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Pardon My French: Unleash Your Inner Gaul by Charles Timoney
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Pardon My French: Unleash Your Inner Gaul by Charles Timoney
Guardian
'So good...the book describes the French real French people speak, as opposed to the French you're taught in school. It also, delicately and amusingly, looks at the pscychology of the French. Some French words are just false friends. A 'gateaux' is a rather dull biscuit, not an elaborate cake. 'Creme anglaise' is not cream, but custard. If you photograph a French person, you don't ask them to say 'cheese' and certainly not 'fromage'; instead they sy 'ouistiti', which, weirdly, means a marmoset. The word 'verge' is French for the male organ, which delights the few French travellers here when they see a road sign: 'soft verges'.'
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'The hilarious survival guide to French: from ordering a steak without getting sneered at to how exactly to say oh la la this is not just the most entertaining, but also the most useful book on France and the French you'll ever read.'
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| Book Genre | No |
| Book Format | Unabridged |
| Binding | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| ISBN | No |
| Date of Publication | No |
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| Level | N/A |
| Media Type | Book |
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