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24/04/2008, 12:39 now just john Joined on 28/04/2005 Montignac le coq Posts 366 Re: déjeuner du matin? Have a care Mel, if she is french she might not take kindly to modifying his work! Originally a member of the surrealist movement, much of his work removed gender as style; Most of the specialist translations use 'Breakfast' as the title for this work. If you look carefully through his work there are other clues, I like this one, Alicante An orange on the table Your dress on the rug And you in my bed Sweet gift of the present Freshness of the night Warmth of my life As an aside Jacques Prévert was married for 10 years, divorced, numerous girlfriends and a daughter Michele. His poem Les feuilles mortes was sung by Yves Montand and loosely formed the basis for Autumn leaves sung by Frank Sinatra.    Report

24/04/2008, 21:47 Mel Joined on 23/08/2004 Norwich - Home of Archant Posts 711 Re: déjeuner du matin? Thanks for the info John, it is very interesting...    Report

27/04/2008, 5:28 Frenchie Joined on 31/05/2007 2 Sèvres,79 Posts 3,557 Re: déjeuner du matin? Anyway, just read this thread, ( yess, can't sleep) , and I share Sweet 17 's perception of things... But maybe we're wrong.. If we are, the man would be atypical........... I had a conversation about that with my sister yesterday, about a man who was obviously chatting her up, invited her for a real déjeuner ( noon) to his place, great, sweet music etc etc; later sent an sms saying it was a lovely afternoon, bla bla, she replied with an invitation for the next day at her place, ( another déjeuner) , he replied " whenever you want/ any time, I ll call you back for arrangements later.. The call never came up, saw him at work the next day, he said " I have forgotten, hope you didn't die of hunger" Supposed to be funny? Men hate giving explanations, and the book, men come from Mars etc, is dead right , when there s a pb, a woman generally explains, a man shuts himself in his shell and doesn't speak, and it is an attitude women generally loathe. Well, just to say I agreed with sweet 17 , .. yes, I know, I'm talkative.. Thank God some men are different..!! ( Must have been well educated by a mum or another fiançée before !!) Happy    Report

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