We had a highly entertaining night at the bar last night while watching a big French soccer game (Marseilles vs. Toulouse) and playing trivia (all questions were about Disney movies!). During the time while we were doing these multiple activities, plus, of course, drinking beer and trying to speak our non-native languages (we have an agreement that the Americans speak French and the French speak English) there were quite the fun phrases being exchanged.
It all began when the translation of "I don't care" was asked for. This ended up being possible in a few French phrases, but after I said one I got seriously laughed at because apparently, as a female, I'm not allowed to say the phrase because I lack phsyical attributes referred to in the phrase. It led to possibly the funniest bar conversation and teaching of American phrases to the French that we've had yet, and there are some pretty funny lost in translation moments. One included "dans le derriere" which isn't "in the back" it is "in the toosh" (although a little more literally). I have a whole list of good stuff from last night including the translation for "That's what she said". Somehow we got on the topic of teaching the French how to say "Grow a pair". I almost died laughing. We're really passing along the best of the best to the French, and laughing hysterically along the way.
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