mint Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 My first offering for 2019 is la glottophobie.Roughly translated as la discrimination linguistique, this word will provide you with a ready-made repartee should anyone make fun of your French accent[:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericd Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Thank you mint ...... I had to look it up.https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glottophobie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted January 2, 2019 Author Share Posted January 2, 2019 Wow, Eric, that is the most thorough explanation that anyone could have wished for and I hadn't realise that there were so many implications to la glottophobie!But I did see Mélenchon, around the time of the general election, taking questions from journalists and pretending to not understand a question from a woman with a SW accent and then, to compound his error, asking for a question from someone who spoke French!He was roundly condemned in the press for it but I guess he is just as arrogant as any other politician?I myself have to be very careful how I pronounce words with "en" (as in mentir!) because around these parts, many people say it differently to the regular accent parisien[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Father Xmas put a great little book into my stocking this year, called a Shakespeare Insult Generator, based on the language of his plays and allowing a pick and mix approach.I promise not to use these on any of our sensitive members, but here is an example which made I chuckle: musty puppy-headed ratsbane. I wonder whether any of our in depth French speakers could translate this, Norman, perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patf Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 'glottophobie' good word, Mint. It should pass into the english language too.My favourites are 'bobologies', and cochonneries (which I think I've mentioned before.)As for accents, 'pain' is pronounced 'ping' in the deep SW. And they always sound the final 'e' in a word as a sort of 'uh'. Plus a gutteral rolling 'r'.I wonder where that comes from? Not the Geordies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted January 2, 2019 Author Share Posted January 2, 2019 Pat, because I have only ever lived in the SW, I do tend to do that "e" sound at the end of words. I know exactly what you mean and well you just pick it up, don't you?[:-))]We call la bobologie les bobos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betise Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 There is an online Shakespearien insult generator that might tickle your fancy Wooly, how about "Thou beslubbering dread-bolted odiferous stench!" ?Find it here http://www.literarygenius.info/a3-shakespeare-insult-generator.htmTry as I might, I can't make my links clickable though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Thank you, betise, I shall explore that and doubtless make use of it on occasion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patf Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Mint - I knew about bobos, but this is from an article from the local paper quoting our french doctor, when the grandson joined the family practise:«Il y a beaucoup de bobologie mais il faut rester constamment en éveil pour ne pas passer à côté de quelque chose de grave quand c'est grave. Faire le bon diagnostic...». Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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