What They Didn't Teach You in French Class: Slang Phrases for the Cafe, Club, Bar, Bedroom, Ball Game and More (Dirty Everyday Slang) - Hardcover

Clautrier, Adrien; Rowe, Henry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 161243682X ISBN 13: 9781612436821

Publisher: Ulysses Press, 2017

Synopsis

<b><i>Sipping a café au lait at a sidewalk bistro...<br>Getting down at Paris’s hottest club...<br><i>Cheering on Les Bleus at the stadium...</i></i></b><br><br>Drop the textbook formality and chat with the locals in France’s everyday language.<br><br><b>&#8226; What’s up?</b> <i>Ça va?</i><br><b>&#8226; She’s totally hot.</b> <i>Elle est bandante.</i><br><b>&#8226; This party is lit!</b> <i>Cette bringue est enflammée!</i><br><b>&#8226; That brie smells funky.</b> <i>Ce brie sent putain de drôle.</i><br><b>&#8226; Wanna French kiss?</b> <i>On se roule une pelle?</i><br><b>&#8226; That ref is a moron.</b> <i>L’arbitre est un abruti.</i><br>

About this title

About the Authors

<b>Adrien Clautrier</b> is a self-employed mechanic born and raised in Marseille, France. A motorcycle and automobile enthusiast, he has completed two US coast-to-coast trips, one on a Harley Davidson and the other in a Cadillac. When he is not in his garage or on the road, he reads non-stop (especially Frédéric Dard’s <i>San Antonio</i> series) or listens to the stand-up comedies of the late French comedian Coluche.<br><br><b>Henry Rowe</b> left Berkeley to play soccer in France. He never made it out of the amateur ranks, but stayed for the used bookstores and St-Émilion wine cellars. He currently lives in Ménilmontant in Paris, frequents Mon Chien Stupide, and listens to everything from Serge Gainsbourg to Toulouse’s Jerry Spider Gang.

Adrien Clautrier&#160;in the about the author section: Adrien Clautrier is a self-employed mechanic born and raised in Marseille, France. A motorcycle and automobile enthusiast, he has completed two US coast-to-coast trips, one on a Harley-Davidson and the other in a Cadillac. When he is not in his garage or on the road, he reads nonstop (especially Fr&#233;d&#233;ric Dard&#8217;s San-Antonio series) or listens to the stand-up comedies of the late French comedian Coluche.<br><br><b>Henry Rowe&#160;</b>left Berkeley to play soccer in France. He never made it out of the amateur ranks&#160;but stayed for the used bookstores and Saint-&#201;milion wine cellars. He currently lives in M&#233;nilmontant in Paris, frequents Mon Chien Stupide, and listens to everything from Serge Gainsbourg to Toulouse&#8217;s Jerry Spider Gang.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ulysses Press
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 161243682X
• ISBN 13: 9781612436821
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 192