Pardon My French

A guide to imported English

Jean Béraud

Pardon My French offers readers a light-hearted guide to French phrases used (and abused) by people in the English-speaking world.

Affinage, Affineur, and Amandine

Aide-Mémoire and Amuse-Bouche

À la Mode and Démodé

Agent Provocateur

Amour Propre and Au Courant

Arming Blanche

Avant la Lettre and Après la Lettre

Beau Geste and Bête Noire

Café au Lait and Cabernet Sauvignon

Canard

Chanteuse and Chartreuse

Chinoiserie and Contretemps

Corvée

Crêpe and Croissant

Cri Me a Rivière

Cul-de-Sac

Entente and Entendre

Fait Accompli

Finding Faute

Flâneur

Grosgrain

Home is Where the Hearth Is

Hors de Combat

Material and Matériel

The Main Event

Mind Your Mentalité

Raisons in Fancy Dress

On the Qui Vive

Patterns of Pronunciation

Rustic and Rustique

Savage Strawberries

Tour de Force

Watch Your P's and Coups

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