[78-L] FRENCH QUESTION^

[Bertrand CHAUMELLE]

Yes Julian, flûte and zut are two acceptable French words to say 
"merde" in any situation. That's their purpose.

BC
Le 2 nov. 11, à 17:58, Julian Vein a écrit :

> On 02/11/11 16:43, Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
>> Of course this has nothing to do with 78s, but, expanding a bit,
>> I think it's more likely to translate as "sh*t" rather than d*mn.
>> Your two examples could be "Excuse me, but your talking sh*t" or
>> "Oh, man, that's a load of cr*p!", and "Those mademoiselles were 
>> mighty
>> cute, no sh*t!"
>> Zut might even be a corruption of sh*t as used by WW1 or WW2 American 
>> or
>> British GIs.
>> Or could it be a corruption of "sh*te?"
>> So, does the French word zut predate 1915?
>> Hmmm.
>> Mal
>>
>> *******
>>
> Something like "Merde-et-Doats"?
>
>       Julian Vein
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