Headscratcher of the week

[Dave Davison]

If you are interested this weeks puzzle is as follows:-

Think of a French word that everyone knows. Add a "v" to the beginning and an"e" to the end of that word and the result will be the English language equivalent of that word.

Cheers Dave.

[HansV]

A bit treacherous, that one. But I'll drink to your health.

[StuartR]

Ooh, that's tricksy.

[Claude]

je ne comprends pas

[HansV]

My reply above contains a strong hint.

[Claude]

j'ai compris votre message, a été simplement en vous montrant mes compétences en français, après une semaine ou deux d'être dans la partie de langue française du monde hehe

[HansV]

Ah - vous avez visité La France, ou La Suisse Romande...
Bien sûr, c'est le centre culturel et gastronomique du monde!

[Claude]

gastronomique oui, le temps est bien un autre problème

[HansV]

Mais ... pas de feux de brousse!

[ChrisPr]

It's all very well you lot rabbiting away in some foreign lingo - but I still don't know the answer! :-)
The nearest I can get is v-vin-e!
ChrisPr

[Leif]

The nearest I can get is v-vin-e!

Remove the first hyphen and squint. Best done after a couple of bottles.

[BobH]

Too, too clever.

[Claude]

The nearest I can get is v-vin-e!

Remove the first hyphen and squint. Best done after a couple of bottles.

careful there Leif, we wouldn't want our loungers squinting too much and run into things. I'm quite ok with the bottles though...

[Leif]

I ran into a nice bottle of Pic St Loup on Saturday after which I think I was squinting a bit...