How did the "French Kiss" come about and how did it get its name?

cat_lady81 · #1 (**permalink**) 02-10-2010, 10:36 AM

lpoirier54751 · #2 (**permalink**) 02-11-2010, 10:36 AM

they name that french kiss because french people are very romantic

MissLady · #3 (**permalink**) 02-16-2010, 10:36 AM

The act of kissing we are discussing was considered extremely offensive by the English and as they hate the French, they assumed that only a Frenchman would carry out such a disgusting act.

joshlovesme_erica · #4 (**permalink**) 02-18-2010, 10:36 AM

The colloquial term French kissing does not necessarily stem from France. In France, it is referred to as baser amorous ("love kiss") or baser Ave la languor ("kiss with the tongue"), even if in past times it was also known as baser Florentine ("Florentine kiss"). Notably in some northern parts of France, it is spoken as baser Anglos ("English kiss").

In French slang, a French kiss is called a Patin (ice skating shoe) or a cloche. Doing a French kiss is referred to rouler un patin ("roll a skate", as in ice skating shoe) or rouler une pelle ("roll a shovel"). French kiss is cited in Private Lindner?s Letters: Censored and uncensored letters, anecdotes, sketches, a collection of items gathered during World War I and published in 1939: