mint Posted June 16, 2009 Author Share Posted June 16, 2009 What's this taboo about the P word? S/he's just a professional working person, isn't s/he? Or am I, as usual, missing something critical? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odile Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 and of course in the South you add a 'g'! And yes it is rude (means 'whore') - but kids these days use it all the time - like kids in the UK with f.....k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 At a French holiday camp, my 10 year old son and his best (English) friend were asked by a large group of French boys to teach them English swear words. So my son and his friend made some up. 'Don't ever say the word Noddy to an adult', they confided. 'Limo is a really rude swear word', they said, 'and it is even worse if you say 'Stretch Limo'. [:D] When the founding fathers created the E.U., didn't they realise that it's my son and his friend et al. that is going to wreck it? [Www] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Don't know if this will be any help, as I noticed Clair was looking for some examples to help people with pronunciation:[url]http://www.imagiers.net/video/?cat=67[/url] or, if you want to do them as a quiz:[url]http://www.imagiers.net/video/?cat=1[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanb Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 [quote user="sweet 17"]What's this taboo about the P word?[/quote]I think the taboo is imposed by the forum's naughty-word filter, which is outside our control.I'm going to test this by attempting to include it in this message. Here goes: if putin was a French word, it would be pronounced exactly like putain.Of course, my theory may be nothing but coq and boule.PS: no, the asterisks tell me that my theory is correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odile Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 I wonder if the filter will recognize a Southern accent - let's try oh putainggg!Eh ben - ça marche.OH saysfeuillefauteuil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doodle Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 I know I'm a bit late with a response here but my french neighbour told me that is why a computer is called an ordinator in france because computer is made up of two very rude words. I have yet to establish what they are but as I said earlier I am always a bit behind with everything !Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odile Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 I am quite sure you know the answer! but here goescon = twit with a vowel changeputain = a whoreet voilà Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted July 30, 2009 Author Share Posted July 30, 2009 "seuil" as in threshold. The times I mentioned it (when OH fell on our doorstep), no French person was able to understand what I was saying![:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchie Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 And can you say " accueil " , sweet ?? [:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted July 30, 2009 Author Share Posted July 30, 2009 yeah, and can also say écureuil.Perhaps, it was the rest of the words in the sentence that they don't understand![I] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchie Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 [:)]I avoid saying " rural" , because I can never say it properly ;.. [Www][:$]Oh " anesthetist " is not bad either !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odile Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 My daughter had a friend whose surname was Thistlethwaite and she lived in Theddingworth!This, that and the other - is also a bit of a mouthful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velcorin Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 My wife uses her maiden name in France as my surname starts with TH. We realised it was goiing to be a problem when my MiL married us, and totally mangled my surname. Frenchie. My wife always avoids having to use Fill up/Fill in/Fill out, in the right context, she ALWAYS gets it wrong. I never order anything with andouillette in it, I can write, just don't ask me to say it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odile Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 andouillette is disgusting - so you are not missing anything! YUK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchie Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 Velcorin, is your wife French ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chessfou Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 Je franchis le seuil de l'accueil pour vous réconforter dans votre deuil à la mort de votre écureuil à Porsmousse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted July 31, 2009 Author Share Posted July 31, 2009 [:D]Mais, Porsmousse, ou se trouve-t-il? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchie Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 [quote user="chessfou"]Je franchis le seuil de l'accueil pour vous réconforter dans votre deuil à la mort de votre écureuil à Porsmousse.[/quote]EX CE LLENT !!Made me laugh ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chessfou Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 Porsmousse est une ville d'environ 186 000 habitants sur la côte sud de l'Angleterre, face à l'île de Wight. Elle appartient au comté d'Hampshire. Porsmousse est un des trois plus importants ports militaires d'Angleterre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odile Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 Nice to see you Cheesfou. Can you pronounce 'tuyauterie'?Hope all is well. xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchie Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 Odile... [;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted August 1, 2009 Author Share Posted August 1, 2009 [quote user="chessfou"]Porsmousse est une ville d'environ 186 000 habitants sur la côte sud de l'Angleterre, face à l'île de Wight. Elle appartient au comté d'Hampshire. Porsmousse est un des trois plus importants ports militaires d'Angleterre.[/quote]Oh, THAT Porsmousse! The alternative spelling threw me a bit!Tuyauterie........that's "pipery" to me. (easier to pronounce, non?) And no, I'm sure it's not the same as "du pipeau"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odile Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 = pipework/plumbing! LOLalors c'est près de Soufmousse et pas trop loin de WoRcesterre! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 Les noeuds (knots in English) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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