Welcome to the ‘L’esprit d’escalier’ blog. We all have moments where we think of a witty comeback just too late and never get chance to say it. This site will act as a receptacle for all those frustrated moments of wit. Show the world the moment that might have been, and give others a chance to use your witticism should they ever find themselves in an identical situation. It’s like karma or something…..
This site is a the result of a drunken conversation between Andy Regan and Bert Wood.
8 November, 2007 at 6:05 am
I believe translatiing ‘esprit d’escalier’ as ’stairway wit’ is FALSE. A much better term would be IMHO ‘belated wisdom’.
17 December, 2007 at 7:22 pm
FALSE, eh? ‘Belated Wisdom’ would be an interpretive translation – I prefer the more literal one. It would also utterly miss the point of what the original coinage was trying to express.
FALSE yourself.
20 January, 2008 at 4:50 pm
‘Wisdom’ also doesn’t seem the right term. It’s not about being wise – it’s about being cutting.