Genevieve

Merde Encore! (eBook, ePUB)

Illustrator: Heath, Mike

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Sacre Bleu!!!
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the café...
For those of you who delighted in Geneviève's deliciously naughty first book, Merde!, and for those unfortunate few who have not yet had the pleasure...Geneviève is back with Merde Encore!
Here the inimitable Geneviève makes further fabulous forays into French argot and comes up with an enormous range of colorful idioms, essential for anyone who wants to speak the language as it really is spoken. As an additional treat, she also gives instructions in the correct use of impassioned Gallic gestures -- those silent but expressive signals so beloved of the French motorist and shopkeeper. And, most important, she reveals how the French language, both spoken and visual, is a key to the spirit and character of the people who use it. With infectious humor, she exposes the idiosyncratic attitudes that have produced so great a wealth of vivid expressions.
So now discover how the French really feel about sex, food, la belle France, foreigners, hygiene, death...Merde Encore! may confirm what you've always suspected.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 112
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781501112591
• Artikelnr.: 42132348

Autorenporträt

Genevieve; Illustrated by Michael Heath

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Introduction
I Verbs:
The nouvelle conjugaison
The Moi-je Syndrome
'Code' Conjugations
II Suffixes:
Instruments of contempt and belittlement
III Les Beaux Gestes:
French sign language
IV Guillotined French:
From aristo to socialo
V Counting in French:
Some numbers are more equal than others
Un, Deux, Trois...
The Frogclock
VI Sound Effects:
Gurgle, splash, hiccup!
VII The Most Popular Ingredients of French Idioms:
Food and animals
Yum Yum, Dribble Dribble
That Yukky French food
Animals' Names Taken in Vain
Animalspeak
VIII Anatomy of a Frog:
A study of vital organs
The Liver
The Nose
The Tongue
"Le Derrière"
Other Organs: A Linguistic Potpourri
Frog Pathology
Medicine
Hygiene
Death
IX Appee Beurzdé Tooh Yooh:
Franglais as she is spoke
X Allons Enfants:
Kids and kiddie talk
The Au Pair's Guide to Kiddle Talk
"Le Français méprise la jeunesse"
XI The Cocorico Syndrome:
Roosters rule ok
A cocorico note: Frogs on wheels
XII Geography À la Française:
A linguistic study
Professor Franchouillard's Geography Lesson
Notes on the Natives
Gallus lutetiae snobinardus
Gallus lutetiae intello-snobinardus
Provincial brethren
XIII Your Ph.D. Exam