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It's springtime; caveat emptor...

by David and Tim Bayly on February 21, 2012 - 6:41am

Autrefois on rêvait de posséder le cœur de la femme dont on était amoureux; plus tard sentir qu’on possède le cœur d’une femme peut suffire à vous en rendre amoureux. Proust, Swan in Love. (TB)

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Submitted by Joseph Bayly on February 21, 2012 - 8:20am

Argh! What is it with these foreign languages? I didn't know I had to learn French to read this blog! What does it mean?

Submitted by Al Stout on February 21, 2012 - 10:31am

I think in means that if you commit yourself to loving (phileo) French, love (agape) will follow. Then you will be a Francophile, ready to taunt the English a second time...

al sends

Submitted by David & Tim Bayly on February 21, 2012 - 11:05am

In his younger days a man dreams of possessing the heart of the woman whom he loves; later, the feeling that he possesses the heart of a woman may be enough to make him fall in love with her.

Submitted by David & Tim Bayly on February 21, 2012 - 11:06am

It's a variation on the quote of Hemingway I often use with college students as they think about taking a wife (can we still say that?): "It's the mark of a man that he marries the woman he loves rather than the woman who loves him."

Submitted by al stout on February 21, 2012 - 11:17am

That's pretty much what I said...

al sends

Submitted by bert perry on February 21, 2012 - 2:04pm

Merci! (and thus ends my knowledge of French!)

Submitted by Kamilla on February 21, 2012 - 2:36pm

On a related note, this sad news about the French from London's Telegraph:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/9097054/Mademoiselle-banned-on-official-French-forms.html

Submitted by Ken on February 22, 2012 - 7:22am

On a completely nitpicky note, I wasn't aware Marcel Proust was an authority on the amorous life of large aquatic birds of the family Anatidae...

Submitted by David J. Wegener on February 22, 2012 - 8:01am

To the readers of this blog: Tim is apparently going through his "French phase."

Let's all be patient and hope it will pass quickly. Warmly,

Submitted by Daniel Meyer on February 22, 2012 - 10:15am

Difficultés augmentent
Lorsque une expression étrangère Tim parle

Désordre sont les chefs
Quand un mot français qui est dit

Which, being translated...

Difficulties increase
When a foreign phrase Tim speaks

Muddled are the heads
When a French word is said

Submitted by Lucas Weeks on March 1, 2012 - 4:21pm

Nice! I actually figured it out before looking up any words! It took me a minute or two, though.

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