Vocabulary alone isn't enough. To survive in the most sophisticated
- & the most scathing
- nation on Earth you will need to understand the many peculiarities of the (very peculiar) French culture. & for that you need A Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi". If you want to fit in with the French you'll have to know how to deal with sardonic waiters; why French children hate Charlemagne; & the etiquette of kissing joke-telling & drinking songs what to do with a bidet the correct recipe for a salade nicoise & of course how to convey absolute shattering indifference with a single syllable (Bof!). Charles Timoney the author of " Pardon My French" provides a practical pleasurable guide to the charms of the Gallic people
- from their daily routines to their peerless gesticulations from their come-ons to their put-downs. Read on & put the oh la la back into your French vacances. Your inner gaul will thank you for it."