Le groupe français 2016 - 2023 Les Voyageurs

[guyome]

I couldn't understand what was meant by

... sous le peuple pointu des cloches gothiques.

The church towers are so numerous that they are like a mass of people, a "peuple". It sort of personifies them. As far as I can see, both English translations left this untranslated but your "pointed crowd" looks good to me.

As an aside, "cloches" ("bells") should be "clochers" here.

Maupassant is a great writer, I hope you enjoy it!

[reineke]

[Carmody]

FRENCH NATIONALITY INTERVIEW | Could YOU have passed? Some of my French citizenship questions r

[joecleland]

FRENCH NATIONALITY INTERVIEW | Could YOU have passed? Some of my French citizenship questions r

J'ai adoré la vidéo. C'etait intéressant. Merci d'avoir posté

[aravinda]

The companion website to Upgrade Your French by Margaret Jubb has free quizzes (around 600 questions) if anyone needs a quick revision.
https://routledgetextbooks.com/textbook ... efault.php

[Speakeasy]

J'ai adoré la vidéo. C'etait intéressant. Merci d'avoir posté

The following is not meant as a criticism; on the contrary, it is meant as helpful advice.

About two weeks ago, during a conversation (in French) with my Québécoise wife and her childhood friend, both of whom are retired professional translators, I mentioned that I had “posté” a comment on the LLORG. They reacted in joint horror. I had not “posté” a comment on the internet; rather, I had “publié” my comment. Oops!

[jeffers]

J'ai adoré la vidéo. C'etait intéressant. Merci d'avoir posté

The following is not meant as a criticism; on the contrary, it is meant as helpful advice.

About two weeks ago, during a conversation (in French) with my Québécoise wife and her childhood friend, both of whom are retired professional translators, I mentioned that I had “posté” a comment on the LLORG. They reacted in joint horror. I had not “posté” a comment on the internet; rather, I had “publié” my comment. Oops!

Now that you say it, it seems rather obvious!

[I have a vague notion that the "Go" or "Post" button on French apps and websites says "Pub"]

[Speakeasy]

Now that you say it, it seems rather obvious!

Quite! That's exactly what my wife and her friend said. Nevertheless, in making this observation, they were anything but tendres à mon égard.

[IronMike]

Hello dear friends. Not a member of this group, not currently, but as a former student of French (many decades ago...ouch), I felt this picture summed up the hilarity of French orthography. Enjoy in good humor.

[Speakeasy]

... I felt this picture summed up the hilarity of French orthography ...

I enjoyed some of the comments. To be fair, though, while French orthography is frequently the subject of well-deserved criticism, English orthography is not much better. Either English spelling should undergo a drastic reform (a thoroughly unrealistic idea) or we should adopt a system of diacritics such as the one used for Polish, despite the latter's admitted imperfections. Here is an example of the vagaries English orthography: “ghoti” could be pronounced as “fish” under the following rules (or exceptions to rules) …

gh = "f" as in enough
o = "i" as in women
ti = "sh" as in nation

EDITED:
ghoti