Sarah von Allmen

English by birth, Swiss by marriage, living in rural Alsace. A keen family historian for many years, my hobby is now my business.

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@oldenoughtosay Native speaker, N.W. England. Left: spatula; right: fish slice.

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@CoraCHarrington I'd be pushed to name just one book as my favourite, but going on "most re-reads" since approx age 11 "Eagle of the Ninth" is a top contender.

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@clairenfish They look amazing!

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@oldenoughtosay Early 60s.

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@oldenoughtosay Northern England, but have lived in Switzerland/France since the end of 1990, so most likely "mon mari". (I'll put money on that being an outlier, but hey.) Husband or (less likely) other half with English speakers - never hubby.

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@baddestmamajama (We knew we were moving to Switzerland within a few months, so went for a French name which UK family and friends could recognize/pronounce - the joys of a bilingual family!)

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@baddestmamajama Oldest son was born in England in 1990 when Jason and Kylie were red-hot name choices.
Doc (wincing pre-emptively): What are you calling him?
Me: Yves
Doc: YES!!

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@ShellPaw @amyisquitebusy @oldenoughtosay Mum was given Guiness (which she hated!) in hospital in England after I was born (1960) - it was current practice then. I was given vile herbal infusions in Switzerland in the early 90s for milk flow in spite of the fact that I could have easily fed triplets. 🙄

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@oldenoughtosay I'm starting to enjoy Bluesky, but it doesn't have all the interesting peeps I follow here or the same amount of breaking news/analysis, so for now I'm going with both. (Tried Mastodon, nah; can't get Threads here in France even if I wanted it.)

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Fête de la Musique - the rain more or less held off, but we took refuge under shelter in the local primary school playground.

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"Concert intime" in Masevaux this evening with most of our small choir (plus 2 of our faithful accompanists).

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This year's addition to the crib: farandole dancers. #SantonsDeProvence #Christmas #Noël

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Plenty of feathered visitors since the snow arrived.

[Quite Interesting @qikipedia]

According to one version, the French word ‘licorne’, meaning unicorn, resulted from the Old French word ‘unicorne’ being re-analysed as ‘un icorne’, then ‘l’icorne’, and finally ‘licorne’.

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@claradealberto Lauw Actually

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@TheDreadShips

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The weather could be better, but the view from our room makes up for it! #FeteNationale #HappyBirthdaySwitzerland #Neuchâtel

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Centenaire de la Musique Municipale de Masevaux: dîner-cabaret. #MusiqueMunicipaleMasevaux #MMM #Harmonie #Alsace

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Here's Wolfgang Saus singing the bass and soprano lines of Pachelbel's canon... simultaneously.

Overtone singing is a technique that involves manipulating your vocal tract to isolate certain overtones and give the impression that you're singing two notes at the same time.

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I haven't seen many long tailed tits this winter, so was happy to snap this little beauty on the feeder today.