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

SAY CHIC...C'est magnifique Ever wonder why some French words have become so common in English as to...
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Author: Francoise Blanchard
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Say Chic: A Collection of French Words We Can't Live Without by Blanchard, Francoise

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

$125.76

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

$125.76
Author: Francoise Blanchard
Format: Paperback
Language: English
SAY CHIC...C'est magnifique

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

In Say Chic, Fran oise 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' tre 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.

Author: Francoise Blanchard, Jeremy Leven
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Published: 08/14/2007
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.33lbs
Size: 7.56h x 4.48w x 0.36d
ISBN: 9781416561842

About the Author
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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