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Funny French words: tatillon

Some French words sound great. I thought I’d share a few with you. Today’s funny French word is “tatillon”. According to the online Larousse dictionary it means: “Qui fait preuve d’une minutie excessive, qui s’arrête aux moindres détails : Un esprit tatillon..” It is both an adjective and a noun. In english it would be: fussy, or nit-picker

 

Funny French words: rutilant.

We are continuing our little series on funny French words. Today’s word is “rutilant”. According to the online Larousse dictionary, it means: “Qui est d’un rouge vif, éclatant : Cuivre rutilant.” Or “Qui brille d’un vif éclat : Une carrosserie rutilante.” In English, you would translate by gleaming or glowing.

The longest Saturday of the year

The first Saturday September must be the longest Saturday of the year for most French parents. That’s when the “forum des associations” (societies fair) takes place, and you must register to the various activities the children will do outside of school.

So this morning, we went early to the “forum des associations” to have a look around. We already knew what we want to do, so I picked up information for my Breton classes and we did not spend too much time hanging around. But we arrived early and it was already packed. Then, in the afternoon, I went to the music school to confirm the slots chosen for Jean-Baptiste’s Guitar lessons back in June, and choose the best slot for the choir practice. That was awful. I was again early, but there was a lot of waiting and queuing, just to see two teachers for a few seconds.

After a lot of waiting around, I took Maxime to the horse riding club to register him. He’s been wanting to try pony riding for a while now. I’d told him that if he hadn’t changed his mind by the end of the summer, we’d look into it. So he is registered for 10 lessons. I like his independent mind. Some people have tried to persuade him to play football, but he has not bulged and told everyone that pony riding was what he wanted to do.

Book review: “the gospel call and true conversion” by Paul Washer

[amazon_link id=”1601782365″ target=”_parent” container=”” container_class=”” ]The Gospel Call and True Conversion[/amazon_link]This book is a most welcome volume on a most important subject: conversion. There’s much confusion on the subject in the evangelical scene today. Many people are rushed into false assurance when it is clear they have never understood the gospel, repented and believed. It is time to go back to the Word of God and ask ourselves whether our idea of conversion is biblical or not. I am afraid that for many people around, it isn’t.

Reading this book was helpful. It goes back to basics, and offers a healthy criticism of today’s unbiblical gospel. It confirmed my conviction that we don’t call people to repentance anymore, and that inviting Jesus into one’s heart is not biblical.

It will be helpful to anyone who is concerned about the many people around them claiming to be “born again” without showing any signs of change in their lives. Read it, underline it, apply it… It will be worth the effort

I was sent a review copy by “Cross focused reviews”