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bigwavedave
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Topic: Dear Dave Posted: 02 Jun 05 at 6:18am |
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Of course you can. But best to shout at her under your breath nice and quietly so as she can't hear you. This method of shouting protects you from physical injury from either a frying pan or rolling pin. |
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Black no sugar
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 02 Jun 05 at 8:46am | |
I shout at a lot of people in French. It's a mark of affection - you're a true friend when you've had your regular dose of French Don't believe it's all rude... Some of it is quite benign, but it sounds so much better in French! It's also a way of attracting attention, I confess... Ask someone to wipe the dishes, and he legs it. Now, say to him "Tu essuies la vaisselle ?" and you've got time to throw the tea-towel at him before he works it out! (hey GaryA?) Useful or what? |
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Blobby
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 02 Jun 05 at 9:51am | |
Dave, you are as cunning as a fox who was professor of cunning at the university of Oxford...I will try this tonight |
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Blobby
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 02 Jun 05 at 9:54am | |
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Some of it is quite benign, but it sounds so much better in French! [/QUOTE] Too true - calling your other half a cabbage or a cauliflower isn't really taken as a compliment in english... |
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Black no sugar
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 02 Jun 05 at 9:56am | |
Oh, mon chou ! It's so sweet... Lucky you!! |
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Blobby
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 02 Jun 05 at 10:17am | |
Actually a friend of mine got in a bit of bother at Uni over this one - he was spending a year in Paris and started seeing a girl from Mauritius...one evening, after a pleasant meal and a good bottle of wine he was feeling particularly affectionate called her his "petit choufleur". The reaction he got was excellent and all was well until the following morning when she asked him what time they would call her parents to give them the good news... |
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Black no sugar
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 02 Jun 05 at 10:31am | |
He should have dated a French girl. She probably would have laughed and told him she'd call him one of these days... Trust my bilingual experience: words of endearment (and swear words too ) are notoriously difficult to pitch - I am talking of register of language, there, before you start comments! |
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john.d.knight
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 02 Jun 05 at 12:22pm | |
As I only have school boy French, I worked out Petit/Small and Fleur/Flower but I had to use babelfish for chou. Is "my little cabbage flower" a term of endearment in France or did something get lost in translation! |
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Black no sugar
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 02 Jun 05 at 12:36pm | |
Cauliflower! Chou-fleur means cauliflower... I've never been called like that, and I strongly advise everyone NOT to try!!
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bigwavedave
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 02 Jun 05 at 5:09pm | |
Blobby, Thank you for your kind comments. just to let you know I can also predict the future, and am a font of all knowledge, so if there is any thing you would like to know please ask. |
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