| New life? [message #686362] |
Mon, 15 August 2022 11:53  |
gazzag
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I may have secured a new role in Montreal!
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| Re: New life? [message #686376 is a reply to message #686375] |
Sun, 21 August 2022 11:21  |
John Watson
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Congratulations! We looked into going to Canada when we decided to leave South Africa, but couldn't pass the entry requirements: not enough points. So we ended up back in Europe instead. One thing I liked was that there would have been no hassles with bringing in the cats and dogs. How's your French? Or better yet, your Québécois?
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| Re: New life? [message #686379 is a reply to message #686378] |
Sun, 21 August 2022 13:12 |
John Watson
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Music lyrics can help.
"Vouler vous coucher avec moi?"
"Michelle, ma belle, c'est les mots qui something something..."
"Non, je ne regrette riens"
And, of course, "je t'aime...."
They should get you through most social interactions.
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| Re: New life? [message #686402 is a reply to message #686384] |
Thu, 25 August 2022 03:45 |
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Mahesh Rajendran
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Michel,
Don't know French. But Quebec is right up-north, a few hours for me. Not sure about the "une broue", but I do love my "La Fin Du Monde" (or "End of the world" for the uninformed) from Unibroue. I used to get it from any local store, but not anymore after the pandemic. That kinda worries me.  . A couple weeks ago, I was right at the border ( about 10 miles away) and I was seriously thinking to crossover just to get this. Same with Saison.
Also, I am tired of reading the translations. One of my life time goals is to read at least one book (foreign language) in its original form. Balzac/Camus/Maupassant were top of the list. While I did read all of Camus and some of Balzac/Maupassant, none where in Original form. Some day, I will.
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| Re: New life? [message #686840 is a reply to message #686379] |
Thu, 19 January 2023 15:41 |
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Barbara Boehmer
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[quote title=John Watson wrote on Sun, 21 August 2022 11:12
... "Vouler vous coucher avec moi?" .../]
Well, finally, somebody posted about something. Where did everybody go? I was hoping for an Oracle question, but I'll add my two cents to this thread.
I remember that song Lady Marmalade that referred to New Orleans, which is the capital city of the state of the Louisiana in the USA, which is where most French people who came to the area settled long ago and I believe is still the biggest concentration of people of French ancestry in this country. It is kind of like the French quarter in Quebec, Canada. I also remember the line, "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?" in that song.
I had a rather comical conversation about that line with a boyfriend at the time. I think it was around 9th or 10th grade. He had heard that the line was French, didn't know what it meant, and knew that I knew a little French, so he asked me if I knew what it meant. I responded, "Do you want to sleep with me tonight?" He suddenly got a shocked look on his face, said, "Huh? Just like that? We haven't been past first base and you casually ask me if I want to sleep with you tonight?" When I got done laughing, I explained that I was responding to his question about what the line in the song meant. He said he figured because it was French it must be something classy and had no idea that was what it meant.
Here is a link to an entertaining article about the line in that song.
https://www.thoughtco.com/voulez-vous-coucher-avec-moi-1371437
There is kind of a false assumption by most Americans that anything French must be something fancy. I forget exactly how it goes, but there used to be a popular joke about inviting someone to a fancy French restaurant called "Jack dans la boîte" which is french for Jack in the Box". It's kind of like the television commercial where a guy asks a girl if she wants to go get some fish and he shows up with a boat and rod and reel and bait and she shows up dressed for a fancy dinner and says, "I thought you meant sushi." I believe it is an advertisement for a Farm Girls Only website intended to match up country folk with other country folk, not city slickers.
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