Articles tagged ‘French language’
Swearing in French: Pschitt never sounded so sweet
By Parisgirl | May 5th, 2008 |
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Pschitt made the rounds of high school language classes - even in Spanish class, we loved practicing the phrase - “I’ll have a Pschitt please.” The lemonade-flavored soft drink is available throughout Europe.
Yes, it’s easy to confuse regular words for swear words. Lydie loves to tell us the story of the elegant woman [...]
More French slang
By Parisgirl | August 4th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
As promised in yesterday’s post on French slang, here is the bawdier level of French slang: the contrepet, or contrepeteries
I never heard of ‘Contrepet’ or ‘Contrepeteries’ until we spend time as ’stagiares’ or deckhands on the Belem, a 19th century sailing ship. Contrepets is a play on words which depends on switching letters and [...]
Say what? Eh bien, quoi?
By Parisgirl | February 23rd, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Bon weekend. Le look. C’est le top. In case you haven’t noticed in some parts of the world French and English are merging. Big time. Particularly in Cameroon (as reported by Francis Ngwa Niba for BBC News). Koppo’s hit song “Si Tu Vois Ma Ngo” (If You See My [...]
