![\"La](\"http:\/\/www.marriages.me.uk\/alwyn\/files\/2016\/09\/La-Matelot.jpg\")
<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The restaurant was called la Matelote<\/em>, We debated what a female sailor \u2018fish wife\u2019 hasn\u2019t quite the same \u2018sailor girl\u2019 sounds a \u2018woman of the waves\u2019, though cumbersome, In our minds these women all Consulting a dictionary to check The restaurant was called la Matelote, — the same word as le matelot but ending in an \u2018e\u2019 and therefore feminine. We debated what a female sailor would be called in English other than, of course, a sailor \u2013 \u2018fish wife\u2019 hasn\u2019t quite the same \u00e9clat: shore-bound and down-to-earth, she…<\/p>\n
\n— the same word as le matelot
\n<\/em>but ending in an \u2018e\u2019
\nand therefore feminine.<\/p>\n
\nwould be called in English
\nother than, of course,
\na sailor \u2013<\/p>\n
\n\u00e9clat: shore-bound and down-to-earth,
\nshe scolds her husband
\nwipes scale-covered hands on bloodied apron;<\/p>\n
\nfar more jaunty, even saucy,
\na jolly sea shanty of a lass
\nwho\u2019s good at knots, but lacks maturity;<\/p>\n
\nhas a more romantic ring,
\nlaid-back and offering
\nher ebb and flow, her undulating curves.<\/p>\n
\ntransmogrified into a mermaid,
\nsea-born and always breaking free
\nlike words for which there\u2019s no equivalent.<\/p>\n
\nthe latest addition to our French vocabulary
\nwe found \u2018la matelote\u2019
\nsimply means \u2018fish stew\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"