07 May 2007

The President The French Will Love To Hate

Yesterday, Nicolas Sarkozy was elected president of France. This morning, the writing was on the wall: "Sarkofage" — a pun on his name (OAD: "SARCOPHAGUS: a stone coffin, typically adorned with a sculpture or inscription and associated with the ancient civilizations") In French, this is called "double entendre."