![]() "mouth-amuser" a single, bite-sized hors d'œuvre. "memory aid" an object or memorandum to assist in remembrance, or a diplomatic paper proposing the major points of discussion amour propre "Self-love", Self-respect. "camp helper" A military officer who serves as an adjutant to a higher-ranking officer, prince or other high political dignitary. à propos regarding/concerning (the correct French syntax is à propos de) aide-de-camp lit. In America "à la Carte Menu" can be found, an oxymoron and a pleonasm. menu" In restaurants it refers to ordering individual dishes "à la carte" rather than a fixed-price meal "menu". Used in English and French A Īrête à la short for ( ellipsis of) à la manière de in the manner of/in the style of à la carte lit. Not used as such in French - Found only in English - French phrases in international air-sea rescue - See also - References Some others were once normal French but have become very old-fashioned, or have acquired different meanings and connotations in the original language, to the extent that they would not be understood (either at all, or in the intended sense) by a native French speaker.Ī B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Some of them were never "good French", in the sense of being grammatical, idiomatic French usage. In spoken English, at least some attempt is generally made to pronounce them as they would sound in French an entirely English pronunciation is regarded as a solecism. They are most common in written English, where they retain French diacritics and are usually printed in italics. This article, on the other hand, covers French words and phrases that have entered the English lexicon without ever losing their character as Gallicisms: they remain unmistakably "French" to an English speaker. ![]() English words of French origin, such as art, competition, force, machine, and table are pronounced according to English rules of phonology, rather than French, and are commonly used by English speakers without any consciousness of their French origin. Many words in the English vocabulary are of French origin, most coming from the Anglo-Norman spoken by the upper classes in England for several hundred years after the Norman Conquest, before the language settled into what became Modern English. ![]() ( September 2019) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. That is why holidays are set so they are just about the limit of your endurance." At the opening of a school in 2000.This article possibly contains original research. Then they come back and make life difficult for parents. "Holidays are curious things, aren't they? You send children to school to get them out of your hair. ![]() "Any bloody fool can lay a wreath at the thingamy." Discussing his role in an interview with Jeremy Paxman.ĥ2. "No, I would probably end up spitting it out over everybody." Prince Philip declines the offer of some fish from Rick Stein's seafood deli in 2000.ĥ1. Simon Kelner: "I'm the editor-in-chief of The Independent, Sir."Īn exchange at a press reception to mark the Golden Jubilee in 2002.ĥ0. "During the Blitz a lot of shops had their windows blown in and sometimes they put up notices saying, 'More open than usual.' I now declare this place more open than usual." Unveiling a plaque at the University of Hertfordshire's new Hatfield campus in November 2003. "It's a vast waste of space." Philip entertained guests in 2000 at the reception of a new £18m British Embassy in Berlin, which the Queen had just opened.Ĥ8. He added the following day: "It is very difficult at all to see how it is possible to become immensely valuable by singing what I think are the most hideous songs."ġ6. "What do you gargle with – pebbles?" To Tom Jones, after the Royal Variety Performance, 1969. We didn't have counsellors rushing around every time somebody let off a gun, asking 'Are you all right - are you sure you don't have a ghastly problem?' You just got on with it!" On the issue of stress counselling for servicemen in a TV documentary marking the 50th Anniversary of V-J Day in 1995.ġ5. "British women can't cook." Winning the hearts of the Scottish Women's Institute in 1961.ġ4. People don't seem to make up their minds what they want." A man of the people shares insight into the recession that gripped Britain in 1981.ġ3. Now that everybody's got more leisure time they are complaining they are unemployed. "A few years ago, everybody was saying we must have more leisure, everyone's working too much.
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