[78-L] Montréal^

Julian Vein julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk
Mon Oct 6 15:17:28 PDT 2008


In English that would be "great"! And we wouldn't bother with that pesky 
accent. When was the last time your postillion (4 syllables, "outrider" 
only 3) was struck by lightning?

      Julian Vein

Dnjchi at aol.com wrote:
>  
> Tres bien!
>  
> Don Chichester (whose son-in-law is French)
>  
> BTW, in English, hurry! is two syllables, in French vite! is  one.
>  
> In a message dated 10/6/2008 3:38:22 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> chaumelle at orange.fr writes:
> 
> "Maint'nant" = two syllables
> 
> "De suite" (short for "Tout de  suite") = two syllables
> 
> Calling for help by phone in France = two  digits
> 
> - - ------------------------------in the States = three  digits
> 
> Calling for action in the French Army = "Go !"
> 
> Calling  for action in the U.S. Army = "Tootey Sweetey" = four syllables 
> (ha  ha)
> 
> So, you see, we really are efficient  !
> 
> BC
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