Word of the Day 01/31/21 Mal du Pays
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mal du pays [ mal dy pey-ee ]
noun French.
1. homesickness.
Origin: Late 18th century; earliest use found in Philip Thicknesse (1719–1792), travel writer. From French mal du pays homesickness from mal + du of the + pays country.
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB FOR MAL DU PAYS
Could the (thus far) timid trembling give way to a full-on, grand mal seizure?
26 EARTHQUAKES LATER, FRACKING’S SMOKING GUN IS IN TEXAS|JAMES JOINER|JANUARY 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The fear that Pascal might weather the storm has Du Vernay, Oprah Winfrey, and other Hollywood elites pulling their punches.
THE DISASTER STORY THAT HOLLYWOOD HAD COMING|DOUG MCINTYRE|DECEMBER 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Twenty-eight years ago, Veronique Vial was asked to photograph Cirque du Soleil.
A BACKSTAGE LOVE AFFAIR WITH CIRQUE DU SOLEIL|ALLISON MCNEARNEY|DECEMBER 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When Vial got that first assignment, she was just beginning her photography career, and Cirque du Soleil was only a few years old.
A BACKSTAGE LOVE AFFAIR WITH CIRQUE DU SOLEIL|ALLISON MCNEARNEY|DECEMBER 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.
mal du pays [ mal dy pey-ee ]
noun French.
1. homesickness.
Origin: Late 18th century; earliest use found in Philip Thicknesse (1719–1792), travel writer. From French mal du pays homesickness from mal + du of the + pays country.
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB FOR MAL DU PAYS
Could the (thus far) timid trembling give way to a full-on, grand mal seizure?
26 EARTHQUAKES LATER, FRACKING’S SMOKING GUN IS IN TEXAS|JAMES JOINER|JANUARY 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The fear that Pascal might weather the storm has Du Vernay, Oprah Winfrey, and other Hollywood elites pulling their punches.
THE DISASTER STORY THAT HOLLYWOOD HAD COMING|DOUG MCINTYRE|DECEMBER 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Twenty-eight years ago, Veronique Vial was asked to photograph Cirque du Soleil.
A BACKSTAGE LOVE AFFAIR WITH CIRQUE DU SOLEIL|ALLISON MCNEARNEY|DECEMBER 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When Vial got that first assignment, she was just beginning her photography career, and Cirque du Soleil was only a few years old.
A BACKSTAGE LOVE AFFAIR WITH CIRQUE DU SOLEIL|ALLISON MCNEARNEY|DECEMBER 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.
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Homesick - Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Rupert Giles & Xander Harris - 255 words
Date: 2021-01-31 08:39 pm (UTC)Buffy had apparently passed the phone to Xander. Rather than going over the details of his trip back to London and the subsequent days of unpacking that he'd just briefed Buffy on, he decided to take a different tactic. “A bit of mal du pays,” he admitted.
“Have you seen a doctor for that?” Xander asked.
“I'm sorry... what?”
“The whatever you call it- French disease that you got.”
There was some excited chatter in the background. Giles pinched the bridge of his nose. “It's not a disease.”
“Oh, okay. What is it?” Trust Xander to get straight to the point.
“Homesickness.”
There was a long pause, so long in fact that Giles had to check that someone was still on the other end. “Xander?”
“But you're in London.”
“Yes.”
“So how could you be...? Aw, Giles, you miss us. Guys, Giles misses us.”
“Less and less by the moment,” Giles said.
“Don't worry. We'll see you at the wedding in a few months, right?”
“Ah yes, the wedding. How could I forget?”
“I'll pass you along to Anya. She'll tell you all the details.”
“Wait, no. Xander?”
“Yeah.”
“I have to go. I'll talk to you all later.” There was so much more he wanted to say to the young man on the other end of the line, talk of home and what it truly meant to him, but now was not the time.
Re: Homesick - Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Rupert Giles & Xander Harris - 255 words
Date: 2021-02-01 12:29 am (UTC)Great job.