English by Email  Friday, Friday, 10 February 2012

A short selection this week – and mostly about released FBI files

Intriguing and gripping images from the World Press Photo competition Des images intriguantes et saissiantes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-16979784

So Lady Di was on the FBI files Comme ça, il y avait un dossier Lady Di chez le FBI
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16974695
An explanation in French of the famous « Who’s on First » sketch Une explication du célèbre sketch “Who’s on first” – n’oubliez pas de consulter la version en anglais
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who’s_on_First%3F
Wiki again, in English this time, on the song mentioned in the FBI article

See section entitled ‘Lyrics investigation’

And on Youtube the lyrics of the song

Encore Wikipedia, en anglais cette fois-ci, à propos d’une chanson à laquelle s’intéressait le FBI – voir la section ‘Lyrics investigation’

 

Et les paroles sur Youtube

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louie_Louie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wx-8_GI4d2c

We will at last find out exactly why the zebra has stripes Enfin on va savoir pourquoi le zèbre est zébré
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/16944753

Couldn’t resist sharing the secrets of the BBC’s magical natural history programmes Irrésistible ! on découvre les secrets des émissions ‘nature’ de la BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/collections/p00mr6nq
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