Pardon My French - Unleash Your Inner Gaul

Informationen zum Autor Charles Timoney Klappentext When Charles Timoney and his French wife were both made redundant in the same week they decided to try living in France for a year or so. It proved much harder than expected. Charles' 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 decided to write the guide to French that would have saved him from so many blunders and misunderstandings along the way. This is it. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Timoney Charles, Charles Timoney, Timoney Charles
• Publisher: Allen Lane
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 02.08.2007
• EAN: 9781846140525
• ISBN: 978-1-84614-052-5
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 178 mm x 15 mm
• Series: ALLEN LANE
• Subjects: Education and learning; Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Romance linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Travel > Illustrated books; Places & peoples: general & pictorial works, French, France, TRAVEL / Pictorials, TRAVEL / Europe / France, Humour, Language self-study, HUMOR / Topic / Language, Places and peoples: general and pictorial works