We will probably never know, but Emmanuel Macron’s choice of English words certainly set Australian tongues wagging. “I want to thank you for your welcome,” the French president said to the country’s prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, at the end of a joint press conference in Sydney on Wednesday. Turnbull had just observed that the president had to rush off for a meal with the French community in Sydney. “Yes, for French gastronomy, for the French winery,” Macron replied, moving on to describe his host’s wife too as “delicious”. The French word délicieux, while often employed for the taste of food, would be better translated as “lovely” or “delightful” when used to describe a person.

Source: The Guardian May 02, 2018 17:04 UTC