X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,ced2b975ce40b48d X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-16 19:22:35 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!newsfeed.wirehub.nl!amsnews01.chello.com!nlnews00.chello.com.POSTED!tanya. From: ppunk@damthatspam.chello.nl (Peter Punk) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: International English [was "A Betty Paige Wannabe"] Organization: Total Disorganisation Message-ID: References: <3BF0F7D8.E2869FF@xs4all.nl> <3BF116B2.6B1FDC6E@xs4all.nl> <9sr697$ihe8@OM9.omantel.net.om> <3BF1928D.E2D16B88@xs4all.nl> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 192.168.0.99 X-Original-Trace: 16 Nov 2001 21:58:03 +0100, 192.168.0.99 Lines: 28 X-Authenticated-User: donderfliegen Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 20:51:46 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.93.74.225 X-Complaints-To: abuse@chello.nl X-Trace: nlnews00.chello.com 1005943906 213.93.74.225 (Fri, 16 Nov 2001 19:51:46 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 19:51:46 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:10710 On Fri, 16 Nov 2001 08:01:34 -0600, Taliszanna provoked the following text: >> > POSTER: Je suis en accord avec ton (votre) sentiment! (English: I >> >am in agreeance with your sentiment!) >> >> Ici trombent en ruine tout le art de la cuisine. >> (I have read that one on a toilet calendar years ago, don't know what it means >> though.) > > "Here falls in ruin all the art of the kitchen." (Except that in >French it rhymes.) In Amsterdam i learned another line. Someone told me to say that when asking a French(ish) person for a light. "Je veut un peut de feu" (sp?) Sounds funny. Now that we're translating stuff. Could you translate "Amoureux Solitaire" by Lio for me? (by mail if you don't mind) -- Peter Punk \ / ---\\\\--- / \ Castrate my email adress to reply. VMS is like a nightmare about RXS-11M.