[Tagging] Beauty parlour

Emilie Laffray emilie.laffray at gmail.com
Wed Jun 2 10:24:15 BST 2010


On 2 June 2010 10:18, Pieren <pieren3 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 9:58 AM, John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>
>> Ain't english grand?
>>
>> From wikipedia: "A boutique, from the French word for "shop," is a
>> small shopping outlet, especially one that specializes in elite and
>> fashionable items such as clothing and jewellery."
>>
>>
> Better said, in french, a 'boutique' is a 'small shop' for whatever is sold
> (clothes or nuts or cellphones).
> It's not a problem to use the english meaning. We just have to know what is
> means in other countries.
>
>
Yup, using the English meaning is fine. It is one of the faux-ami between
English and French.

Emilie Laffray
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