From: Arnaud Fournet
Message: 62222
Date: 2008-12-20
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Jarrette" <anjarrette@...>
>> >
>> > So bonne is nearly bun and botte nearly but in Quebecois !?
>> >
>> > I'm very deeply sceptical,
>> > A.
>> > ========
>> >
>>
>> I'm not an authority. It's just my impression, and I think Rick
>> agrees. But your <motte> sounds much more like our <mutt> than does
>> your <meute>, I would stake my life on it.
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>
> Another point: you can say "phoque!" to French people but you
> shouldn't try saying it to English people, it would be very vulgar
> indeed. (I think Rick alluded to this with "phoque aide" but I don't
> understand what that means).
>
> Andrew
>
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Well, Andrew,
I advise against doing that !
"Phoque" is not especially nice to hear either,
A man may understand this as "faggot" (cf. pédé comme un phoque)
And a woman may understand it as implying she's ugly,
English f* is slangish feuk not **fok
it's not widespread.
The meaning is much weaker than in English.
I think that if you say phoque-you,
French people will probably laugh
only pheuque-you makes sense.
A.