De l'aborigène au zizi

Synopsis of De l'aborigène au zizi

«De l'aborigène au zizi» is an essay by Bruno Dewaele on the French language, published by Michel Lafon in hardback (319 pages, in French).

Bruno Dewaele, world spelling champion, offers a personal alphabet from «a» to «z» through the curiosities of French: words with double consonants, accents, agreement traps and examples like «plus d'un» and «moins de deux». With humour and pedagogy he also explains the feminisation of vocabulary and offers tips for writing better.

Subtitle: «Une balade souriante et décomplexée dans l'univers des mots». The cover features the mention Projet Voltaire. Published on 10 November 2016.

For students of French who want to improve their spelling and for the curious who enjoy the oddities of the language.