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Excuse my French!
"Excuse my French" is a common English language phrase ostensibly disguising profanity as French and emphasizing their meaning without violating censorship. Many reasons have been suggested to explain the reference to the French language, such as the long standing historical rivalry between France and England or the association of the French people with vulgarity. This is clearly an example of Francophobia. See also - 'Taking a French leave', 'French letter', 'French-sick'
New Year's resolutions, keep New Year's resolutions!
1 - Be nice to strangers, smile!
2 - Love is a serious matter
3 - Remember that life is short
4 - Persuade yourself you can somehow write in some sort of english-looking language...
5 - Detox forever...
N.4 is clearly the hardest one... but '2008 me' - a great cuvée, as promised by my horoscope - has finally been convinced, or indeed convinced himself, to have a go at blogging - How unsophisticated!
Excuse My French will focus extensively on the Sarko & Carla saga but also take a look at other items in the news on both side of the Channel, providing an expat view on everything Gallic and an immigrant take on little Britain.
Still under development, it may and should, as time goes by and a sense of self-discipline is developed, offer some regular features and some original 'rendez-vous' with those who, like me, intend to take the best, and leave the rest, of our divine 'Entente cordiale'.
Have a look and come back as many times and as often as you wish (I've started to check the counter every five minutes), remember it won't be always that serious and excuse my French...
Franck Guillory
fguillory@btopenworld.com
1 - Be nice to strangers, smile!
2 - Love is a serious matter
3 - Remember that life is short
4 - Persuade yourself you can somehow write in some sort of english-looking language...
5 - Detox forever...
N.4 is clearly the hardest one... but '2008 me' - a great cuvée, as promised by my horoscope - has finally been convinced, or indeed convinced himself, to have a go at blogging - How unsophisticated!
Excuse My French will focus extensively on the Sarko & Carla saga but also take a look at other items in the news on both side of the Channel, providing an expat view on everything Gallic and an immigrant take on little Britain.
Still under development, it may and should, as time goes by and a sense of self-discipline is developed, offer some regular features and some original 'rendez-vous' with those who, like me, intend to take the best, and leave the rest, of our divine 'Entente cordiale'.
Have a look and come back as many times and as often as you wish (I've started to check the counter every five minutes), remember it won't be always that serious and excuse my French...
Franck Guillory
fguillory@btopenworld.com
Good reads
Where I can be found