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Re: Réflexions sur la culture et les différentes cultures, Reflexion on Culture and on the different cultures (Mixture of French and English)
gerardM Jeu 10 Nov - 15:12
Hi everyone,
Months/Years ago, we posted something about "Hump Day" which is an expression for Wednesday.
Hump here means that from Sunday to Wednesday it's harder and harder as tiredness increases; from Wednesday on tiedness decreases as weekend and hope are approaching, hence "hump day" as Wednesday is the top point of the road.
By the way, note the similarities b/w "hump" and "bump" (identical spelling except a letter).
However "Hump day" is not known by all of the natives and to my explanations (Hump day is Wednesday), a friend responded: "hump day" is everyday!!
Take a closer look at "hump"...
I never led stats on the subject but take care: my experience taught me that quite every single word is a double-entendre and among the secondary meanings, we've sex domain or gay domain.
So, you're warned!
Take care of the context, avoid slang and even informal language unless you're sure.
If there're several double-entendres in your sentence (it also depend on the tone and the smile), you might be supposed to speak about gays or sex.
NB: I posted this in "American culture" but it applies to Australian, and even British.
French language is a bit behind ie our words have slang meanings less often but...
Months/Years ago, we posted something about "Hump Day" which is an expression for Wednesday.
Hump here means that from Sunday to Wednesday it's harder and harder as tiredness increases; from Wednesday on tiedness decreases as weekend and hope are approaching, hence "hump day" as Wednesday is the top point of the road.
By the way, note the similarities b/w "hump" and "bump" (identical spelling except a letter).
However "Hump day" is not known by all of the natives and to my explanations (Hump day is Wednesday), a friend responded: "hump day" is everyday!!
Take a closer look at "hump"...
I never led stats on the subject but take care: my experience taught me that quite every single word is a double-entendre and among the secondary meanings, we've sex domain or gay domain.
So, you're warned!
Take care of the context, avoid slang and even informal language unless you're sure.
If there're several double-entendres in your sentence (it also depend on the tone and the smile), you might be supposed to speak about gays or sex.
NB: I posted this in "American culture" but it applies to Australian, and even British.
French language is a bit behind ie our words have slang meanings less often but...
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Re: Réflexions sur la culture et les différentes cultures, Reflexion on Culture and on the different cultures (Mixture of French and English)
MurielB Ven 11 Nov - 7:49
Yes Gerard double entendre words or expressions can make you very embarrassed and it is better to be careful about them ! 
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Re: Réflexions sur la culture et les différentes cultures, Reflexion on Culture and on the different cultures (Mixture of French and English)
gerardM Ven 11 Nov - 14:46
Muriel,MurielB a écrit:Yes Gerard double entendre words or expressions can make you very embarrassed and it is better to be careful about them !
I explained double entendres were quite everywhere in English language.
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Re: Réflexions sur la culture et les différentes cultures, Reflexion on Culture and on the different cultures (Mixture of French and English)
MurielB Ven 11 Nov - 22:53
I know Gérard you explained it and I will take care when I use them !
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Re: Réflexions sur la culture et les différentes cultures, Reflexion on Culture and on the different cultures (Mixture of French and English)
gerardM Sam 12 Nov - 0:10
LOL That means you have to take care with every single wordMurielB a écrit:I know Gérard you explained it and I will take care when I use them !
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Re: Réflexions sur la culture et les différentes cultures, Reflexion on Culture and on the different cultures (Mixture of French and English)
gerardM Sam 12 Nov - 16:17
Howdy.
An expression I didn't understand today from Teresa Elms on Facebook:
I let you search the Internet about this common expression.
... OK I help you -> Urban Dict., Wikipedia -Kumbaya
An expression I didn't understand today from Teresa Elms on Facebook:
But that will require Democrats to quit singing kumbaya and get back to THE ECONOMY
I let you search the Internet about this common expression.
