From getting the best value from the boulangerie to ordering a steak without getting sneered at, an A-to-Z guide to fitting in en Français Englishman Charles Timoney was thrown into French life headfirst twenty-five years ago when he and his wife moved to her native France. He had studied French in school, but his memory of vocabulary lists and conjugation drills proved no match for day-to-day living. As he blundered his way toward fluency, he kept a list of words and phrases that wonderfully (sometimes wickedly) epitomized aspects of the French culture-and were used only by native speakers. Pardon My French tackles the delightful absurdities of French life and language and steers readers past the potential embarrassments of speaking French in France. It is a book no student, traveler, or language maven should be without.

从从面包店获得最佳价值到订购牛排而不被嘲笑，这是一份适应法国生活的A-Z指南。 25年前，英国人查尔斯-蒂莫尼和他的妻子搬到了她的家乡法国，他一头扎进了法国的生活。他曾在学校学习过法语，但他对词汇表和变位法的记忆证明无法与日常生活相匹配。在他向流利法语迈进的过程中，他记下了一份单词和短语清单，这些单词和短语奇妙地（有时是邪恶地）体现了法国文化的各个方面，而且只有讲母语的人才能使用。请原谅我的法语》探讨了法国生活和语言中令人愉快的荒谬之处，并引导读者摆脱在法国讲法语的潜在尴尬。这是一本学生、旅行者或语言大师都不应该缺少的书。