Sunday, October 10, 2010

Photo Duet: Burgundy




Burgundy is a place, a wine and a color. For this week's Photofriday assignment, kk and I both go for bordeaux instead of the the place or wine: La Bourgogne and le bourgogne, respectively.



gauche - Pink to Burgundy

Dans un bureau de poste quelque part en le Lot, un département de la région Midi-Pyrénées. Mai, 2009 p_ff



droite - Mother and Child

Molded plastic chairs as seen in a shop window. Colmar, septembre 2010. kk



La Bourgogne (proper noun); en Bourgogne

Burgundy (region in France); in Burgundy


le bourgogne

Red wine from the French region of Burgundy


(le) bordeaux

refers to the color: a deep purplish red

noun (masc) and adjective


-via wordreference.com but actually an entry from the Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press

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