Garçon! Some outdated, embarrassing phrases, por favor
The French may not go around saying ‘zut alors’ and ‘sacre bleu’, but that doesn’t stop us Brits from using Pop Culture Foreignish on holiday
Pity the British tabloid headline-writer on his annual holiday. He falls off his easyJet in Nice, hails a waiter with a cheery “garçon!”, exclaims “sacre bleu!” when the food comes, a less enthused “zut alors!” when the bill arrives, “ooh la la!” when he spots a girl changing on the promenade, asks her “voulez-vous coucher avec moi”, then issues a philosophical “comme ci comme ça” when she scuttles off, and never, in all of that, says
