Head to a south-west French city like Toulouse, and you'll notice some distinct differences in how people speak French. Photo by Ed JONES / AFP Extra letters, longer syllables, and less nasal vowels ...

Onomatopoeia is the written version of a sound - think 'ssh', 'ouch' or 'bang'. And like everything else, they're a little bit different in French, writes French language expert Camille ...

The way you say a word is called pronunciation. In French, there are some sounds that are different to English sounds. Even if a word looks the same and means the same thing, the way that you say it ...