Causeries , Poésies, Modes de vie. Bavardons en francais.
This meeting Alain our host introduced us to “ les abbreviations des sms” or text message shortcuts in
French. Sayings like: KOI29 quoi de neuf- Tkc t’es casse. A2M1 or A demain . He mentioned that he
thought LOL meant Lots of love instead of the popular Laughing out loud. With the help of Ron, we
were able to see many listing for the sms test message. French Texting – Les Textos Francais
(thoughtco.com).
Then Alain turned to Erika and asked me to recite a poem in French. I recited one of my songs lyrics a
poem to music called
LA VIE EST COURTE par Erika Horsey Rycina
Béatrice est une fille sourde
Une fille du silence
Madeleine est une fille comme elle
Mais elleest une fille qui pense
La vie estcourte
La vie estcruelle
Sans toi
Pour toi sans moi
Je m’assoie á table aux Deux Gamins
Je pense á toi comme tuestsi loin
Je m’assoie au bar de L’Express
Prends un café et une cigarette
Dis-moisi un chienperds son maitre
Ou vat’il
Dis moisi on perdsl’amour
Peut t’on vivre
Meme s’ilya une esprit
Meme s’il y a une façon de vivre
Alor il y a la vie.
Florian est un garçon sensible
Ma vie sans lui sera penible
Il y des fois qu’on regarde la lune.
Par destin et choix nous sommes devenue une
Dis moisi un chienperds son maître
Ou va t il?
Dis moisi on perdsl’amour
Peut on vivre
Copyright 2023
We continued the discussion after the poem with talk of fashion week which started October 1st in Paris at the Eiffel Tower. We talked of PETA ( People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) activists who rallied against Hermès and Louis Vuitton using exotique animal skin such as crocodile and lizard skin for shoes and purses. We talked about the use of cow skin for leather of shoes as acceptable to us but exotic skin as hard to accept. There is a difference between the leather made from a cow from the leather made from exotique animals like crocodiles, lizards and peacocks.
Designers’ of fashion week were advertising their line rather then creating clothes that could have utilitarian value. WE finished our discussion with readings of fashion week and viewings of the cat walk. And one last thought was to see the trailer of Robert Altman’s READY TO WEAR.