... OK I help you -> Urban Dict., Wikipedia -Kumbaya
(her blog -> https://elms.wordpress.com/about/ )Teresa Elms
Teresa Elms, Etymologikonoclast, is a professional writer by day and an aspiring linguist otherwise. She has published more than 500 magazine articles, research reports, software manuals, and books on computing, data communications, and information economics. Someday she will revolutionize computational linguistics and discourse analysis. In the meantime, she is brave, thrifty, loyal, reverent, intelligent, good-looking, and modest — all of which must be true, because she wrote this herself.
And yes, she has read Isaac Asimov.
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Re: Réflexions sur la culture et les différentes cultures, Reflexion on Culture and on the different cultures (Mixture of French and English)
MurielB Sam 12 Nov - 18:53
Thanks Gérard for the expression.
To sing kumbaya is to be very naïve.
To sing kumbaya is to be very naïve.
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Re: Réflexions sur la culture et les différentes cultures, Reflexion on Culture and on the different cultures (Mixture of French and English)
gerardM Sam 12 Nov - 23:00
I don't totally agree Muriel.MurielB a écrit:Thanks Gérard for the expression.
To sing kumbaya is to be very naïve.
In the example I gave, it rather means: "stop telling people everything is fine. You bloody politicians, open your eyes and see the real situation in the country."
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Re: Réflexions sur la culture et les différentes cultures, Reflexion on Culture and on the different cultures (Mixture of French and English)
gerardM Sam 12 Nov - 23:03
Back to double entendres.
Krystyna confirms and says it's the case for 60% of English words.
Krystyna confirms and says it's the case for 60% of English words.
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Re: Réflexions sur la culture et les différentes cultures, Reflexion on Culture and on the different cultures (Mixture of French and English)
gerardM Dim 13 Nov - 20:47
Howdy.
WH-
What, where, when, which, while, whilst // WHO, whose
Take a look at the pronunciations:
- Who & whose have a special pronunciation hu: hu:z
- When and the other pronouns are pronounced wen in British English
- When and the other pronouns are pronounced hwen in American English
Despite the difference Br/Am, Who & whose are still specific pronunciationwise.
Weird isn't it?
WH-
What, where, when, which, while, whilst // WHO, whose
Take a look at the pronunciations:
- Who & whose have a special pronunciation hu: hu:z
- When and the other pronouns are pronounced wen in British English
- When and the other pronouns are pronounced hwen in American English
Despite the difference Br/Am, Who & whose are still specific pronunciationwise.
Weird isn't it?
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Re: Réflexions sur la culture et les différentes cultures, Reflexion on Culture and on the different cultures (Mixture of French and English)
MurielB Dim 13 Nov - 22:14
Thanks Gérard.gerardM a écrit:I don't totally agree Muriel.MurielB a écrit:Thanks Gérard for the expression.
To sing kumbaya is to be very naïve.
In the example I gave, it rather means: "stop telling people everything is fine. You bloody politicians, open your eyes and see the real situation in the country."
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Re: Réflexions sur la culture et les différentes cultures, Reflexion on Culture and on the different cultures (Mixture of French and English)
gerardM Dim 13 Nov - 22:21
Only a personal opinion Muriel.
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Re: Réflexions sur la culture et les différentes cultures, Reflexion on Culture and on the different cultures (Mixture of French and English)
gerardM Sam 24 Déc - 19:19
Hi everyone,
What I described as a respectful behavior in the States is becoming a big problem and people are fed up especially in this period of nationalism...
Here's a posting from an American friend of mine -Susan- on a famous social network:
What I described as a respectful behavior in the States is becoming a big problem and people are fed up especially in this period of nationalism...
Here's a posting from an American friend of mine -Susan- on a famous social network:
Susan - People from all over the world are wishing tea friends a Merry Christmas. India, China, Russia, Japan, Europe. An International handshake. Meanwhile I go to the grocery store and the poor checker is so confused as to what she can or cannot say that she said, "Happy" and sighed. I guess one fills in the blank.
Diane - It's getting ridiculous. I say happy Christmas and if I know their celebration I will say happy Hanukkah etc. Otherwise you just end up like that checker lost. You can't please everyone so I celebrate Christmas and thus Happy Christmas. Are we going to start this with the New Year too? And so on. Crazy making.
Gérard - Merry Christmas Susan!
