Deux magots - French Language2024-03-28T18:52:35Zhttp://www.forum.french-linguistics.co.uk/forum/topics/deux-magots?commentId=3179028%3AComment%3A24139&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHi Stu,
Believe the name Deux…tag:www.forum.french-linguistics.co.uk,2011-03-12:3179028:Comment:241392011-03-12T14:03:51.449ZNatasha Edwardshttp://www.forum.french-linguistics.co.uk/profile/NatashaEdwards
<p>Hi Stu,</p>
<p>Believe the name Deux Magots actually comes from Mages as in Wise Men, and nothing to do with either monkeys or maggots!</p>
<p>Best,</p>
<p>Natasha</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Hi Stu,</p>
<p>Believe the name Deux Magots actually comes from Mages as in Wise Men, and nothing to do with either monkeys or maggots!</p>
<p>Best,</p>
<p>Natasha</p>
<p> </p> Hi Stu,
It seems that the nam…tag:www.forum.french-linguistics.co.uk,2011-03-07:3179028:Comment:241092011-03-07T08:59:15.983ZErwanhttp://www.forum.french-linguistics.co.uk/profile/Erwan
<p>Hi Stu,</p>
<p>It seems that the name of this famous cafe in Paris comes from an old play titled "Les deux Magots de la Chine". In this play <em>Magot</em> is the translation of a Chinese word and means <em>figurine</em>.</p>
<p>You can find a small article about this place <a href="http://americanjournalinparis.blogspot.com/2010/08/un-cafe-litteraire.html" target="_blank">here</a> (in English) and of course on…</p>
<p>Hi Stu,</p>
<p>It seems that the name of this famous cafe in Paris comes from an old play titled "Les deux Magots de la Chine". In this play <em>Magot</em> is the translation of a Chinese word and means <em>figurine</em>.</p>
<p>You can find a small article about this place <a href="http://americanjournalinparis.blogspot.com/2010/08/un-cafe-litteraire.html" target="_blank">here</a> (in English) and of course on <a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Deux_Magots#cite_ref-notre6eme_0-1" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> (in French).</p>
<p>Hope it helps</p>