Some French men they regret it now confused parité with their pleasant republican notion of "liberté, égalité, fraternité," the rallying cry of the revolution; they heard the word and it sounded nice, and they assumed they would never have to think about it again.
According to a survey conducted just before the first round of voting in late April, nearly 40% of French voters regretted the fact that the blank vote is not, under French law, taken into consideration.
Aubrey's French restaurant The Regret Rien, named after Edith Piaf – who, like him, probably did have a great deal to regret – suffers a disastrous opening night.
But in this story, she added with regret, French art plays virtually no role.
This downhearted, poignant show has been organized by Paula Naughton, who has spent years documenting the history of the Chagos Islands, and it's entitled Sagren: a word in the now obsolescent Chagossian creole, derived from the French chagrin, or regret.
Some French men — they regret it now — confused parité with their pleasant republican notion of "liberté, égalité, fraternité," the rallying cry of the revolution; they heard the word and it sounded nice, and they assumed they would never have to think about it again.
"Quite frankly, if it's not good enough on Friday, it will be rejected". He added he was "pleased" the French had expressed "regret" during the talks for the recent clashes.
Ariès's book was translated into English in 1962, and by the seventies many scholars were writing about the "discovery of childhood," without sharing their French colleague's regrets about it.
Visiting Gordon Brown at 10 Downing Street today, Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, said he "regretted" Cameron's decision to pull the Tories out of the European People's party.
Maybe she did send me that dream "reminder," dressed up as the French Sparrow, singing "No Regrets" -- as a note from Beyond.
