Langue écrite conseils, s'il vous plaît

[pow pig]

Je ne parle pas français très bien!

So much so I'm not even sure this title works! :D

But I want to name my house in some cute little French name that describes my house.

I came up with "la Maison de l'Océan"

Avez-vous conseils, s'il vous plaît?

[Polaris]

the only French I know is French Fries
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oh and there was this back packer once ;) ... graemlins/outtahere.gif

[pow pig]

Originally posted by Polaris:
oh and there was this back packer once ;) ... graemlins/outtahere.gif Sacrébleu!!!
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By the way, TPIUWP!!!! ;)

[Officer Schmenz]

I came up with "la Maison de l'Océan" is your house near the ocean?

id say

la maison de la mer
or
la maison par la mer
or
la maison par l'océan

(i think par is the more correct term)

translates to the house by the sea/ocean

[ 14. October 2009, 01:16 PM: Message edited by: Officer Schmenz ]

[John Deere]

I work with a bunch of French...what do you want to call it in English?

[pow pig]

Originally posted by Officer Schmenz:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr /> I came up with "la Maison de l'Océan" is your house near the ocean?

id say

la maison de la mer
or
la maison par la mer
or
la maison par l'océan

(i think par is the more correct term)

translates to the house by the sea/ocean </font>[/QUOTE]My house is not bord de mer or front de mer. It just has 180 degree views of the ocean out of almost every window except 2.

Realistically, a house with a view of the ocean could be called "maison avec une vue de l'océan" or even "maison avec une vue de la mer" but they're both pretty long and carppy!

Even house with sea view ends up "maison avec la vue de mer"

"la Maison de l'Océan" is a seafood restaurant in Brest and also a holiday house by the sea is named similarly. I figured it had a good ring to it, and was close enough to suit the purpose???

Perhaps not...

I also had just "la vue mer" (sea view) which is what it may just end up being, or maybe nothing at all. Naming houses is just so démodé...

[Vet]

There's a certain ring to:

Patio De Fois; or

Chateaux du Mortgage

[pow pig]

Originally posted by Vet:
Chateaux du Mortgage graemlins/big_laugh.gif graemlins/big_laugh.gif

It's not a huge house or castle but...

Maison de dette works too!

[Officer Schmenz]

if its got 180 deg sea views its close enough to be by the sea...

you seem to speak french very well so im not sure why yourre asking.

i think you need to determine what you want to call it in english before you translate it.

[Podlettte]

why are you naming it in French?

La vue mer sounds poxy compared to Sea view, actually they both sound poxy ;)

[Vet]

There's a nice french shiela on the tellie flogging insurance. The name sounds great in french too. "Budget".

[Silverwitch]

The problem as I see it is that most australians ( who dont know french or how to pronounce words in french) will probably say it in such a way it might not sound so nice or so french at all!!

What about a name that means something in relation to the areas history?

Sometimes naming a house can be seen as a bit pretentious unless it is a occupies a large block of land ( eg: Like a farm)

Anyway just my thoughts as a non french speaking australian. I couldnt even pronounce the words/ names you posted ...couldnt get my head / tongue around them...shows my ignorance maybe??

[Vet]

Hey we like Frogs here.

[pow pig]

Originally posted by Officer Schmenz:
you seem to speak french very well so im not sure why yourre asking. Au contraire, mademoiselle le Schmenz!

My French is tout à fait pauvres, my ability to use what I do know is magnifique!

Knowing it wasn't quite right, I thought I might put it out to those who may speak French well to see what they think. And I don't want to offend or look foolish naming my house something that is obviously French yet even the French cannot interpret it!

And I guess what I really wanted to know was if "la Maison de l'Océan" sounded poxy too!

Or maybe just pretentious...

Only a smallish block of land really! But the family property as I was growing up was called "Y Wurrie" so I guess that unusual naming trait has stayed with me!

Some French doors and other French architectural influences that I'd like to do to my house and the fact that many suitable names in English are quite common led me to consider something in the romance of the French language that anybody could hazard a guess at what it means. I hope that makes some sense and is not too pretentious!

