faute

We left Braise and Smokey behind (grosse faute), for there were almost as many dogs at the event as horses!

concours - French Word-A-Day 2009

A mild ick factor but nothing like as bad as "Bridesicle", and a much more original and better executed idea, which slightly faute de mieux gets my top vote.

World Cup Day 14 world_cup_2010 2010

We left Braise and Smokey behind (grosse faute), for there were almost as many dogs at the event as horses!

French Word-A-Day: 2009

Mais cette victoire est surtout entachée d'une grossière double faute de main de la part de

French Word-A-Day: 2009

Vous croyez que c'est la faute aux ingénieurs qui ont foiré leurs plans d'aménagements, ou les sociétés de travaux publics qui s'engraissent à coups de travaux bâclés?

Global Voices in English » Morocco: Don’t Blame the Rain 2009

Mais cette victoire est surtout entachée d'une grossière double faute de main de la part de

retirer - French Word-A-Day 2009

I would just like to say that my parents were merely pawns in my game of TDF Roulette: I bought them the Tenor tix faute de mieux. and then when SPacific suddenly appeared, I decided they'd like it better.

Lend Me A Tenor deliasherman 2010

And you are so right that the word “faute” has a moral connotation to it.

Guest post 13 – Bethany Cagnol on teaching English in France… « Ken Wilson's Blog 2010

I still have the “barème” in mind : a grammar “faute” was 4 points off out of 20, a spelling faute was 2 points off, an “accent” faute was 4 points off too if a “grammatical ” accent, one point only for a simple accent.

Guest post 13 – Bethany Cagnol on teaching English in France… « Ken Wilson's Blog 2010

And by the way, thank you for discretely correcting MY “faute.”

Guest post 13 – Bethany Cagnol on teaching English in France… « Ken Wilson's Blog 2010