Culture shocks: when an "insult" is actually a compliment
Continental compliments as American insults.
I ran across the lines below in a book I’m reading (Covet, by JR Ward) and since my French is really rusty (like I had it in high school rusty) it was something I had to right-click on.
…Devina wouldn’t have translated amuse bouche because it would be rude to think you didn’t know what it meant.—Excerpt From J. R. Ward. …
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