Susan - Merry Christmas Gérard!
Gérard - Thanks Susan,
Your posting is very interesting... I'm very fond of languages and associated cultures. I described these usual "Seasons Greetings" as respectful behaviors in the States but, apparently, it's causing issues...
Susan - I think everyone should just drink more tea.
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Re: Réflexions sur la culture et les différentes cultures, Reflexion on Culture and on the different cultures (Mixture of French and English)
gerardM Dim 25 Déc - 19:49
Malwarebytes
Happy Holidays from all of us at Malwarebytes! Hope you have a wonderful time surrounded by friends and family
This is the team at Malwarebytes.
You can see the casual suits of an American 2.0 company: jeans, sneakers, etc.
Something special here is the "Christmas Sweat".
SVP, prononcez correctement ! pas swit ! NON ce n'est pas en sucre !
It's a fashion throughout the English speaking world. A few days ago was "XMas Sweat Day" / "Christmas Jumper Day in the Brit related world": anyone courageous has to wear a ridiculous sweatshirt on that day, and the most courageous will wear it for Chrismas.
Happy Holidays from all of us at Malwarebytes! Hope you have a wonderful time surrounded by friends and family
This is the team at Malwarebytes.
You can see the casual suits of an American 2.0 company: jeans, sneakers, etc.
Something special here is the "Christmas Sweat".
SVP, prononcez correctement ! pas swit ! NON ce n'est pas en sucre !
It's a fashion throughout the English speaking world. A few days ago was "XMas Sweat Day" / "Christmas Jumper Day in the Brit related world": anyone courageous has to wear a ridiculous sweatshirt on that day, and the most courageous will wear it for Chrismas.
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Re: Réflexions sur la culture et les différentes cultures, Reflexion on Culture and on the different cultures (Mixture of French and English)
gerardM Jeu 16 Mar - 14:17
Bonjour à tous,
Je fais remonter ce sujet enfoui depuis 6 ans
J'ai eu l'occasion -je ne sais pas trop pourquoi- de causer d'Australie. Je vais reproduire es propos ci-dessous et ajouter quelques bricoles.
Je fais remonter ce sujet enfoui depuis 6 ans
J'ai eu l'occasion -je ne sais pas trop pourquoi- de causer d'Australie. Je vais reproduire es propos ci-dessous et ajouter quelques bricoles.
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gerardM Jeu 16 Mar - 14:18
J'ai une bonne expérience des Australiens : c'est incroyable, ils ont leurs expressions, leur vocabulare, leur accent bien sûr, et ils ne supportent pas les mots qui n'ont pas 2 syllabes - si le mot a plus de 2 syllabes, ils le tronquent et mettent -y ou -ie à la fin, si le mot a moins de 2 syllabes, ils en ajoutent une, avec -y/-ie à la fin ! Ceci dit, lorsqu'on comprend ce qu'ils disent, ils sont très sympa, très marrant (ils n'arrêtent pas de raconter des blagues, comme nos Méridionaux) !
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Re: Réflexions sur la culture et les différentes cultures, Reflexion on Culture and on the different cultures (Mixture of French and English)
gerardM Jeu 16 Mar - 14:19
Les Australiens eux, sont très marrants !
Dans la rue ou entre amis, ils n'alignent pas 10 mots sans éclater de rire ; ils n'arrêtent pas de dire des plaisanteries.
Il y a de très grosses différences entre la langue parlée en Australie et les langues américaines ou britanniques !
Comme je l'ai écrit plus haut, ils n'aiment pas les mots qui n'ont pas 2 syllabes mais le problème est que chacun s'aligne sur 2 syllabes à sa manière (pas tous la même) !
Comme dit plus haut, mon ami Wayne, pilote de ligne sur United, me disait ne pas parvenir à comprendre ce que disent les Australiens (parlant entre eux).
Ainsi, il est très difficile de comprendre un groupe d'Oz parlant entre eux (éclats de rire, mots tronqués, jargon, etc.)
Par contre, les Australiens comprennent facilement les étrangers et sont très sympa. Ils comprennent bien car pour se comprendre entre eux, ils se fient souvent au contexte (ils ne se comprennent pas à 100 %).
