English to French translation

Blizzard

April 7, 2008

Snowmen on Brighton beach, 6 April 2008

A modern word, probably more or less onomatopœic; suggestive words are blow, blast, blister, bluster. The French blesser, to wound, has also been conjectured, but there is nothing to indicate a French origin. As applied to a "snow spell", the word became general in the American newspapers during the severe winter of 1880-81; but according the the Milwaukee Republica 4 March 1881, it had been applied in the Northern Vindicator (Estherville, Iowa) between 1860 and 1870.
Oxford English Dictionary

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Love it, love it, love it! Great to have found another good translation blog.
Zak
http://transubstantiation.wordpress.com/

Hi darling! How are you? I miss your posts.

Awww how lovely. I'm here, I'm fine, haven't blogged in ages because of a combination of IHateLeeds syndrome and an overload of work, which meant that I had to spend whatever little time I had free to feel very sorry for myself.

I'm happy again now and will resume writing very soon. Thanks for caring.

Good news :-)

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