April and its procession of Easter celebrations, holidays, extension of days, blooming of flowers, is finally here.
The mercury is rising, the squalls and lulls of March are fading ... No doubt, we are in spring!
Our language is also changing, at the mercy of nature.
The language adapts naturally to its environment.
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Do you know the origin of this formula?
Did you know that the word
"April"
was once
spelled "avrill"
and meant
"wet"
, as the Littré emphasizes?
The word seemed to be pronounced
"a-vril"
, without
"wetting the l"
, underline the grammarians.
This is how many people still used to say
“a-vri”
not so long
ago
.
Likewise, the
“joke”
, so popular on April 1, is not only a joke, but also
“a little bag that smokers put their tobacco in”
.
"Easter", "holiday", "little April", "fish", "holiday" ...
Will you do this test without fail on the April lexical field?
