Thread: Presentation
View Single Post
  #21 (permalink)   Report Post  
Posted to rec.food.cooking
gtr gtr is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 4,139
Default Presentation

In article >, angie-
says...

> Civilized discourse. What's that phrase ?joi de vrie? (I know I murdered
> the spelling.)


"Joie de vivre" translates literally to "joy [of/in] life" and means
enthusiastic spirit as you might expect. I can't think of a French
expression for "Civilized discourse".