Re: CHAT: French expressions in English (Re: OT CHAT: Asperger's syndrome)
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, June 23, 2000, 22:20 |
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Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> I'm quite surprised by
> the number of French expressions used in English! How many do you have?
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.
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