gallant/galanterie

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Eileen Opiolka
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gallant/galanterie

Postby Eileen Opiolka » Mon Jul 14, 2014 3:13 am

Seeing how my 93-year-old mother blossoms at the attentions of a very gallant visitor set me thinking about gallant/galant. Vive la galanterie!

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Re: gallant/galanterie

Postby Slava » Thu Jul 24, 2014 11:16 pm

Just for fun, "galantereya" in Russian is a dry goods shop or haberdashery.

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