A chacun son goût
Nov 5th, 2009, 08:29 AM
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Personally I say "à chacun ses goûts" plural because "tous les goûts sont dans la nature". When I read Kerouac's comment I thought my way was something regional but ...
I think I've never heard "chacun son goût". In my area (Marne and Ardennes départements) it's "à chacun ses goûts".>
my son concurs - in fact before you posted this he said the same thing - that though he had never heard Kerouac's phrase he said it should be a chacun ses gouts - just like you say.
I suspect what this all boils down to is like quoting Shakespeare in English - some archaic language phrase that is also used in contemporary discourse but would not be used otherwise, being archaic English - like 'Wherefore are thou Juliet' for example.
I think I've never heard "chacun son goût". In my area (Marne and Ardennes départements) it's "à chacun ses goûts".>
my son concurs - in fact before you posted this he said the same thing - that though he had never heard Kerouac's phrase he said it should be a chacun ses gouts - just like you say.
I suspect what this all boils down to is like quoting Shakespeare in English - some archaic language phrase that is also used in contemporary discourse but would not be used otherwise, being archaic English - like 'Wherefore are thou Juliet' for example.
Nov 5th, 2009, 12:28 PM
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I wish I could remember some of the expressions in it, even though some are not exactly in everyday usage, they are still used... but I just never remember them when in France.(I do speak fairly fluent French but... not enough)
Nov 5th, 2009, 01:41 PM
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Speaking of gaffes, I reread my post above only to find a few (more) mistakes in my French grammar.
Kavey, I've been following the C&Z idiom list too. She used to post a new one every few days, but I think she must be running out of material. Thanks for mentioning it again. EJ
Kavey, I've been following the C&Z idiom list too. She used to post a new one every few days, but I think she must be running out of material. Thanks for mentioning it again. EJ
Jan 8th, 2011, 07:56 AM
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A chacun son gout
I use that fairly often and believe me, all three of my girls (18,13 and 10) do. How could they not, being the teenagers they are !!
They even laughed at me for asking the question ; 'that's just basic french, mom'.
So it's not for the 'older' french people, and I don't think its something regional either ; I've lived near Paris, in Lyon and now near Toulouse, and have heard it everywhere.
I think when one doesn't know a certain word or expression, we shouldn't call it ridiculous but just try to learn from it and except we don't know everything.
I use that fairly often and believe me, all three of my girls (18,13 and 10) do. How could they not, being the teenagers they are !!
They even laughed at me for asking the question ; 'that's just basic french, mom'.
So it's not for the 'older' french people, and I don't think its something regional either ; I've lived near Paris, in Lyon and now near Toulouse, and have heard it everywhere.
I think when one doesn't know a certain word or expression, we shouldn't call it ridiculous but just try to learn from it and except we don't know everything.
