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Also the book is written by somebody named "Geneviéve", which on the back of the books says born and lives in Switzerland, so yea
They actually speak several languages in Switzerland. (mostly German then French and a little Italian) They have their own sort of dialect of these languages because the country is surrounded by the countries that speak them. My aunt told me she felt lost when she went to Switzerland because everybody was speaking a bunch of different languages. But tourism may have something to do with that, seeing as how she was a tourist from Spain

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You may be right, I have no authority on the accuracy of this book.

I'm just slightly weary of fully trusting this book for example, it lists that "un type" could be used in place of "un homme".
I know that is right... un type is like "a dude."
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sort off topic.. but i never understood why people would say "pardon my french.. but *****"

what's that supposed to mean?! what does french have to do with the phrase that follows?
It appears to have its origins in the historical rivalry between the English and the French; in this case, covering up the use of a vulgar word under the pretense of it being a "French" word.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon_my_French
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It appears to have its origins in the historical rivalry between the English and the French; in this case, covering up the use of a vulgar word under the pretense of it being a "French" word.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon_my_French
hehehee, i wonder if in french, there is a similar saying "pardon my english but..."??
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I find things like this necessary to learn. If not for usage, but for avoidance thereof. Say you hear someone say a random phrase, and ask another French/English speaker what it means, and they are offended? Some of these phrases you can learn through subtitling, but they are usually less risque in their second language.
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what if alizee swears in her private life?
She has certainly been known to use rather rude hand signals when provoked.

She's 25 years old and a celebrity. I don't think it's likely that she's easily offended by bad language.
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