by Charles Rozan · Des Equateurs · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782849902318
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«Petites ignorances de la conversation» is the essay by Charles Rozan, published by Des Equateurs in paperback (351 pages, in French).
Charles Rozan analyzes more than three hundred French colloquial expressions, such as «Parler français comme une vache espagnole», «Je m'en lave les mains» or «chou blanc», and reconstructs their etymology and their historical and literary evolution to reveal the hidden meaning of everyday sayings.
Charles Rozan (1824-1905), historian of words and pioneer of linguistics; the paperback edition was published in 2013.
For readers interested in French, etymology and curiosities of everyday language.
