June 30, 2004
French Without Tears
...is the title of this essay by Luc Sante in Threepenny about the pleasures of the French language.
(via Languagehat)
Posted by mallarme at June 30, 2004 03:56 PM
Comments
I enjoyed his nostalgic look back at the language of his youth. I did, however, find his constant shifts between the two languages to be disconcerting. I wish he had written the whole thing in French.
Posted by: Random Penseur at July 2, 2004 02:02 PM
Yeah, I think for an English language journal that would have been a little disconcerting for the non-francophone readers, the ignorant plebes.
Posted by: mallarme at July 2, 2004 02:03 PM