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- From getting the best value from the boulangerie to ordering a steak without getting sneered at, an A-to-Z guide to fitting in en Français Englishman Charles Timoney was thrown into French life headfirst twenty-five years ago when he and his wife moved to her native France.
- About the Author: When Charles Timoney and his French wife both lost their jobs in the same week, they decided to try living in France for a year or so.
- 256 Pages
- Foreign Language Study, French
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About the Book
Timoney presents this entertaining and useful guide to the words and phrases every Francophile, traveler, student, and word maven should know, with fascinating lore and tidbits that make sense of the Gallic mind set. Illustrated.Book Synopsis
From getting the best value from the boulangerie to ordering a steak without getting sneered at, an A-to-Z guide to fitting in en Français Englishman Charles Timoney was thrown into French life headfirst twenty-five years ago when he and his wife moved to her native France. He had studied French in school, but his memory of vocabulary lists and conjugation drills proved no match for day-to-day living. As he blundered his way toward fluency, he kept a list of words and phrases that wonderfully (sometimes wickedly) epitomized aspects of the French culture-and were used only by native speakers. Pardon My French tackles the delightful absurdities of French life and language and steers readers past the potential embarrassments of speaking French in France. It is a book no student, traveler, or language maven should be without.Review Quotes
"Coming to France? Forget the rest, read the best. This book will save you from being the butt of the Frenchman's humour."
-French News "A Francophile's humorous guide to the French language. A kind of Eats, Shoots and Leaves meets A Year in the Merde."
-Bookseller
About the Author
When Charles Timoney and his French wife both lost their jobs in the same week, they decided to try living in France for a year or so. It proved much harder than expected. Charles's O level in French was little help when everyone around him consistently used a wide variety of impenetrable slang and persisted in the annoying habit of talking about things he had never heard of. But they stayed. Two decades and two thoroughly French children later, he has written three books on his experience of France, the French people, and the French language: Pardon My French, A Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi, and An Englishman Aboard.Dimensions (Overall): 8.02 Inches (H) x 5.26 Inches (W) x .67 Inches (D)
Weight: .45 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 256
Genre: Foreign Language Study
Sub-Genre: French
Publisher: Avery Publishing Group
Format: Paperback
Author: Charles Timoney
Language: English
Street Date: June 2, 2009
TCIN: 1006476346
UPC: 9781592404629
Item Number (DPCI): 247-36-5521
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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