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      Pardon My French: Unleash Your Inner Gaul

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      Takes you through various words you need to survive, shows how and why they work, and steers you past various pitfalls and potential embarrassments of speaking French in France. This title covers various areas of everyday life from eating and drinking to travel, work and, cruc...

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      Product ID:9781846140525
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Title:Pardon My French
      Subtitle:Unleash Your Inner Gaul
      Authors:Author: Charles Timoney
      Page Count:256
      Subjects:Language self-study, Language self-study texts, Places and peoples: general and pictorial works, Places & peoples: general & pictorial works, France, French
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      Takes you through various words you need to survive, shows how and why they work, and steers you past various pitfalls and potential embarrassments of speaking French in France. This title covers various areas of everyday life from eating and drinking to travel, work and, crucially, and, swearing and sounding like a teenager.

      THINGS YOU DIDN''T KNOW ABOUT FRANCE: You burnt Joan of Arc! ? Smuggling live chickens into rugby matches is patriotic ? How many times to kiss on the cheek ? Where not to cross the road ? French guns don''t go ''bang'' ? What do you call a party? ? bon appetit is vulgar ? A six-pack is a bar of chocolate ? The dangers of being called Peter or Penny ? Your smallest finger is your ''ear'' finger ? The importance of Wednesdays ? How to tip ? and when to celebrate Christmas?

      Forget the French you learnt at school. Based on twenty years of hard-won knowledge, Pardon My French takes you through all the words you need to survive, shows how and why they work, and steers you past all the pitfalls and potential embarrassments of speaking French in France.

      From sugar-cube etiquette to why the Marseillaise is all about slaughtering Austrians and Prussians as bloodily as possible, Charles Timoney lays bare the Gallic mindset alongside their bizarre language. Covering all areas of everyday life from eating and drinking to travel, work and, crucially, swearing and sounding like a teenager, this is not just the most entertaining, but also the most useful book on France and the French you''ll ever read.


      Imprint Name:Allen Lane
      Publisher Name:Penguin Books Ltd
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2007-08-02

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      Weight176 g
      Dimensions175 × 129 × 16 mm