tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524950191725976190.post7092899399645420539..comments2024-03-10T06:51:42.128+00:00Comments on The Art of Words: Euphemisms about Humour and Money (in quotes)Lucy R. Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524950191725976190.post-70603266555569642592014-09-12T08:06:19.511+01:002014-09-12T08:06:19.511+01:00What's the French for "ha ha"? I hop...What's the French for "ha ha"? I hope a lot of people buy the discarded mistress's book - as a mistress she gets no alimony. She doesn't even get half the palace! Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524950191725976190.post-19392466861490949912014-09-08T08:38:55.746+01:002014-09-08T08:38:55.746+01:00Whatever happened to Florence King? I really enjoy...Whatever happened to Florence King? I really enjoyed several of her books in the 1980s.<br />Another euphemism: French people (of course) don't care AT ALL about their leaders' sex lives.So they are buying the discarded mistress book right now SOLELY to be shocked about Hollande's political views. Apparently. Do we believe that?Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524950191725976190.post-57137101503228923732014-09-05T10:45:26.834+01:002014-09-05T10:45:26.834+01:00Ha ha, yes exactly! Sounds like a health warning f...Ha ha, yes exactly! Sounds like a health warning from the publisher.Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524950191725976190.post-27034311085344837672014-09-05T00:25:36.072+01:002014-09-05T00:25:36.072+01:00I have to say that "brittle" and "a...I have to say that "brittle" and "arch" are words I do not associate with Florence King. She is a very sharp writer, but willing to deal blows with her closed fist in the gut or on the funny bone.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.com