French Or Foe?: Getting the Most Out of Visiting, Living and Working in FranceCulture Crossings, 2003 - 292 páginas This book has long been the reference for what it is about the French that rubs Americans the wrong way, why the Franco-American alliance has difficulties, and how to handle French people, and find out, she says, "how wonderful they are." Now in the third edition, Polly Platt examines the revolution of the last few years brought about by the computer and the Internet. Interviews with many American and French executives explain the differences and the similarities in procedures in the work place compared to five years ago. In addition, French or Foe's third edition describes the "French exceptions" of the last few years: the Messier scandal, the reasons why France was voted the Workers' Paradise in 2002; the romantic Look, version 2003; the government's new measures to combat the number of road deaths and to reduce smoking; the new Mayor's campaign against dog poop and his transforming of the banks of the Seine into Paris Plage, a beach resort; the havoc wrought by the hurricanes at Christmas 2000. The third edition tells what happened to various French heroes such as Jean-Paul Belmondo and Yves Saint Laurent and describes events like the reburial of Alexandre Dumas in the Pantheon, the French hall of fame. - Publisher. |
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Página 73
... asked for another 10 - franc piece . She refused . The attraction of Ed's is the discount . But as with all the big stores , the disadvantage is the employee turnover ; you can never get cozy with any of the personnel . I'd been going ...
... asked for another 10 - franc piece . She refused . The attraction of Ed's is the discount . But as with all the big stores , the disadvantage is the employee turnover ; you can never get cozy with any of the personnel . I'd been going ...
Página 163
... Asking his boss if he was hungry , instead of " Avez - vous faim ?, " he said , " Etes - vous faim ?, " pronouncing the ... asked . He mispronounced vu ( seen ) so that his question sounded like " Vous lavez - vous ? " ( " Do you wash ...
... Asking his boss if he was hungry , instead of " Avez - vous faim ?, " he said , " Etes - vous faim ?, " pronouncing the ... asked . He mispronounced vu ( seen ) so that his question sounded like " Vous lavez - vous ? " ( " Do you wash ...
Página 189
... asked several Frenchmen what Grant should have done . They all agreed that not having communicated his allergy to his boss or the waiter in advance , he was in a mess . Two of the Frenchmen I asked just shook their heads and threw up ...
... asked several Frenchmen what Grant should have done . They all agreed that not having communicated his allergy to his boss or the waiter in advance , he was in a mess . Two of the Frenchmen I asked just shook their heads and threw up ...
Contenido
Six Codes Rudeness is in the Eye of the Beholder | 23 |
French Space Public Private and Office | 37 |
French Time Why Does Everything Take so Long? | 47 |
Derechos de autor | |
Otras 19 secciones no mostradas
Términos y frases comunes
12th century Académie Française Alain Peyrefitte American Anglo-Saxon arrived asked Bernard Pivot Bonjour boss called century Chapter chef codes culture dinner party director door dress Elf Aquitaine employees engineer English Europe everything exam feel foie gras foreigners Française France French companies French friends French language French managers French or Foe French women Frenchman German give Grandes Ecoles Groupe Bull guests Guez happened hierarchy host hostess ingénieurs insult invited J. P. Morgan King live look Louis XIV lunch Madame marvel math means meeting Métro Minister Minitel minutes late mistakes monochronic monsieur mother never Paris Parisians political Polly Platt polychronic President quarkochronics restaurants Saint-Gobain smile someone strangers street talk television tell there's things told waiting wine woman word Yves Saint-Laurent
Referencias a este libro
The French in the United States: An Ethnograpic Study Jacqueline Lindenfeld Sin vista previa disponible - 2002 |
Old World, New World: Bridging Cultural Differences : Britain, France ... Craig Storti Sin vista previa disponible - 2001 |