Soon you can ask that question to Dita Von Teese because she’s learning French. Why?

The dancer/stripper/model/actress (boasting a waistline which can be laced down as far as 16.5 inches – 42 cm) is taking lessons in the language so she can converse with her boyfriend, French aristocrat Count Louis-Marie de Castelbajac, in his native tongue.

She wrote on her Twitter page: “Why oh why didn’t I pay more attention in high school French?? Yes, now it really DOES seem like 20 years ago.”

She already knows some French words such as burlesque and corset, and no doubt the Count will teach her that glamour in French rhymes with amour. Other words like chirurgie plastique will take some more time to master.