Julia Frey's Blog – January 2010 Archive (2)
Amuse-Bouche No. 19: La paperasserie (red tape) -- How do you say “Catch 22” in French?
by Julia Frey
(julia.frey@aya.yale.edu)
How do you say “Catch 22” in French?
My husband and I need French permis de conduire (driver’s licenses). Makes me nervous. French paperasserie (red tape) is notorious. Of course, bureaucracy has a bad rep everywhere. Lately Le Monde discussed the nightmare of trying to pay a fine in Russia. And we won’t even mention the… Continue
Added by Julia Frey on January 31, 2010 at 6:20am — 25 Comments
Amuse-Bouche No. 18: Getting the etiquette. At dinner don't put your "pieds dans le plat".
by Julia Frey
(julia.frey@aya.yale.edu)
Foot-in mouth disease is rampant, even among the French
At a multilingual dîner en ville (dinner of powerful people), the pretty daughter of American personnalités (VIPs), in Paris to learn French, provoked well-bred amusement by mixing up j’ai chaud (I’m hot = too warm) with je suis chaude (I’m hot = aroused). The notables… Continue
Added by Julia Frey on January 7, 2010 at 10:30am — 6 Comments
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