Posts

Showing posts from November, 2011

CHARM AND CHARME

Image
Ready, steady...RANT! Beauty v Brains Elegance v Wit Packaging v Content Charm v Charme Living in France for nearly 20 years, it is not yesterday that I suddenly realised that your "exterior" is your calling card. But I do have a bone to pick! I am simply sick to death of people being heralded for their looks. The girls with brains, the thinking-machines, the clever ones get left behind..that is unless they are " charmantes" to boot! Let's look at that word,.. charmant, charme.. this is often a sticky word, lost in translation by anglophones. Where I grew up a  " charming" person was someone with interest, intelligence, humour, good manners and wit - someone who included you, ushered you into a conversation or poured you a strong G & T and listened during a personal crisis.  A "charming" person for me is someone who is cultured. During my first few years in France I was often decked by surprise when people refe