Tag: France

  • DDC 440-449: Foux Du Fa French

    A Teach Me How To Dewey production

    This Is How We Dewey:

    • 440 Romance languages; French
    • 441 French writing system & phonology
    • 442 French etymology
    • 443 French dictionaries
    • 444 Not assigned or no longer used
    • 445 French grammar
    • 446 Not assigned or no longer used
    • 447 French language variations
    • 448 Standard French usage
    • 449 Provençal & Catalan

    You thinking what I’m thinking? I hope so. Like it or not that’s what I think of when trying to speak fake French. That guttural huh huh huh is probably what the French hate the most about the French stereotype, though I don’t know any French people so I’m just gonna assume that’s true without confirming like a good cultured-enough American. #patriotism

    I kid. I’d love to visit France one day, and if I do get that chance I’d likely bone up on the language beforehand using these books:

    The Dew3:

    Les Bons Mots: How to Amaze “tout Le Monde” With Everyday French
    By Eugene Ehrlich
    Dewey: 443.21
    Random Sentence: “Ferme ta gueule! (shut your trap!)”

    Say Chic: A Collection of French Words We Can’t Live Without
    By Françoise Blanchard
    Dewey: 448.2421
    Random Sentence: “One suspects that the valiant Crusaders would not have been pleased.”

    The Story of French
    By Jean-Benoit Nadeau
    Dewey: 440.9
    Random Sentence: “Merchants in Sudbury still hesitate to put simple signs saying Bonjour on their doors.”