Saturday, May 4, 2013

DELUXE CHICKEN

What? Is that the famous French cat Pompon metamorphosed into an ornamental chicken? No, but this fancy white silk collector's chicken, the Gallus Gallus on sale at our favorite country garden store, does bear a striking resemblance to our favorite feline star, below.
Vocabulary
une poule de luxe:  pejorative for a courtesan or mistress

Pompon's fans click more: 
Long Like a Day Without Bread
Learn French with Pompon
The Perfectly Appropriate Word
Dog-Tired
A Taste for Luxury
En Tête-à-Tête with Pompon
Tell It Like It Is

©2013 P.B. Lecron

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