tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28165993.post8841807476870530520..comments2024-01-19T11:05:43.355-05:00Comments on Polly-Vous Francais?: Understanding French Body LanguagePolly-Vous Francaishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667479743723002691noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28165993.post-73013553781041400822008-05-20T10:43:00.000-04:002008-05-20T10:43:00.000-04:00Jay,I figured you'd be a feloow Wylie admirer!Ever...Jay,<BR/>I figured you'd be a feloow Wylie admirer!<BR/><BR/>Everyone,<BR/>Here's an update -- an article in Sunday's NY Times about the Vaucluse<BR/>http://tinyurl.com/5jgzdhPolly-Vous Francaishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12667479743723002691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28165993.post-46465615740223557152008-05-20T07:11:00.000-04:002008-05-20T07:11:00.000-04:00I ordered a copy of "Village in the Vaucluse" abou...I ordered a copy of "Village in the Vaucluse" about a year or so ago from either Amazon or Alibris. It is a classic.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10904171824244129391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28165993.post-66152287505603306162008-05-19T21:34:00.000-04:002008-05-19T21:34:00.000-04:00Fun post. I'm bookmarking the Beaux Gestes site so...Fun post. I'm bookmarking the Beaux Gestes site so I can spend time on it when I get back from doing the fieldwork (i.e. I'm leaving for Paris on Wednesday, and will be observing gestures studiously). And I'm going to see if I can find a copy of Village, 'tho I'm assuming it will, sadly, be out of print.materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28165993.post-28440257642518469872008-05-19T19:51:00.000-04:002008-05-19T19:51:00.000-04:00Thanks for the heads up on Beaux Gestes! I read "A...Thanks for the heads up on Beaux Gestes! I read "A Village in the Vaucluse" for a cultural anthropology paper in 1982. I agree with your assessment of Mayle's and Wylie's works.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10904171824244129391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28165993.post-37444309367329785612008-05-19T16:43:00.000-04:002008-05-19T16:43:00.000-04:00Once many years ago I was in a clothing store in M...Once many years ago I was in a clothing store in Manhattan (an Express I think). The music coming over the sound system was an Edith Piaf recording, not one of the four or five I was familiar with, and I heard the line, "les epaules toutes nues et du monde au balcon," and I thought, "Thank you, M. Wylie. But for you, I would have no idea what that meant."Jay Livingstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06652075579940313964noreply@blogger.com