[Idyllchat] celiac in France

[Barbara Palmer]

Why don't you just print up some cards with Jerry's phrase on it.  Then you 
don't have to worry about not getting your correct message across.  I once 
tried for a long time to ask a policeman where Napoleon's tomb was.  You 
wouldn't believe how differently he pronouned Napoleon after I showed him 
the word in my French English dictionary.



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The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other 
ages
you've been. --Madeleine L'Engle




From: Jerry Clancy <jclancy at billtrak.com>
To: <mobrien1 at charter.net>, idyllchat at lists.untours.com
Subject: Re: [Idyllchat] celiac in France
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 14:56:09 -0400

Michael,

The phrase you want is this:

J'ai la maladie coeliaque et je ne peux pas manger le blé ou le gluten.

It means "I have celiac disease/sickness and I am unable to eat wheat or 
gluten. Phonetically, it would be pronounced this way:

With a soft "J", almost as if preceded with a "z", "Jhay la maladie coliac 
'A'  juh ne peu pa mon-jhay le blay ou le gluten."  (The 'A' is how you 
would say the letter spelling the alphabet in English.

It's probably easier just to say the last part, 'Je ne pe pas manger le blé 
ou le gluten."  ("Blé" also means corn in addition to wheat.)

You might follow up with the questions, "Comprendez-vous, Messieur (or 
Madame)?" This is pronounced "comprenday-voo" and means "Do you understand?" 
  I think getting confirmation is important to avoid reactions. "Oui" (We) 
or "Non" (it's not quite the English "no" but the terminating "n" is not 
pronounced).

(Generally, in almost all words in French that end in "er", "et" and "ez" 
pronounce this last syllable as the English letter "A".)

Gluten bread would be "pain de gluten", with "pain" almost said as "pan" 
(e.g., frying kind). The word "pas" means "not", so just stick it in front 
as an imperative:

"Pas pain de gluten." -- No gluten bread.

I hope this helps some. It does seem somehow cruel that you are unable to 
eat one of their great specialties but, then, I didn't want polio at 12, 
either. C'est la vie.

Jerry



At 01:50 PM 7/15/2007, mobrien1 at charter.net wrote:

>We will be in France (Alsace and Paris) this October. I have celiac disease 
>(cannot eat wheat or gluten) and would appreciate any information about how 
>to manage healthfully my eating while there. I would appreciate reading any 
>pertinent experiences or advice (or what to say in French).
>
>Thanks,
>Michael O'Brien


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