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As a long-time student of French and its numerous cultural outposts worldwide, it never fails to amuse me that Pierre means “rock” in French yet in the US it’s
by 6stringmerc 4y ago
As a long-time student of French and its numerous cultural outposts worldwide, it never fails to amuse me that Pierre means “rock” in French yet in the US it’s used as an emasculating pejorative type name.
In the spirit of “Kim Jong Il Looking At Things” and “Vin Diesel Loves Giving Thumbs Up” sites if I had the time I’d set up a meme site with Dwayne Johnson photos with a pencil moustache added on called “Scentez vous q’est que La Pierre cuisine?!” just because. He did play a wannabe Chef in The Rundown! I recommend it, quite fun. Christopher Walken as the bad guy…
- palunon 4y ago"Sentez-vous ce que La Pierre cuisine ?". Qu'est-ce que juste sounds weird here (and is grammatically incorrect too). Maybe "Est-ce que vous sentez ce que La Pierre cuisine ?" for a less formal language level.
- 6stringmerc 4y agoYeah I learned a lot of slang over the years and kind of gave up on formal or France French overall and just kind of piece it together with the words that people know but in a flexible grammar. I mean technically it’s “oui” but as soon as I make a connection it’s “ouai” from there on out.
- pingou 4y agoPierre is an emasculating pejorative name in the US?
- 6stringmerc 4y agoYes Here in Texas it’s used to reflect not being manly - as the French are not known in Texas for their history. It’s used to mock.
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