English vs French (as languages)

At 22:45:50 on Wed, 25 May 2005, Isabelle Hamey (Email Removed) wrote in (Email Removed):
[nq:1]To take French leave or "filer à l'anglaise"?[/nq]
"The French disease" / "La maladie anglaise"?

Molly Mockford
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[nq:2]To take French leave or "filer à l'anglaise"?[/nq]
[nq:1]"The French disease" / "La maladie anglaise"?[/nq]
So, what's the French for French letters?

http://www.dacha.freeuk.com/mavic/0m04-0.htm
Bee Is Four Ballet

[nq:1]So, what's the French for French letters?[/nq]
Capots anglaises; but I suspect that you already knew that.

(Hmm, I wonder what the Arabic/Egyptian is for "Egyptian PT")

Brian {Hamilton Kelly} (Email Removed) "Je n'ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n'ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte."
Blaise Pascal, /Lettres Provinciales/, 1657

[nq:2]To take French leave or "filer à l'anglaise"?[/nq]
[nq:1]"The French disease" / "La maladie anglaise"?[/nq]
I've been told that in France "la maladie anglaise" means syphilis, but I don't know if that's true.

John Hall
"I am not young enough to know everything."
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

[nq:1]I've been told that in France "la maladie anglaise" means syphilis, but I don't know if that's true.[/nq]
According to the following online dictionary, one of the numerous terms used for syphilis is "mal français" (French disease or French pox). "maladie anglaise" doesn't appear in the article.
http://atilf.atilf.

[nq:1]So, what's the French for French letters?[/nq]
"capotes anglaises"

[nq:1]According to the following online dictionary, one of the numerous terms used for syphilis is "mal français" (French disease or French pox). "maladie anglaise" doesn't appear in the article. http://atilf.atilf.fr/tlf.htm[/nq]
According to Partridge, there were plenty of "French" related terms for syphilis includin

[nq:1](Hmm, I wonder what the Arabic/Egyptian is for "Egyptian PT")[/nq]
Don't start that. Russian roulette, Prussian blue, Welsh rabbit, Spanish fly, Bombay duck (OK, I know that's Mumbai duck), Aussie blob, Dutch courage...
Paul Burke

[nq:2](Hmm, I wonder what the Arabic/Egyptian is for "Egyptian PT")[/nq]
[nq:1]Don't start that. Russian roulette, Prussian blue, Welsh rabbit, Spanish fly, Bombay duck (OK, I know that's Mumbai duck), Aussie blob, Dutch courage...[/nq]
The Prussian name for Prussian Blue is 'Berliner Blau'.
John Briggs

[nq:1]The Prussian name for Prussian Blue is 'Berliner Blau'.[/nq]
Which only raises the question of what do they call it in Berlin? Who do Kerrymen tell jokes about?
Paul Burke