Mathieu Avanzi has written an entertaining and deeply researched book, Comme On Dit Chez Nous, about the terms used in France for all sorts of things, from food to pencils to tires and more.
What a lovely collection - BUT most cannot read french to this extent - nor do they fall into the existential mind trip of France. Would love to see a list of unusual books, that take one into daily life in France, (fiction or non)that are translated into English. A list of books that aren't on the radar but are good reads none the less.
"I find that smiling, then looking very lost and curious as I begin to explain (in poor French)..." I loved this! When I lived in France, I was pretty much always confused, but I found that French people--even Parisians!--are kind to a person in distress who tries and fails to speak decent French, while "bonour-madam"ing left and right.
What a lovely collection - BUT most cannot read french to this extent - nor do they fall into the existential mind trip of France. Would love to see a list of unusual books, that take one into daily life in France, (fiction or non)that are translated into English. A list of books that aren't on the radar but are good reads none the less.
"I find that smiling, then looking very lost and curious as I begin to explain (in poor French)..." I loved this! When I lived in France, I was pretty much always confused, but I found that French people--even Parisians!--are kind to a person in distress who tries and fails to speak decent French, while "bonour-madam"ing left and right.