Talking point (From The Northern Echo)
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Talking point
12:01pm Monday 8th February 2010 in Letters
MIKE Amos, in his John North column (Echo, Feb 4), says there is no verb from the noun “raconteur”.
This noun is French and the associated verb in that language is “raconter”, which means “to tell” (a story).
This can be rendered into English as “recount” – to recount an exploit.
Jeff Sutton, Bishop Auckland.
