There is something especially poignant about the way the French say "I miss you". Actually, I should correct myself, they don't say "I miss you" or even " 'I miss you' ". They express this feeling by saying "Tu me manques" or simply "You are being missed by me". Brilliant. The sublte change, putting the person you are talking to in the front of the sentence (and in doing so, making them the most important part of this sentiment) allows the message to be a lot more about who you are talking to. After all, communication is all about the "you's" and expressing yourself to someone else. Just another thing along with A.P.C. jeans, Lacoste polos, croissants and aerospace innovations that the French got right. Heh, maybe the only things.
One last thing that is French and cool--J.Crew commercials.
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