After a fairly long break, we transferred to the Gambetta as our usual venue was occupied by a group Macron militants.
We started with a few corny jokes from Christmas crackers....many groans to be heard.
Then spoke about Johnny Cash and listened to a few of his recordings.
In the next session (18th Jan) please choose one of his songs you like and tell the group what it's about, you can even sing it if you have a decent bass voice.
I noted the following vocabulary:
frostbite
hole
whole
tonsilitis
tinsel (from the French étinceler)
corny
Tinkerbell (la féé clochette)
the Seven Dwarves :
Bashful (Timide)
Dopey (Simplet)
Doc (Prof)
Grumpy (Grincheux)
Happy (Joyeux)
Sleepy (Dormeur)
Sneezy (Atchoum)
oily
early
leader
weeder
groan
ante meridiem AM
post meridiem PM
One O'clock
10 (minutes) past five
five ten
ten minutes to six
a quarter to
a quarter past
half past
your watch is fast
the first of January
the second of February
the third of March
the fourth of April
the fifth of May
the sixth of June
the seventh of July etc
bluetooth : a peer to peer communications protocol
ghost riders in the sky
redneck
I hang my head