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Message from: Nathaniel G
About: soiree

Wed, 04 Mar 1998 22:25:44 -0500

  • Next message: Victor: "neigbors"
    Hi,

    I was reading the responses regarding "a good time with friends..." and I
    thought it was interesting that while all the American responses seemed to
    describe an evening with specific details (it's small, it's loud, with my
    friends), most of the french responses just said "to have a good time". Is
    this because most French parties are relatively similar in style, that the
    make or break for a party is whether you have a good time, or is it just
    that most everyone "knows" (as in it's culturally understood) what a "good"
    party consists of so there isn't much to be said? Or is it that there are
    so many different meaning for "party" or "time with my friends" in English,
    that we feel that we must be really explicit in defining what me mean?

    Nat G