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

    By Francoise Blanchard and Jeremy Leven

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    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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherScribner
    Release dateAug 14, 2007
    ISBN9781416546412
    Say Chic: A Collection of French Words We Can't Live Without
    Author

    Francoise Blanchard

    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.

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