CHAT: French expressions in English (Re: OT CHAT: Asperger'ssyndrome)

John Cowan wrote:
> I have never seen a list anywhere, but there are lots (forgive errors, I'm
> working from memory only): au point, au pied de la lettre, double entendre
> (archaic French), cestui que trust (legal phrase, also arch. Fr.), de rigueur,
> je ne sais quoi, bon mot.
Please forgive any mis-spellings.  :-)

Add RSVP (Réspondez s'il vous plâit), déja vu, jamais vu, presque vu,
nom de plume, nom de guerre, c'est la vie, la creme de la creme,
savoir-faire, laissez-faire [belief that the government should not
interfere with the economy in any way], en passant [a chess term], en
masse, joi de vivre

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