What things do we get from the French?

Answer 1

Answer #1 From 40%-50% of the English language origonates from French, and so we get quite a lot! Answer #2 We appreciate the Alliance Francaise, which is an organization that promotes French Language and Culture. We benefit from the dance discipline of ballet. The reputation of American films for comedic, dramatic and musical excellence is due in part to early contributions from American transplanted French actors. For example, Charles Boyer [August 28, 1891-August 26, 1978] was an unexpectedly chilling killer in 'Gaslight' [1944]. Maurice Auguste Chevalier [September 12, 1888-January 1, 1972] sang his way through 'The Merry Widow' [1934]. And Louis Gendre ka Jourdan [b. June 19, 1919] was charming, ruthlessly in 'The Paradine Case' [1947], romantically in 'Gigi' [1958], and olympically in 'The First Olympics: Athens 1896' [1984]. We find drinking and eating pleasure in such French meal items as bread, champagne, cheese, Cointreau, Le grand marnier, truffles, and wines. We get many of our Latin loan words by way of the French, through the last successful invasion of England, in 1066, with the Norman Conquest. We have the viewing fun of the natural history friendly documentary, The March of the Penguins. English speakers enjoy Antarctic beauty and penguin bravery because of this English version of the French original, 'La marche de l'empereur'. At least in part, we know about oceanography as a household word, and scuba diving as vacation fun, because of the filmed sea adventures of the Cousteau family of Jacques-Yves [June 11, 1910-June 25, 1997], Simone Melchior [1919-1990], Philippe [December 20, 1940-June 28, 1979], and Jean-Michel [b. May 6, 1938]. We protect ourselves through pasteurization of farm products, such as milk, due to the scientific achievements of Louis Pasteur [December 27, 1822-September 28, 1895]. We understand radiation and radioactivity because of the pioneering science of Pierre [May 15, 1859-April 19, 1906] and Maria Sklodowska [November 7, 1867-July 4, 1934] Curie. We wonder over the architectural and symbolic beauty of the Statue of Liberty in the United States of America because of the French.