“Too polite to be honest” “Be polite if you’re not pretty”. No one is indifferent to politeness and its sometimes bombastic formulas!
How to define it today? How has it evolved over the centuries? Words and codes to live together!
Guest : Jean PRUVOST, professor emeritus of lexicology and history of the French language. Author of La Politesse, Over words and history, published by Tallandier
And the chronicle “The flea in the ear” by Lucie Bouteloup.
And this week, the flea in the ear is not “starling rupee!!”
If you believe that this expression has something to do with Indian currency or if you don’t know what a starling is… this column is for you!!!
This week, Lucie Bouteloup, Bénédicte Gaillard and a few apprentice linguists dissect this somewhat outdated expression for you.