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  • Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Noun Phrase 116. The noun phrase today is

  • French kiss. Okay. Let's take a look at the note here. A French kiss is a way of

  • describing an open-mouth kiss and the use of the tongue to add passion to a

  • kiss. Of course this type of kiss is usually

  • used exclusively for a romantic partner. Yes. Okay. Let's continue. The origin of

  • this term did not come from the French language. The French dictionary only

  • recently added a term. I think it's pronounced galosher to describe this

  • action. Okay. Let's continue. The term is believed to come from American and

  • British soldiers who either through experience or by witnessing how French

  • girlfriends and wives greeted their returning husbands or boyfriends from

  • World War one. Many American and British soldiers started to show their passion

  • in the same way. Even though I'm sure the French kiss has been around for a very

  • long time before that. But maybe they popularized it and that's where the term

  • started to become more popular after that. It is said that before it was a

  • French kiss it used to be referred to as a Florentine kiss. Remember Florentine

  • that's an adjective for Florence. Like in Florence, Italy. So I don't know were they ...

  • were the Italians in Florence doing this as well. I guess so. Anyway so at one

  • time a French kiss was referred to as a Florentine kiss. Okay and here's just a

  • couple of quick examples. I caught her giving a French kiss to her boyfriend.

  • mm-hmm or number two here. You say he tried to give me a French kiss. Of course

  • French kiss could also be a verb. You could say somebody tried to ...

  • Somebody French-kissed someone. So it could be a verb as well. As well as that

  • noun phrase that we use it here.Today Okay. Anyway, I hope you got it. I hope you

  • enjoyed it. Thank you for your time. Bye- bye.

Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Noun Phrase 116. The noun phrase today is

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