A certain ... Je ne sais quoi - The Ideal Guide to Sounding, Acting and Shrugging Like the French

Informationen zum Autor 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 two books that would have saved him from so many blunders and misunderstandings along the way: Pardon My French and A Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi. 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 two books that would have saved him from so many blunders and misunderstandings along the way: Pardon My French and A Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi. Zusammenfassung A practical guide to the charms of the Gallic people - from their daily routines to their peerless gesticulations, from their come-ons to their put-downs.

Product details

• Authors: Charles Timoney, Timoney Charles
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.08.2009
• EAN: 9780141041674
• ISBN: 978-0-14-104167-4
• No. of pages: 252
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 178 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Romance linguistics / literary studies; Popular Culture, France, Travel tips & advice: general, TRAVEL / Europe / France, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions, Humour, Language: history and general works, Travel tips and advice: general