancienne. I don’t know whether it is made at Ancienne or by old people, for old people or even from old people. Well, Paté du Lapin isn’t made by rabbits and I’ve not seen any lapins buying it in Intermarché. At €10.17 per kilo that certainly makes me worth a “bob or two” but they’d probably use me to make Paté de l’Âne. Geoff 39
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