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lit. "good appetite"; "enjoy your meal". bon mot (pl. bons mots) well-chosen word(s), particularly a witty remark ("each bon mot which falls from his lips is analysed and filed away for posterity", The European Magazine, August 29 – September 4, 1996) bon vivant one who enjoys the good life, an epicurean. bon voyage
French name Headquarters Note Francophonie: 1 Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie Paris, France The community of French-speaking nations AU: 5 (Languages of the AU) Union africaine Addis Ababa, Ethiopia French is an official language in 21 member states and a commonly used language in four others. Amnesty International
In many countries around the world, students are educated in two or more languages: often all students learn at least one foreign language, perhaps the language of a former colonizer (e.g. French in West Africa, English in South Asia, etc.); commonly minorities learn the majority language, often this is required by law or is simply thought of as an economic necessity; and occasionally two or ...
"We might want to avoid saying something to the effect of, 'That’s not important to me,'" Dr. Cooper says. "This can be offensive to others." "Go away" is another no-go.
Paul Drew & John Heritage – Talk at Work, a study of how conversation changes in social and workplace situations. Neil Postman – Amusing Ourselves to Death (Conversation is not the book's specific focus, but discourse in general gets good treatment here) Deborah Tannen. The Argument Culture: Stopping America's War of Words
Some (very rare) nouns change gender according to the way they are used: the words amour 'love' and délice 'pleasure' are masculine in singular and feminine in plural; the word orgue 'organ' is masculine, but when used emphatically in plural to refer to a church organ it becomes feminine (les grandes orgues); the plural noun gens 'people ...
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