. In Old French, the term roman, used as early as 1150 in the Romances of Antiquity, originally designated a work in French as opposed to Latin. Even when Chrétien de Troyes employs an expression like entreprendre/faire un roman (“to embark...

Every suitor is not a heartbreaker. (Roman) Remove leisure, and the bow of Cupid will lose its effect. (Roman) The faded rose, no suitor knows. (Roman) The he-goat goes a-seeking the she-goat and he returns with child. (Hausan) To win the mistress,...

Romance or romantic may refer to: Relationships Romance (love) Romantic friendship, a very close but non-sexual relationship Culture and politics Romance languages, such as, but not limited to, French, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, and...

THE story of little Sarah Cook and her Turkish waiter left decent Sun readers numb with shock, and the Daily Mail called their liaison "a bizarre romance". The shocking thing about it, however, was that it was not a romance. On the contrary: it...

No romance, but plenty of laughs Newman, the crooning curmudgeon, delights Pabst crowd with wit By DAVE TIANEN dtianen@journalsentinel.com, Journal Sentinel Wednesday, October 22, 2003 He's an L.A. boy with a Dixie point of view, a curmudgeon with a soft...