in double French

[Joel S. Berson]

Class double the length of the usual class?  (My guess.)  Or second
year class?  Or an advanced class in which all conversation is to be in French?

The first hit in GBooks (for me) is:

"Double French [chapter title]

"This is hell," whispered Dennis. "Shush," said Lisa. "You didn't
tell me you had French today. "I forgot." "You forgot?" said
Dennis.  "Shush. And actually, it's double French." Double French?"
"Bonjour, la classe," said Miss Windsor loudly as she entered. Dennis
prayed she wouldn't recognize him ..."

 From "The Boy in the Dress", David Williams, 2009.  Page 13.  Preview.

Joel

At 4/25/2011 07:45 AM, 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?
>
>Stephen Goranson
>http://www.duke.edu/~goranson
>
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