I have just learned a delicious French usage. On wedding invitations when they say the mass is at noon they mean one o'clock — when they say at noon precise they mean half after twelve — and when they say at very precisely noon they mean noon.


Staying On Alone: Letters of Alice B. Toklas (1973)

Alice B. Toklas Quotes

I have just learned a delicious French usage. On wedding invitations when they say the mass is at noon they mean one o'clock — when they say at...

I have just learned a delicious French usage. On wedding invitations when they say the mass is at noon they mean one o'clock — when they say at...

I have just learned a delicious French usage. On wedding invitations when they say the mass is at noon they mean one o'clock — when they say at...

I have just learned a delicious French usage. On wedding invitations when they say the mass is at noon they mean one o'clock — when they say at...