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In french there's "je m'en fous comme de l'an 40" or "je m'en moque comme de l'an 40": "I don't care, as if it was year 40". But the funny thing is nobody rea
by TacticalCoder 5y ago
In french there's "je m'en fous comme de l'an 40" or "je m'en moque comme de l'an 40": "I don't care, as if it was year 40". But the funny thing is nobody really knows about which year 40 this is. It's not 1940 for the saying goes back at least 200 years.
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- southerntofu 5y agoNative french speaker here. Never heard that one before, but that's an interesting (historical) one!
- mgbmtl 5y agoIn the 90s in Montreal it was a very common expression. Haven't heard it in a while. I avoid it because people might think 1940s, and that would be disrespectful. These days: "on s'en câlisse" (most cursing is church-based because it is unlikely to offend anyone).
- lkuty 5y agoI used/heard it a few times in Belgium (province de Liège). Or we could use a simple "rien à foutre" == "don't give a fuck" or more vulgar "rien à branler" which could be translated as "I don't give a wank".