saxitoxin wrote:mrswdk wrote:French President Emmanuel Macron committed a rather delicious faux pas on Wednesday that left his Australian audience scratching their heads.
Mr Macron has been in the country on a diplomatic trip, discussing weighty issues like climate change and defence.
"Thank you and your delicious wife for your warm welcome, the perfect organisation of this trip," he said.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-43974078
"The French president's command of English is considered to be excellent."Huh? Is this the same President they've had for the last year or did they get a new one?
pretty sure his English is better than your french.
Nevertheless... I find his accent terrible. He doesn't get the english musicality at all, and his words don't land where they should in each of his phrases. He might need to take a few classes with uncle betiko.
But yeah, in french, to say that a woman is "délicieuse" is a pretty posh compliment. Something an old man could say to a friend to compliment his daughter, no sexual ambiguity there. It means that she's great company and that she's charming. It's something you could use on a date with a french girl though, if you want to make the girl blush, and you would look like a gentleman.