 Poster: A snowHead
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Now my French is pretty limited to the usual Hello, thankyou, goodbye, large beer please etc... but I have noticed that there seems to be quite a few Piste names that are prevelent throughout quite a few French resorts - i.e Cretes, Marmottes, Col De Balme etc.
Are these just coincidental, or am I missing something with my lack of French speaking ability? What do they translate too?
Stoopid question I know, but I am just curious.
Ta.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Peaks ( Crests) , Little sweet furry animals which live in holes in the Alps , Peaceful hilltop ..... so I assume all have an 'alpine' flavour and are for marketing bizzazz ?
I prefer it to the Swisss 'numbers only' .....
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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IMT,
As said above.
Marmottes are common animals leaving in the nountains
Pic, Col, Crete, Mont etc are all names of mountainous terrain features ( as per peak, ridge, hill, mount etc..).
The names often refer top what locals used to call a particula area of the mountain side..
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Marmottes taste like chicken.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Cheers all, had a feeling it was something like that. Like I said, stoopid question, but at least I didn't get stoopid answers.  Yet!
Wear The Fox Hat, but with more than 2 legs eh!
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IMT, Balme is Savoyarde dialect, not French. It means grotto.
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rjs, My fault  Much more evocative ...
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So the pistes in the Les Arcs domaine translate:
AROLLES; ARPETTE; VIEW-POINT; DRINK WILLOW; HIDING-PLACE; CLEARLY WHITE; CLEARLY WHITE RED; VALVE; CLOCHERET; COMBETTES; COMBORCIERE; TWO HEADS; WHITE ZONE; GOLLET; BARNS; GARDEN MILLERETTE; GARDEN PIERRE BLANC; MALGOVERT; MOUNT BLANC; LILY OF THE VALLEY; ROUND SLICES; SOURCES; VIOLETS; CARRELEY; CHAMETTOGER; CHANTEL; CHARVET; COLLAR OF THE HOOPS; SPACES SURFING; COLD FOUNTAIN; LARGE FOX; LARGE MELEZES; GARDEN LAUZIERES; GARDENS CHARMETOGE; SMALL FOX; RECHES; VAGERE; ARANDELIERES; WATERFALLS; COUNTRY COTTAGES; COLLAR OF CHAL; COMBES; PEAKS TOOTH OF COMB; DOU OF MAN; DROSET; EDELWEISS; ELDORADO; GENEPI; LARGE COLLAR; LAKE OF COMBES; LANCHES; MARSH; MARMOTS; PLANE BEAR; PLAGNETTES; GREEN REFUGE; TEPPES; TUFFES; VALLEY ARC; SWITCHES; RED LILIES; PLANAY; PRE; RHONAZ; SOLLIET; VILLAROGER; EAGLE; BARMONT; WEASEL; BLANCHOT; BUMPS; CABRI; COMBE; COCKS; SQUIRRELS; FLAKE DRILL; THRUSH; MAITAZ; MOREY; BILBERRIES; BEAR; PLANE; PARTRIDGE; BEAR; CUB; DRINK; FOX; RHODOS;
I'm disappointed that Babelfish didn't manage to deal with Malgovert, Charmotteger and Comborciere, but am tickled by Clearly White and Clearly White Red. 
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Martin Nicholas, Two Heads is a good 'un too, as is Peaks Tooth of Comb! As for Cocks and Thrush, well..........
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