Cannes – cans

May 5th, 2013

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Cannes – cans

Office du JerriaisMinority Languages, Normandy, vocabulary

Eune canne à traithe

sus La Crouaix d’la Reine

 

Ch’est les cannes cratchies tchi duthent lé pus longtemps
Cracked pots last longest

Canne is one of our Norman words of Latin origin that ended up in English as can.

Lé bliogue Langue normande a un Festival de cannes.
Why not visit the “Cannes” festival over at the Langue normande blog?

Des cannes à traithe:
Milk cans: