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On an extended visit to a small village in Mexico where the pigs would wander, I made a sport of stalking the piglets and attempting to pick them up. I achieved

On an extended visit to a small village in Mexico where the pigs would wander, I made a sport of stalking the piglets and attempting to pick them up. I achieved my aim once and the mother sow came charging at me & thereby convinced me to yield up the piglet toot suite. No mauling ensued thank goodness.

wincy 4y ago
FYI, tout suite is a French term meaning immediately. The toot suite sounds like where the hogs go on holiday.
- robnado 4y ago
  If I may invoke Muphry's law, the french term is "tout de suite"
  - Beldin 4y ago
    Then I'll happily contribute my second improvement of french: suivite. (For the curious, the first one is "toujourd'hui". And yes, this is tongue-in-cheek -- until these catch on and I'm celebrated by the Academy Francaise. Then it's Very Serious Business and was always intended as such, this post notwithstanding)
- palata 4y ago
  I did not know it was a thing in English! This said, in French it is "tout de suite", but apparently both are correct in English.
  - tempestn 4y ago
    Since the second 't' in tout isn't voiced and the 'de' is very quick and blended in, "tout de suite" sounds like "toot suite" to an English ear, hence the 'de' often being dropped (as well as spellings like the above).
    - palata 4y ago
      Yes, in French it tends to be pronounced "tou tsuit" (if I can spell it this way :D).
  - School-Cotton 4y ago
    Calling it “correct” is maybe an exaggeration. It’s an extremely colloquial, jokey intentional misspelling.
- bigiain 4y ago
  > The toot suite Claiming as my band^h^h^h^hMastodon app name.
- sequoia 4y ago
  "toot suite" is slang in English, an intentionally incorrect derivation from the French. But it probably is where the hogs go as well :)
emmelaich 4y ago
It's actually "Toot Sweets" :-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMFha1nmeXc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMFha1nmeXc The song "Toot Sweets" from "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"

wincy 4y ago

FYI, tout suite is a French term meaning immediately. The toot suite sounds like where the hogs go on holiday.

robnado 4y ago
If I may invoke Muphry's law, the french term is "tout de suite"
- Beldin 4y ago
  Then I'll happily contribute my second improvement of french: suivite. (For the curious, the first one is "toujourd'hui". And yes, this is tongue-in-cheek -- until these catch on and I'm celebrated by the Academy Francaise. Then it's Very Serious Business and was always intended as such, this post notwithstanding)
palata 4y ago
I did not know it was a thing in English! This said, in French it is "tout de suite", but apparently both are correct in English.
- tempestn 4y ago
  Since the second 't' in tout isn't voiced and the 'de' is very quick and blended in, "tout de suite" sounds like "toot suite" to an English ear, hence the 'de' often being dropped (as well as spellings like the above).
  - palata 4y ago
    Yes, in French it tends to be pronounced "tou tsuit" (if I can spell it this way :D).
- School-Cotton 4y ago
  Calling it “correct” is maybe an exaggeration. It’s an extremely colloquial, jokey intentional misspelling.
bigiain 4y ago
> The toot suite Claiming as my band^h^h^h^hMastodon app name.
sequoia 4y ago
"toot suite" is slang in English, an intentionally incorrect derivation from the French. But it probably is where the hogs go as well :)

emmelaich 4y ago

It's actually "Toot Sweets" :-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMFha1nmeXc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMFha1nmeXc The song "Toot Sweets" from "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"