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| Pardon My French: Unleash Your Inner Gaul | 
 enlarge | Author: Charles Timoney
Publisher: Allen Lane
Category: Book
List Price: £8.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 2105
Media: Paperback
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 5 x 0.7
ISBN: 1846140528
EAN: 9781846140525
ASIN: 1846140528
Publication Date: August 2, 2007
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Condition: Brand New. Shipped from UK Mainland. Delivery is usually 2 - 3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail.
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 French Language Survival Guide August 12, 2007
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
This is a highly entertaining book, and is essential reading for anyone who wishes to get beyond the idea that Brits working or holidaying abroad will get by by speaking their English louder and slower! When, and when not, to use the words "baiser" or "impossible", the meaning of back-slang, how to organise the numerous public holidays that employees are awarded, what university you simply have to go to... One is almost becoming sympathetic towards the French when they are faced with idiomatic English. But that would never do! Well done to Mr Timoney on providing this guide to modern French "as she is spoke".
BEST BOOK EVER ON FRANCE AND THE FRENCH August 5, 2007
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
This book is essential for anyone who wants to improve their French or just be mightily entertained. Even if your French is A level standard or better you will I bet find words here that have always bewildered you. It helps if you are just buying a train ticket or dealing with a waiter and it also explains all kinds of things they refer to in French newspapers - like SDP (a homeless person) and the arcane details of the French educational system. It's like a cross between Lynne Truss's 'Eats Shoots and Leaves' and Peter Mayle. My favourite is what the French say when smiling for a photograph - they done't say 'cheese' , they say 'ouistiti' - which means 'marmoset'!
How to survive France ! August 2, 2007
22 out of 22 found this review helpful
This is definitely a Very Useful Book if you're planning to come to France, be it as a new resident or just for a holiday. Moreover it's highly entertaining as well. Don't worry if your spoken French isn't too good, this is not a dry textbook to improve it. Instead the author has compiled a list of words relating to some of the more incongruous, incomprehensible, or downright ennervating aspects of this country and goes on to explain not just what they mean but also what they might imply for the unwary.
The result is not only informative and educational, but also manages to be a very good read at the same time. If France were a desert island this is maybe the one book you'd have to take with you...
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