Posted by shar on November 15, 2000, at 12:38:48
In reply to Re: cheerful aside -- definition of savoir faire, posted by pullmarine on November 15, 2000, at 0:27:54
An appropriately named dictionary if you read it like it's English.
Shar
> An american guy visiting paris takes the opportunity to find out what savoir faire really means, so he goes up to a couple of french men and asks them what 'savoir faire' is. The first frenchman anser:' Ah, but it iz verry simpel, let me give you un exzumpal. YOu get home eurly frumh werk, and you find yore vife in ze bed with zanother man, and you say to z'em: Ah but never mind me, pleez continue!', zat iz savoir faire!
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> The second man replies: No! Zat iz not savoire faire! savoire faire is: YOu get home eurly frumh werk, and you find yore vife in ze bed with zanother man, and you say to z'em: 'Ah but never mind me, pleez continue!', AND THEY CONTINUE! zat iz savoir faire!
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> French exprexssion: The worse thing you can do to a man who sleeps with your woman is to let him keep her.
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> source: Dictionaire de la mysoginie
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> john
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