in double French

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Mon Apr 25 13:46:11 UTC 2011


At 7:45 AM -0400 4/25/11, Stephen Goranson wrote:
>"Simple boredom, as defined by Toohey, seems to be the sort of boredom
>you suffer from in double French, while existential boredom is the
>sort of boredom
>  you suffer from in a French film."
>
>Review of Peter Toohey, *Boredom: A Lively History*:
>http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/apr/23/boredom-peter-toohey-review
>
>Double French?
>
A little-known dialect of Double Dutch, perhaps influenced by
speakers in Belgium?

LH

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