7. I believe the French word for brother is spelled "frere" as opposed to "fraire".
You're almost right: it is spelled "fr?" (with an accent grave on the first e), but more commonly used is the expression (although it doesn't rhyme) "au contraire mon ami", as per the famous words by Hercule Poirot, the equally famous and slightly pedantic Belgian detective in many of Agatha Christie's novels.
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menneke @ Apr 16th 2006 6:44AM
7. I believe the French word for brother is spelled "frere" as opposed to "fraire".
You're almost right: it is spelled "fr?" (with an accent grave on the first e), but more commonly used is the expression (although it doesn't rhyme) "au contraire mon ami", as per the famous words by Hercule Poirot, the equally famous and slightly pedantic Belgian detective in many of Agatha Christie's novels.