Une or un (Was: Paris Visit)

[Paul Mackin]

On Sat, 28 Aug 1999, Paolo Cavallo wrote:

> I just came home from a trip in Paris. I don't know if anybody raised the
> subject already, but in the French translation of GR, L'Arc-en-ciel de la
> gravite', the second section's title is Une perm' au Casino Hermann Goering.
> So is in the Italian translation. As a matter of fact, the word "permission"
> (furlough) is feminine; the word "permis" is masculine, but its meaning is
> different.
> 
> A mistake? Weisenburger does not fix it...

My 1950's _Mansion's Shorter French and English Dictionary_, which was in
common use in American college French courses in P's time, makes the
distinction clear enough, but, as with German, P now and then doesn't get
it quite right.

Another thought--Katje was on the Riviera to get her hair frosted. :-)

			p.