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Zut alors !

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

“Zut alors” sounds very funny to americans. And I can’t blame us.
It’s translation is “shoot”,”dang” and sometimes “shucks”.
“Zut” means “damn”, while “alors” seems to be a very gay french word.
So yes, next time you want to say “DANG !!!” just say “Zut alors !!!” as french as you possibly can.
It will make your life more [...]

French snail

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

Ah oui, ze mighty french snail.
Cooked with garlic or cheese, dead or alive, filthy or filthy, the éscargot is french for “slimy slimy snail”, and it’s considered a french delicacy. Which is probably why nobody else should eat it.
Look at it … so slimy, squishy and yucky … yum-yum !!!

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“I surrender” in French

Monday, October 5th, 2009

I’ve talked about the french surrendering and stuff, but haven’t really mentioned how to say “I surrender” in Francais. At least I don’t think I have.
Of course nobody will probably use the sentence because on this planet nobody else surrenders, but here you go:
“Je me rends !”
If you hear that from a frenchmen, you’ll know [...]

French Valentine’s Day Gifts

Saturday, February 14th, 2009

Ze slimy french have many customs … but among those amazing cheese or french armpit-related habits we can find Valentine’s Day.
First of all, in France they don’t pronounce it like we americans do … Val-en-tine …
In french it sounds like Val-ehn-ton. Amazing.
How did it all begin ?
Well you see … there was once a french [...]

Hard French phrase

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

Didon dîna, dit-on, du dos d’un dodu dindon.
(say that really really fast)
Translation : Didon ate, it is said, from the back of a fat turkey.
Francais is insane.

French pepper

Friday, January 30th, 2009

A French guest, staying in a hotel called room service for some pepper.
“Black pepper, or white pepper?” asked the concierge.
“Toilette pepper!”

I especially hate the slimy french cheese-eating surrendering monkey-frogs.
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