Merci! tongue.gif tongue.gif tongue.gif

[Legolas]

Yup. It's too pretentious...

I like chateu du mortgage de l'Ocean. If you are going to "toss" French in the name it must be done tongue in cheek or it will look like your head is stuck up your deriere.

Better still. Don't name it and make it your own special
place "chez nous"

[pow pig]

That's it.... "la maison de porcs de poudre"!!! graemlins/big_laugh.gif graemlins/big_laugh.gif

[Legolas]

Hee hee hee. Love it!!!

[pow pig]

Now all I need is a bonne assez française with a derrière mignon and I will be the "king of the divan"... :D graemlins/big_laugh.gif

[ 14. October 2009, 09:53 PM: Message edited by: pow pig ]

[John Deere]

Call it Maison de Travlo ;)

[Xena]

How about -

La maison pas près de la neige

The house not near the snow

[ 14. October 2009, 11:02 PM: Message edited by: Xena ]

[Xena]

or

La maison sans la neige

The house without snow

[ 14. October 2009, 11:02 PM: Message edited by: Xena ]

[Xena]

Maison de plage.

Beach house.

[ 14. October 2009, 11:01 PM: Message edited by: Xena ]

[Xena]

Or, the pièce de résistance is -

La maison prétentieuse

The pretentious house!

[ 14. October 2009, 11:01 PM: Message edited by: Xena ]

[Xena]

Excusez moi?

Aren't my suggestions even worthy of comment?

Sacre bleu!

[John Deere]

Mine means house of drag queens...I liked it!

[whatajoke]

J'aimerais qu'il y ait de grandes montagnes couvertes de neige près de ma maison.

[Xena]

Good one, but too long.

[pow pig]

Originally posted by Xena:
Excusez moi?

Aren't my suggestions even worthy of comment?

Sacre bleu! Xena, yours ain't bad but I'm not quite on the beach. And I've seen snow from my place, and hope to many times again so I won't put the mocker on it! :cool:

Maybe "maison près de plage et de neige" perhaps, just the snow bit is very rare!

[ 17. October 2009, 12:43 PM: Message edited by: pow pig ]

[pow pig]

Originally posted by John Deere:
Mine means house of drag queens...I liked it! I had no idea what yours meant JD, and now I know why! :eek:

Scares me that you know it though, and like it!

Cintreuse de genre par hasard? ;) tongue.gif

[pow pig]

Originally posted by whatajoke:
J'aimerais qu'il y ait de grandes montagnes couvertes de neige près de ma maison. I get what it means, but yeah, way too long! Imagine the signwriter's bill for that!

I can see large mountains (well, 730m high) that sometimes get a dusting. If only it snowed down to sea level here, then I'd have more vert than Thredders! :D

[ 17. October 2009, 01:02 PM: Message edited by: pow pig ]

[Linski]

What about "Rien que l'ocean" or "Rien que la mer"

Nothing but the ocean/sea

[John Deere]

Originally posted by pow pig:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by John Deere:
Mine means house of drag queens...I liked it! I had no idea what yours meant JD, and now I know why! :eek:

Scares me that you know it though, and like it!

Cintreuse de genre par hasard? ;) tongue.gif </font>[/QUOTE]No idea what you said.....my French firmly falls into the category of "enough to get me in trouble" ;)

[Xena]

Isn't 'but' mais, not que?? Que is 'that', yes?

'Nothing but the ocean' would be


rien mais l'océan

or

rien mais la mer

[Linski]

Non absolument pas. En France on dit 'que' dans ce cas. Le phrase 'rien que' ca veut dire nothing but.

[Xena]

désolé, pardonnez mon ignorance

[Vet]

All this talk of the sea makes me think of calling the home 'Asylum" LOL

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[Xena]

I have GOT to meet you one day Vet, to see if i can make sense of your face to face conversation, cos I find it hard to follow your onl ine ones. ;) But I do love ya!