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Surprising to me. I’m an avid reader of books and news and movie watcher and I’ve never heard this phrase once. I also took 3 years of French, went to a 4 year
by awb 5y ago
Surprising to me. I’m an avid reader of books and news and movie watcher and I’ve never heard this phrase once. I also took 3 years of French, went to a 4 year college and I’ve reviewed lists of foreign phrases commonly used in English with my kids, all while somehow dodging this phrase for ~40 years!
- throwaway98700k 5y agoIt’s as common as je ne sais quoi or deja vu or ennui. This one’s on you. Here’s a helpful list: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_French_expressions_in_English https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_French_expressio...
- irrational 5y agoWell, I’m 50 and I’ve heard it before. Maybe you just need to live for 10 more years ;-) https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=Joie+de+vivre&submit.x=0&submit.y=0 https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=Joie+de+vivr...
- awb 5y agoOr maybe I needed to be born 10 years earlier :)