Christophe wrote:
> En réponse à Dan Sulani <dnsulani@...>:
>
> >
> > I wonder, Christophe.
> > Do the French (or the Spanish or the Italians or speakers
> > of any other Romance lang) think that the _other_ Romance
> > langs ( = other than what they themselves speak as a native lang)
> > have a special association with love?
> >
>
> Certainly! French people do consider that Spanish and Italian have a
special
> association with love (especially Italian). Spanish is more associated
with
> passion, untempered love, burning love (like in the -French!- opera
Carmen,
> while Italian is more associated with romantism, life-long love, less
> exteriorized love (but not necessarily less strong).
>
As for Spanish, I do agree, but we consider French the romantic lang 'par
excellence'(sp?)
Luca