Monthly Archives: January 2009

Writing a Letter… Can you still Do it?

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: January 7, 2009

Today, with the new technology, we rarely have to write formal letters… all our communications go through emails… Somehow it seems we did lose something I always considered as an art…  L’Art de la Correspondance… When I found the test I want you to take today, I was «aux anges»… And I was happy to [...]

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Facebook Goes French: A Dream Come True or… a Nightmare?

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: January 5, 2009

All of you know by now how sensitive I am to bad translation… Actually I am very picky when it comes to written expression! Unfortunately, I am the witness of awful texts on a daily basis… A couple of months ago I joined Facebook after having received an invitation from my 11 year old niece… [...]

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Hangover?… Try this Test!

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: January 3, 2009

The Holidays are now behind us… and… perhaps… some of you celebrated «way» too much on New Year’s Eve… I remember my grand mother telling us that the best way to recover from hangover was to drink a glass of wine early in the morning! Apparently it worked miracles! Yikes!… I have another trick for [...]

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