[78-L] FRENCH QUESTION

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zut' found in these entries:  
French:  


English:  
_blast_ (http://www.wordreference.com/enfr/blast)  - _bother_ 
(http://www.wordreference.com/enfr/bother)  - _dammit_ 
(http://www.wordreference.com/enfr/dammit)  - _damn_ (http://www.wordreference.com/enfr/damn)  - _damnation_ 
(http://www.wordreference.com/enfr/damnation)  - _darn_ 
(http://www.wordreference.com/enfr/darn)  - _god_ (http://www.wordreference.com/enfr/god)  - 
_heck_ (http://www.wordreference.com/enfr/heck)  - _shucks_ 
(http://www.wordreference.com/enfr/shucks)  


zut: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2011

zut adv  damn   zut adv  damn it   
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In a message dated 10/31/2011 7:30:52 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
nice_guy_with_an_mba at yahoo.com writes:

It's a  nonsense phrase that doesn't mean anything. The word "tres" means 
very in  French, while the word
"zut" means something close to heck or  dang.

My take is they were just looking for a word that was  French that rhymed 
with cute and zut was the
first word that came up. Oh  well, it's better than having used the word 
pute which means something
else  entirely.

Tom



________________________________
From:  Ray Kilcoyne <kil at roadrunner.com>
To: 78-L Mail List  <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 6:34  PM
Subject: [78-L] FRENCH QUESTION

In the Bing Crosby/Judy Garland  recording of CONNECTICUT Bing interjects 
the phrase “très zut”.  Can  anyone tell me what exactly is the meaning?  I 
believe it dates from  around 1945.  Here it is in context......

Italy.... was fun to  see,
And really gave me quite a boot!
Had a spree in gay Paree,
Those  mademoiselles were mighty cute, très zut!

The song can be heard on  YouTube.
RayK
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