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