Talk to the Snail Ten Commandments for Understanding the French

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Publisher's Synopsis

Have you ever walked into a half-empty restaurant in France, only to be told that it'scomplet? Attempted to say "merci beaucoup" and accidentally complimented someone on their cute backside? Been taken to what you've been assured is the perfect house deep in the countryside, only to find there's no electricity or running water?

If the answer to any of the above is 'oui',Talk to the Snailis the book for you.Find out how to get served in a restaurant; learn to be exquisitely polite - and brutally rude - at the same time; discover the language of love, sex and suppositories (not necessarily in that order). It's all here in this funny, informative, seriously useful guide on how to get what youreallywant from the French.

With advice on essential phrases and bons mots to cover all eventualities, and illustrated with witty real-life anecdotes,Talk to the Snailis a book that no self-respecting Francophile - or Francophobe - can afford to be without.

Book information

ISBN: 9780593057223
Publisher: Transworld
Imprint: Bantam Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 944.0840207
DEWEY edition: 22
Number of pages: 272
Weight: 484g
Height: 192mm
Width: 129mm
Spine width: 27mm