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The Guernsey Norman French Translations of Thomas Martin: A Linguistic Study of an Unpublished Archive

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This major linguistic study of Guernsey Norman French offers an extensive presentation and analysis of one of the most important sources of data available in the dialect, namely Thomas Martin’s translations of the Bible and of 100 plays from the work of Shakespeare, Longfellow, Pierre and Thomas Corneille, Molière and Voltaire. The book describes the socio-political development of Guernsey Norman French, its salient features and linguistic context, and presents t… More >>

The Guernsey Norman French Translations of Thomas Martin: A Linguistic Study of an Unpublished Archive

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French Translation – We Need Answers – Preview – BBC Four

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pl05t

Anarchic comedy game show in which celebrity guests answer questions set by the public.

Mark Watson hosts, Tim Key is in the questionmaster’s chair and Alex Horne provides expert analysis from a booth as two celebrities battle it out to be crowned the winner and avoid the shame of donning ‘The Clogs of Defeat’.

Former EastEnder and comic actress Tracy-Ann Oberman competes against best-selling author of The Long Firm and He Kills Coppers, Jake Arnott.

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French Learning English

This is an extremely funny video of Steve Martin trying to learn English :-) The footage is presumably from the Pink Panther movie.

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