Say Chic: A Collection of French Words We Can't Live Without - Couverture souple

Blanchard, Francoise; Leven, Jeremy

 
9781416561842: Say Chic: A Collection of French Words We Can't Live Without
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ISBN 10 : 1416561846 ISBN 13 : 9781416561842
Editeur : Scribner, 2007

Synopsis

SAY CHIC...C'est magnifique!

Ever wonder why some French words have become so common in English as to be clichés? Or why your witty repartee wouldn't be quite so witty without them?

In Say Chic, Françoise Blanchard and Jeremy Leven collect more than seventy familiar French words and phrases that have become a permanent part of the American vocabulary. In their clever, often amusing style, the authors explain the origin of each word, its meaning, and how it came to be adopted into English. Uniting the sensibilities of an American author and a French author, these surprisingly entertaining stories combine world history, pop culture, etymology, and pithy observations about Americans and the French, with no small amount of panache.

Featuring delightful illustrations, Say Chic will find its raison d'être on the bookshelf of anyone who has ever longed to be an American in Paris and hankers for a bit more of that irresistible je ne sais quoi in America.

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À propos des auteurs

Fraçoise Blanchard is a well-traveled French woman who spent several years in the United States, where she met coauthor Jeremy Leven. After three years of collaboration, primarily on film projects, she returned home to Paris to write. She now lives in Seoul, Korea, with husband, Jung-Soon Choi.

Jeremy Levin veered from a career in the field of neuro-psychiatry to become a novelist, a screenwriter (Creator, Playing forKeeps, The Legend of Bagger Vance, Crazy as Hell, Alex & Emma, The Notebook), and a director (Don Juan DeMarco, which he also wrote). He divides his time between Paris, Connecticut, and New York City.

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Éditeur
Scribner
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1416561846
ISBN 13 
9781416561842
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
144
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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9780743280518: Say Chic: A Collection of French Words We Can't Live Without

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0743280512 ISBN 13 :  9780743280518
Editeur : Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2007
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