[78-L] FRENCH QUESTION^

[Michael Biel]

Le 2 nov. 11, à 17:58, Julian Vein a écrit :
>> Something like "Merde-et-Doats"?    Julian Vein

From: Bertrand CHAUMELLE <chaumelle at orange.fr>
> Yes Julian, flûte and zut are two acceptable French words to say 
> "merde" in any situation. That's their purpose.   BC

Then how would you say "And little lambs eat ivy" in crude French?

Mike Biel  mbi8el at mbiel.com


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