By Julia Frey - My Little Cabbage.

By Julia Frey - Say It with Flowers. But don’t give a friend chrysanthèmes!

By Julia Frey - Ramadan, Madame? In 2011, Ramadan ran from Monday 1 August, for 30 days.

By Julia Frey - A la nage (Swimmingly). Do you swim like a monkey wrench?

By Julia Frey - Pas de Blème, Ségolène. Even bad publicity is good publicity.

NEW! By Julia Frey. Pardon My French. The French don’t know Americans use this expression to excuse an obscenity!

By Julia Frey. Fleas and friperies. The world is full of objets encombrants (nickname: “les monstres”).

By Julia Frey. Getting the etiquette. Foot-in mouth disease is rampant, even among the French.

By Julia Frey A la recherche du beau temps (Searching for beautiful weather...)

2nd of a series of "Amuse Bouche"-- humorous mouthfuls on the perplexities of French language and behavior by former New Yorker Julia frey.