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11-23-2003, 11:16 PM
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| The Truth Is Out There Join Date: May 2003 Location: Moorhead, Minnesota Age: 22
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| Foreign Phrases? Ever wonder what that string of words was in the newspaper you read this morning or what us silly teenagers are talking about? Of course you do! I do, mysefl! Here's the place to find foreign phrases to add to your vocabulary. Just post a phrase (latin, u.s. lingo, french, etc.) and its meaning for us. C'est bon, non? ![]() de trop: not wanted (French) mot juste: appropriate word or expression (French) pl. mots justes
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11-24-2003, 12:13 AM
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| FORT Fogey Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Oz Age: 26
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| Here's an easy one: "Veni, vidi, vici." - I came, I saw, I conquered. (Latin) *Caveat Emptor: Phrase only to be used by those arrogant enough to pull it off. Advice - think Julius Caesar after he defeated Pharnaces. ![]() |
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11-24-2003, 01:00 AM
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| "de trop" literally "too much of" in French, so it will usually be used to mean "not wanted" but not always (it can just mean "whether it be wanted or not, I think there is too much of that")
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11-24-2003, 01:35 AM
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| caught by the window Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: In a van down by the river!!!... watching the Canucks on my 3" TV Age: 25
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| sticking with the latin theme carpe diem - 'seize the day' |
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11-24-2003, 02:07 AM
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| It really annoys me when people confuse: coup de grâce--a final, winning blow with: coup d'état--the overthrowing of an established government And don't anyone confuse these terms for coup de maître, which means "masterstroke".ETA: Those phrases are French in origin, BTW. (Why is there no beret-wearing, Gauloise-smoking, Sarte-reading smiley?)
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11-24-2003, 02:40 AM
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my favorite is when people (even on the cable news) say "deja vu all over again"
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11-24-2003, 03:55 PM
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I know! Mon cri de coeur: Why? Why do people insist on abusing language like that?
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11-24-2003, 07:31 PM
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| The Truth Is Out There Join Date: May 2003 Location: Moorhead, Minnesota Age: 22
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| deus ex machina: a person or event that provides a sudden and unexpected solution to a difficulty (Latin) SnowflakeGirl, are you fluent in French? ![]()
__________________ MULDER: It's still there, Scully. 200,000 years down in the ice. SCULLY: Leave it there. |
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11-24-2003, 08:17 PM
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| FORT Fogey Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Oz Age: 26
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| A little more obscure this time: "In potentia"- What is not, but may be "In esse" - What already is; existing and, of course, "Cogito ergo sum" - I think, therefore, I am. |
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11-24-2003, 08:27 PM
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| FORT Fogey Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Oz Age: 26
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| Oh, we should get started on commonly-used Italian expressions, too. I'll start with an easy one: "La dolce vita" - the sweet life (not to be confused with Aristotle's "the good life". I doubt eudaimonia is at all what Fellini intended to convey. ) |
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