Un temps, j'ai cru que c'était par efficacité et pour gagner en rapidité qu'ils tronquaient les mots longs et je trouvais ça intelligent mais non, les mots d'une syllabe sont allongés à 2 !
Exemples de mots de 2 syllabes : brolly, hanky, thingy...
~~ édition
L'orthographe est "thingee" ; désolé, je n'ai qu'une oreille française et ne fais pas bien
la différence entre thingy et thingee (probablement durée mais je ne perçois pas).
~~~~ édition
L'orthographe "thingy" existe aussi. On me dit que ça dépênd de l'humeur, "thingee" est plus "poshy"
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Re: Réflexions sur la culture et les différentes cultures, Reflexion on Culture and on the different cultures (Mixture of French and English)
gerardM Ven 17 Mar - 21:50
Howdy.
An expression that I never met before but that doesn't surprise me: "Trump’s tight belt for science". A few hours ago, DT cut on Science and EPA budgets.
An expression that I never met before but that doesn't surprise me: "Trump’s tight belt for science". A few hours ago, DT cut on Science and EPA budgets.
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Re: Réflexions sur la culture et les différentes cultures, Reflexion on Culture and on the different cultures (Mixture of French and English)
gerardM Mer 29 Mar - 14:50
Howdy.
Newsweek
He's abstaining from one of the longest-standing presidential traditions.
Why did Donald Trump decline to throw out the first pitch on Opening Day?
Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Ronald Reagan all threw out first pitches, as well. In fact, so has every president since Taft, and most have done it on multiple…
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Newsweek
He's abstaining from one of the longest-standing presidential traditions.
Why did Donald Trump decline to throw out the first pitch on Opening Day?
Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Ronald Reagan all threw out first pitches, as well. In fact, so has every president since Taft, and most have done it on multiple…
NEWSWEEK.COM
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Re: Réflexions sur la culture et les différentes cultures, Reflexion on Culture and on the different cultures (Mixture of French and English)
MurielB Mer 29 Mar - 21:29
probably because he wants to be different.So what could be the real reason Trump is abstaining from this grand presidential tradition?
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gerardM Mer 29 Mar - 22:30
I guess you put the finger on it Muriel.MurielB a écrit:probably because he wants to be different.So what could be the real reason Trump is abstaining from this grand presidential tradition?
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MurielB Jeu 30 Mar - 13:54
yes Gerard but "when someone wants to be différent" they CAN be better 
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gerardM Jeu 30 Mar - 14:26
(... worse)MurielB a écrit:yes Gerard but "when someone wants to be différent" they CAN be better
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Re: Réflexions sur la culture et les différentes cultures, Reflexion on Culture and on the different cultures (Mixture of French and English)
gerardM Jeu 30 Mar - 14:38
Just for you Muriel.
Here's what people who are different, are able to say (and my comment):
Here's what people who are different, are able to say (and my comment):
Donald Trump Promised 'Clean Coal,' But It Doesn't Exist
His latest executive order appears to be built more on a marketing myth than an…
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Re: Réflexions sur la culture et les différentes cultures, Reflexion on Culture and on the different cultures (Mixture of French and English)
gerardM Lun 1 Mai - 12:10
Howdy.
Let's not confuse among*:
- Wikipedia -Labor Day
- Wikipedia -May Day
- Wikipedia -International Workers' Day
As you can read, the 3 are not the same; Labor Day is celebrated in the US on the first Monday of September.
Still in the US, May Day is dedicated to flowers and spring.
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among* - Was I right?
For me, "between" is used when there're 2 alternatives only, "among" is used for more than 2. Any comments?
Let's not confuse among*:
- Wikipedia -Labor Day
- Wikipedia -May Day
- Wikipedia -International Workers' Day
As you can read, the 3 are not the same; Labor Day is celebrated in the US on the first Monday of September.
Still in the US, May Day is dedicated to flowers and spring.
NB:
among* - Was I right?
For me, "between" is used when there're 2 alternatives only, "among" is used for more than 2. Any comments?
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