Dirty French: Everyday Slang from "What's Up?" to "F*%# Off!" (Dirty Everyday Slang) [Paperback]

Adrien Clautrier (Author), Henry Rowe (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 5, 2008 | ISBN-10: 1569756589 | ISBN-13: 978-1569756584 | Edition: Bilingual

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Next time you’re traveling or just chattin’ in French with your friends, drop the textbook formality and bust out with expressions they never teach you in school, including:

•Cool slang
•Funny insults
•Explicit sex terms
•Raw swear words

Dirty French teaches the casual expressions heard every day on the streets of France:

•What's up?
Ça va?

•He's totally hot.
Il est un gravure de mode.

•That brie smells funky.
Ce brie sent putain de drôle.

•I'm gonna get ripped!
Je vais me fracasser!

•I gotta piss.
Je dois pisser.

•The ref is fucking asshole.
L'arbitre est un gros enaelé!

•Wanna try doggy-style?
Veux-tu faire l'amour en levrette?

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About the Author

Adrien Clautrier is a self-employed mechanic born and raised in Marseille, France. Henry Rowe left Berkeley to play soccer in France. He never made it out of the amateur ranks, but stayed for the used bookstores and St-Émilion wine cellars.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Ulysses Press; Bilingual edition (August 5, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569756589
• ISBN-13: 978-1569756584
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #82,332 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #15 in Books > Education & Reference > Dictionaries & Thesauruses > Slang & Idioms

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A hilarious guide to learning French. October 21, 2008

By Monica Garcia VINE™ VOICE

Format:Paperback

Dirty French, Everyday Slang from "What's Up?" to "F*%# Off!" was hilarious. The opening paragraph warns that this isn't a beginner's grammar book but a book designed to take your French to the next level. I've only had 1 year of French and this was over 18 years ago so that had me worried. Yes, my accent was very rusty, but I got through it and even if you don't know any French at all you'd still find the sayings and musings in between delightfully funny.

This book includes phrases for every situation, including expressions for describing art that make one sound smart and cool. Use sweet words to entice a local beauty into a walk along the Seine, and less-then-philosophical rebuffs for those overly zealous, espresso-fueled cafe "poets." There are enough insults and swear words to offend every person in France without even speaking to them in English, which they really dislike.

Some of my favorites are below. I will censor to keep it clean but the book doesn't and that makes it half the fun!!

* Whoops! You're not my boyfriend. - Zut! T'es pas mon mec.
* Don't S&#@ your pants! - Te chie pas!
* Did your girlfriend just fart? - C'est ta copine qu'a pet?
* My French boyfriend is a horndog. - Mon copain francais est un queuetard.

There are 9 chapters in the book so stick French after each of these words and you'll get an idea of the awesome amount of swear words and dirty phrases you can learn: Howdy, Friendly, Party, Body, Horny, Angry, Poppy, Sporty and Hungry. (hey, that sounds like a new Snow White movie. LOL)

Oh and you can even learn to send Dirty French texts such as... "VTFF"
To find out what that means, I guess you'll have to buy the book.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Especially recommended to the attention of travelers to France for either business or pleasure November 8, 2008

By Midwest Book Review

Format:Paperback

There are few things more satisfying in the heat of the moment that being able to cuss somebody or something out in another language. The problem is that they just don't teach you those kinds of words or expressions in a highschool or college foreign language class. That's where "Dirty French: Everyday Slang From 'What's Up?' to 'F*%# Off!' comes in handy. Co-authored by Adrien Clautrier (a self-employed mechanic born and raised in Marseille, France) and Henry Rowe (a current resident of Paris) who bring their own particular expertise in the subject, "Dirty French" is a slim paperback instruction book that is packed from cover to cover with choice expressions that will serve to punctuate conversation in French like someone native born. "Dirty French" is especially recommended to the attention of travelers to France for either business or pleasure. There will be ample occasions that warrant what "Dirty French" has to teach you!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Scandalously Fun Material - Shabby Binding January 22, 2010

By dennis wentraub VINE™ VOICE

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

This slim compilation of raw vernacular lives up (?) to its title. So, that being said, there is a lot to recommend this book. It's a fun and useful read on its predictable subject matter. There are also bits on pop culture - the media, sports, French personality stereotypes, food, eating places, and even a few drinking songs that vary the book's uh-h primary thrust. Sadly, the publishers have undercut the authors' best efforts with a shoddy glued binding that - in my copy - began to break apart at page 30, rapidly disintegrated, and is now being held together by a rubber band.