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Merde: The Real French You Were Never Taught at School
Merde The Real French You Were Never Taught at School Author:Genevieve, Michael Heath (Illustrator) Learn all the French slang, dirty words, and necessary tools of communication your teachers left out of their lesson plans with this essential survival guide to understanding everyday French. — Deliciously saucy and full of wit Merde! is a practical guide for understanding French, as it really is spoken. This real-life resource... more » is for anyone who remembers thumbing through English/French dictionaries for such words as "toilet paper" and "damn," as well as for the far more interesting, titillating terms that would never be used in polite conversation. But real French isn't spoken with the intent of being polite…
With epithets for every occasion, a range of colorful idioms, and a wealth of come-ons and put-downs, this is the only language book you'll need to prepare for a trip to the city of lights.
The musts --
Variations on a theme --
The body and its functions --
The weighty matters of love and sex (national obsession number one) --
The no less weighty matters of food and drink (national obsession number two) --
Hassling --
Money matters --
Work and social status --
Indulging in racism, xenophobia and disrespect for one's elders --