OT: While the cat's away

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  1. Burgundy Red

    Burgundy Red Well-Known Member

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    "Une énorme rave party"

    That wouldn't pass GCSE French
     
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    There's a nice bit of verlan in there which might not go down well in GCSE French either:
    teufeurs = ravers/partygoers, from teuf which is verlan for fête (party).
     
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    I'd never heard of verlan before. I like it.
     
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    Neither would "Une grande rave party le week-end avant le 14 juillet"

    2 thoughts stuck me - did Miles Kington write that article as one of his lets parler Franglais essays?
    and what are the Délégation générale à la langue française et aux langues de France doing letting such sloppy writing exist
     
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    Anglicisms are fairly common in French. Le weekend has been in use since the early 1900s, apparently. Une rave party is a new one on me, though.
     
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    The much missed Steve S once wrote a fabulous franglais piece on here and it reminded me of that. Just not nearly as funny. Although very few things are as funny as that Steve S post. It was genius.
     
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    Une Grosse soirée délirer ?
     
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    I vaguely remember that but not what was in it. Real shame he lost his fight he seemed a great bloke and poster
     
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    Sounds like allo allo
     
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