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Winners of a New York Magazine contest who were asked to take a well-known expression in a foreign language, change a single letter and provide a definition for the new expression:
RIGOR MORRIS:
The cat is dead.
RESPONDEZ S'IL VOUS PLAID:
Honk if you're Scottish
HARLEZ-VOUS FRANCAIS?:
Can you drive a French motorcycle?
VENI, VIPI, VICI:
I came, I'm a very important person, I conquered
VENI, VIDI, VISA:
I came, I saw, I shopped.
COGITO EGGO SUM:
I think, therefore I am ... a waffle
QUE SERA SERF:
Life is feudal
LEROI EST MORT. JIVE LEROI:
The king is dead. No kidding
POSH MORTEM:
Death styles of the rich and famous
PRO BOZO PUBLICO:
Support your local clown
MONAGE A TROIS:
I am three years old
HASTE CUISINE:
Fast French food
QUIP PRO QUO:
A fast retort
ALOHA OY:
Love; greetings; farewell;
and from such a pain you should never know
MAZEL TON:
Tons of luck
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COGITO EGGO SUM:
I think, therefore I am ... a waffle
I think, therefore I, um ah, am . . . a waffle, um, I think? Maybe I'm not . . . oh well, ah, okay -- I'm a waffle.
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Cogito ergo sumo
I think I'm putting on a bit of weight.
TEd
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Cogito Pergo sum.
I think I want new kitchen floors.
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"I think, therefore I, um ah, am . . . a waffle, um, I think? Maybe I'm not . . . oh well, ah, okay -- I'm a waffle."
But are you of two minds about ambiguity?
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CARPE CARP: Seize the fish.
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CARP DIEM
Fish o' the Day
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Carpal Tunnel. A firm of piscine miners ...
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con vivant = a successful criminal
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Laissez les bon temps roulle'd
A remedy for the day after the party.
(It's supposed to be an accent on the e but I ain't never lerned how)
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i know , i know...è,é,È,É--Þ
the are several ways... i use a PC (and these are PC directions)
first go to the start button, and then to Run.
in the box, i type charmap which is short for character map. (hit run!)
the character map window open up to my default font (arial) and it displays all the characters in the font...
i click on any single one, and in the lower right hand corner of the window, there is a dispay showing the character code...
the codes for most characters are the same from font to font.. but not always...
i press alt and use the number pad (make sure num lock is on!) and don't use the number above the letter portion of the keyboard.
alt+ 0232=è
alt+ 0233= é
alt+ 0200 =È
alt+ 0201 =É
and the perennial favorite, alt + 0222=Þ
so now you know!
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ipso fatso = I warned you about the chocolate-covered pecans.
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>There are several ways... i use a PC (and these are PC directions)
Again, it should be added that these are PC directions for the Windows Operating System and do not work on PCs using other OSes
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