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Lost in trnaslation ...


nectarine

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Mr. Nectarine told me that in yesterday's language class (where English and French work together to learn each other's language), his teacher turned to a French chap and asked him to translate, into English, "je suis malade". Her pronunciation must have been a bit suspect as the French trnaslated it as "I am a duck!".

Some work obviously needed on her accent ...
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French to English translation

ill

noun

  1. invalid

  2. sick person

  3. patient

  4. sufferer

  5. madman

  6. madwoman

  7. inmate

  8. mental
adjective

  1. sick

  2. ill

  3. sickly

  4. poorly

  5. stricken

  6. unhealthy

  7. peaky

  8. unwell

  9. invalid

  10. poor

  11. unfit
There is still quite a difference between a noun and an ajective, 5 or 6 could see you sectioned [;-)]
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I thought all French people were hypochondriacs?[;-)]  It's often seemed that way to me, talking to friends, acquaintances and neighbours [:D]

If I'm allowed to sort of link 2 threads together, can I bring back the Carol Concert thread for a minute?  Norman, are you about?  And do you know that Charpentier wrote some of the music for LMI?

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