Wicked French

By Howard Tomb

Paperback , 64 pages

ISBN: 9780894806162 (0894806165)

Published by Workman Publishing

$4.95(US) $6.95(CAN)

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about Wicked French

Any French language guide can teach you a simple phrase like J'ai faim! ("I'm starving!") But only Wicked French will give you the edge on a snooty Parisian waiter: Garcon! N'avez-vous pas de glacons pour le vin? ("Boy! Don't you have any ice cubes for the wine?"

While humiliated tourists mispronounce "This wine is good" (Ce vin est bon), you'll handle the French impressively with expressions like "The Haut-Medoc tries to tickle but pinches instead." (Ce Haut-MSdoc essaye de chatouiller mais il pince.) Make new friends by knowing the only compliment a Frenchman wants to hear: Vous etes les gens les plus intelligents du monde. (You are the most intelligent people on earth.") With quick-to-find practical tips throughout, Wicked French gives even the first-time visitor the confidence to keep his nose held high. Over 312,000 copies in print.

about Howard Tomb

Howard Tomb is the author of the Wicked Travel books. He also writes for the Sunday Travel Section of the New York Times.
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