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Friday, May 8, 2015

French words of the day: force m a j e u r, risqué, memoir, voyeur



force majeure - major force, unavoidable ( I had to s p e l l not sell it out to stop spell checker making it English)
risqué - rude, sexy, daring (to get the accent, press on the e and you will see different accents with numbers underneath. Type in the number. The one I use most often is 2 for e acute or up accent.
memoir - memory of a defined period, such as schooldays, work for a particular company, wartime
voyeur - watcher, often used for somebody watching surreptitiously for a a thrill

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