a propos je ne sais quoi.

[dougdeep]

Over the years our language has borrowed a great number of words and expressions from the French. Does the use of these in everyday language make the user sound clever or stupid in you opinion?

 

[maffew]

like 'vol au vents' sp?

that make you sound well clever

 

[Sonic The Hedgehog]

Petit dejeuner Rodney.

 

[dougdeep]

It's not your bete noire then?

 

[Artois]

Does anyone know why the Cote-d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) is the only country where we use their own spelling of the name as opposed to our English version?

 

[Schrödinger's Toad]

Marry an honest squirrel biscuit!

Now didn't that sound clever?

 

[NMH]

Over the years our language has borrowed a great number of words and expressions from the French. Does the use of these in everyday language make the user sound clever or stupid in you opinion?

uhhhh...... doo I theeenk eeet cleverrrr ?
uhhh......how you say, er....... non.

It's a gay language spoken by gay people.

 

[Seagull over SW France]

Bonjour mes amis.............have just transferred the last thread (NMH) to the Stade Toulousain rugby website............you might be lucky,they play Llanelli tonight.............having shared a flight with them when I came over to watch QPR away last season,don't think I'd call them gay!!!!!

 

[fatbadger]

There's nothing clever about saying 'table'.

 

[dougdeep]

C'est la vie.

 

[Dave the OAP]

I am very comme ci comme ca about the whole thing

All I know is caveat emptor.