Too French; didn't readvladimir wrote:Oh, Des porcs capitalistes bourgeois, avec des montres de fantaisie et des bières artisanales, des vantards et des échalotes de cabales ... mais en quantité ... lire la suite
Bonjour, mes amis antiques, let's parler Franglais, as le late grand auteur and smith des bonnes mots, Miles Kington, used to dire.
Qui was Miles Kington?
Miles Kington
Columnist and author of Let's Parler Franglais!
This series for Punch magazine mixed English and French, written in the style of a study course
He died in 2008
Au revoir Mister Franglais
Why did Joey Barton put on a French accent?
Actuellement, Miles would have been as heureux as un chien avec deux tails aujourd'hui to voir his mode of parlement catching on like a fire sauvage la-bas trans la Manche dans le pays de la grenouille, le beret, les oignons, le huile d'olive extra virgine et le cheval (galloping et gourmet).
Bien sur, he would have been, how you say, chuffed aux bits.
Moi aussi. I admire les Francais pour their grande pugilisme to preserver their tres belle language contre le sorte d'invasion from ici that has been taking lieu at least depuis 1346 and that shock away victoire by le Prince Noir at Crecy.
Et peut-etre it would be meilleur pas de mentionner Agincourt, Waterloo, Maggie Thatcher, and M David Beckham taking le Michel at PSG.
Mais. Fine mots sont un thing. Les belles sounds sont tres bien quand vous voulez faire le boogie-woogie avec, dependant on votre persuasion, un fille charmante or le garcon hot.
La Battle de Crecy
Les belles sounds sont tres bien quand vous or moi voulez chansonner les songs. Connaissez-vous Michelle by Les Beatles? You must souvenir: "Michelle, ma belle, sont les mots qui vont tres bien ensemble, tres bien ensemble". Merveilleux!
Naturellement, no personne ici had the phantome of an idee qu'est-ce que Jean, Paul, Georges et le drummer avec le grand nez were on about, mais it sounded sophistique and sexy, bien que "ensemble" was tres difficile pour les Anglais prendre ronde les tonsils.
Englishisms in France
Les baked beans
Le booze-cruise
"The buffet is open" in the UK / "Le snack bar est ouvert" in France
C'est le must!
Tres fashion
... and more readers' franglais favourites
Is the English language conquering France?
Which portez moi to un point tres important. Si vous desirez le langage Francaise survivre pour tres jolies much longes, get votre prononciation sorti! Tous that eu, a, ong et onnhh: franchement, c'est un mess, tous over la boutique.
Pas quelle surprise que vous employez le shrug frequent with les shoulders and les brows des les yeux. C'est difficile, c'est passe; c'est, as Les Beatles chansonnent aussi Yesterday (or, excusez mon English jeu d'esprit, "Hier" today, disparu tomorrow).
Why not take a leaf out of the livre Anglais? "Franchement", pour exemple, in le dernier paragraphe, is "Frankly" in English. Plus simples. Actuellement, frankly is derived from vous ancestres, Les Franks. C'est temps a vivre up to votre nom. C'est aussi temps pour moi to introduire mes rules d'or que will be of great aide to notre French cousines dans cette situation difficile.
The Beatles in 1965
Michelle, ma belle, sont les mots qui vont tres bien ensemble, tres bien ensemble
Les Beatles
Premier: quand c'est possible, avoid les mots Francaises que le reste de la monde trouve difficile to prononcer, particulierement les Anglais et les Americains. I know it can be tres amusant quand ils mangler les mots, but, a le fin de jour, I have peur that it might be une touche contre-productif. Les temps du finesse, elan, eclat savoir-faire et je ne sais quoi sonts perdus. Savvy?
Seconde: quand c'est possible, utilise seulement les mots Francaises que les Anglais et les Americains utilise dans Anglais. (En passant, je pense les Australians et les Kiwis utilise aussi, mais even je le trouve tres difficile comprendre un mot ils parlent apres "G'day" or "the All Blacks".) Nous avons grands nombres of votres expressions, so vous will still have un embarras de choix of les mots justes and apercus. Prenez cette rue, and vous will graduellement get used to it.
