etiquette..
Lottie:
September 6th, 2006
In France, if you wish to excuse yourself to go to the toilet, it is acceptable and common to say ‘je vais faire du pee-pee’. To me this sounds childish and well, a little embarassing, but a friend pointed out to me today that saying ‘i need a wee’ in england isn’t any better. I might conclude then, that if nothing else unites these two sparring countries (my French teacher constantly makes jokes about the English being idiots, animals, du pee-pees etc) then it is a similarly peurile attitide to bodily functions, rude bits, things that sound like rude bits. You might consider the French to be plus sophistiche, but however strongly they protest they will happily share our toilet humour, and strangely, somewhat ashamedly, that makes me feel at home here.
September 15th, 2006 at 12:54 pm
I’m afraid to say that where ever you got your information from about ‘faire du pee-pee’ is completely wrong. We french do not ‘go make wee’ like you would go make coffee..we go to wee ‘faire pee-pee’.
September 20th, 2006 at 7:22 pm
Apologies, i think my french teacher was winding me up, should have checked more thoroughly. He told me the queen had died today, and not having seen a newspaper i unfortunaely believed him…