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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Hijack time again #101624 04/25/2003 1:39 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 tsuwm's wwftd is "pucelage" = virginity. A few comments from Internet" Plus besoin d'un pucelage pour trouver un mari... La virginité féminine est devenue l'affaire des femmes. [ Dominique Grisoni et autres ] Extrait de La première fois Insérer dans mon Citabook Les pucelages, c'est comme les porte-monnaie. Il s'en perd tous les jours. Personne ne les retrouve. Homme politique français [ Adrien Hebrard ] Insérer dans mon Citabook Le pucelage est le plus riche trésor des filles. Mais il est bien malaisé de garder longtemps un trésor dont tous les hommes possèdent la clef. [ Maréchal de Bassompierre ] Insérer dans mon Citabook Pucelage. Petit oiseau qui n'a pas de queue. Quand on lui en met une, il s'envole. Poète français [ Alexis Piron ] Cette citation sur un tee-shirt ? Insérer dans mon Citabook tsuwm http://home.mn.rr.com/wwftd/ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Hijack time again #101625 04/25/2003 1:41 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Well! Pardon Your French!!! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Hijack time again #101626 04/25/2003 1:42 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont how many French speakers/readers do we have on the board? just a question. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Hijack time again #101627 04/25/2003 2:06 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Remember Joan of Arc was "La Pucelle" . I also found some citations that "fkea" is etymologically related to "flee". As in virgin wool comes from the sheep that run the fastest. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Hijack time again #101628 04/26/2003 2:33 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Moi, un peu; I have forgotten too much to be able to really write or speak it; but I can usually get the gist of what's written. BelMarduk; crealude (sp?); at least one of our chemists; et francais31415, though I'm not sure she's still around. 'S'all I can think of for the moment. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Hijack time again #101629 04/26/2003 2:40 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... In his Catch-22 Joseph Heller said this is the only French you really need to know: Parlé vous ficky ficky? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Hijack time again #101630 04/28/2003 11:43 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada I can get the gist as well. There is an author (Yvonne de Bremond D'Ars) whose works I enjoy a great deal but only 4 have been translated into English. I am currently, and SLOWLY, reading the 5th with the aid of a very old French English dictionary. Rather enjoyable to be forced to slow down and pay attention. Completely off topic alert - underneath one of the words I looked up was something translated into the English word "crapulous" meaning intemperate. 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