Pourquoi pas venez ici and avoir a "go"? If you become tres fatigue, et pour encourager yourselves, entrez un of notre restaurants Francaises superbes, ou vous pouvez parler le table d'hote et a la carte et aidez les Anglais who will be scratching les tetes over le menu and probablement ne connaissent pas their tartiflette from their andouillette.
Mais, je entends vous dites, is there une guide facile to cette Franglais? Mais oui. You could essay un livre of the doyen, M Kington, or even utilisez this piece humble. It will have less cachet but will at least servir as an aide-memoire.
Why do the French here think everybody should be learning French and not English?
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Your cat is not called Henri by any chance?Abou-Gor wrote: he gave me the vaccination record book, but all in French.
The Frenchman stood in line for his visa at Poipet.Abou-Gor wrote:Seems to be a major bug bear of the expat French community out here.
eg. I went to the vets for cat vaccinations, and he gave me the vaccination record book, but all in French. Not a bit of English in the whole thing.
Asked by the police
Nationality, please? French
Age? 26
Occupation?
No. I am only here for a week.
just don't ask a Frenchman - they will steer you right up wrong street.ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ wrote:What does 'international language' mean?Abou-Gor wrote:ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ wrote:Maybe he doesn't speak English. Did you ask him for a copy in Khmer?
Medical docs are often in French, haven't seen too many vet docs...
no, he speaky the anglais. I wasn't aware Khmer was considered an international language - yet,
but it would have made more sense if it was in Khmer. don't you think?
Even though it's mainly expats who bother getting their animals vaccinated.
Well, I did say 'yet'. If the Chinese get to have another go, why not the Khmer?And why would Khmer need to be one?
that's all very well, but i'll be fucked if I ever decided to take it to the US. They would likely think - strange language - must be a muzo and try and disarm the cat bomb with robots that end up crashing into each other. They've forgotten all about General Lafayette..If he is French then I don't think it is unreasonable for him to provide documentation in his own language.
he spoke english with an accent like that guy out of the holy grail. I almost spat my tea out.You said he spoke English, so he didn't insist in speaking French to you?
After 6 odd years here, they've worn me down a bit.You seem to be very easily slighted.
who knows... but you don't get off that easily.MFI's last week, the vet this week... who's next to offend AG?
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Yeah, your teachers mentioned that.walkjivefly wrote:Too French; didn't read
You do know that the french and the Vikings were the only people who kicked the crap out of the English, right? And that a very large percentage of 'English' law, architecture, culture and language is actually of French derivation, right?
Now taites-toi and passez les chips, you pie-eating surrender monkey.
ירי ילדים והפצצת אזרחים דורש אומץ, כמו גם הטרדה מינית של עובדי ההוראה.
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Mèo Đen wrote:Your cat is not called Henri by any chance?Abou-Gor wrote: he gave me the vaccination record book, but all in French.
Le cat sat on le mat.
Parlay voo fronsay?
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Two pages and no wimpy white flag sally yet?
Ca devient mou du genou ici.
Ca devient mou du genou ici.
i guess they decided they hate me more than the French. investossersBarang_doa_slae wrote:Two pages and no wimpy white flag sally yet?
Ca devient mou du genou ici.
Ta gueule !le coco de service wrote:i guess they decided they hate me more than the French. investossers
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Is this something new? For as long as I've been here medication guides/ instructions for use, prescriptions, medical professionals have used French as often as not. There's a good reason for this. One that the OP will no doubt attempt to deride.
Romantic Cambodia is dead and gone. It's with McKinley in the grave.
Really? it sounds to me like someone sucking snot up their nose through a straw. ee yaw, ee yaw (don't forget to breathe in when pronouncing these words).vladimir wrote:Tbh, it's a lovely language, if one can get past the irregular verbs maze
French, like Latin, is an archaic language used by the elite or elite wannabes. Yes, that's including the French. I notice a lot of French people speak the modern lingua-franca - they just refuse to use it in their paperwork and would seem to prefer everyone drop English for French in their 'colonies'. It's somewhat comparable to HE, in that nobody wants him except a bunch of selfish cnuts, but he will not give in.
Grabbing onto the last vestiges of their power. Weak.
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