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FYI, tout suite is a French term meaning immediately. The toot suite sounds like where the hogs go on holiday.
by 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 agoIf I may invoke Muphry's law, the french term is "tout de suite"
- Beldin 4y agoThen 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 agoI 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 agoSince 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 agoYes, in French it tends to be pronounced "tou tsuit" (if I can spell it this way :D).
- School-Cotton 4y agoCalling 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 :)