G'day Folks! I've come across the above in a book I'm reading (Le Bonheur des tristes by Luc Dietrich) and haven't a clue what it means. I wonder if anybody can make a guess at it.
Now the specific context is this: a girl has agreed to meet a lad after work, and she's giving him directions to the place where they'll meet. She says,
". . .vous verrez une grande affiche jaune sur un pan de maison: Accu Tem: c'est là, la maison de cinq étages; en dessous se trouve une épicerie. . ."
A few sentences later the narrator (the lad) says,
"Et ce fut à la devanture de cette épicerie, sous l'Accu Tem, que je goûtai les plus profondes délices de l'amour. . ."
I don't know if this "Accu Tem" has anything to do with the épicerie. It may just be a notice on the wall. I'm wondering too if perhaps the notice hasn't been torn, so that "Accu" and "Tem" are just the first part of two words. "Accu" might be, e.g., "accumulateur", though I can't guess what "Tem" might be.
I've googled this and found only one reference to "accu tem". On a website where items were being bought and sold, I found this: "plaque tole garage accu tem".
So the words mean something. But given that my text goes back to around 1930, it may be hard to say what. If anyone can help here, I'll be very grateful.
Now the specific context is this: a girl has agreed to meet a lad after work, and she's giving him directions to the place where they'll meet. She says,
". . .vous verrez une grande affiche jaune sur un pan de maison: Accu Tem: c'est là, la maison de cinq étages; en dessous se trouve une épicerie. . ."
A few sentences later the narrator (the lad) says,
"Et ce fut à la devanture de cette épicerie, sous l'Accu Tem, que je goûtai les plus profondes délices de l'amour. . ."
I don't know if this "Accu Tem" has anything to do with the épicerie. It may just be a notice on the wall. I'm wondering too if perhaps the notice hasn't been torn, so that "Accu" and "Tem" are just the first part of two words. "Accu" might be, e.g., "accumulateur", though I can't guess what "Tem" might be.
I've googled this and found only one reference to "accu tem". On a website where items were being bought and sold, I found this: "plaque tole garage accu tem".
So the words mean something. But given that my text goes back to around 1930, it may be hard to say what. If anyone can help here, I'll be very grateful.
