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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: Job's comforter #127313 04/15/04 01:30 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 B belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 Vous vous ecoutez trop! I agree with Bill's interpretation on this. "Vous vous �coutez trop!" means "you listen to yourself too much." If there really was an exclamation point it would mean "stop your bellyaching" With no exclamation mark, though, it would most likely mean "think of something else to get your mind off of your trouble" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Job's comforter #127314 04/15/04 01:34 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 B belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 Hi lastday, Yes �coutez has an accent aigue over the first E. It is conjugated with an "ez" at the end because it has to accord with the word "vous" J��coute Tu �coutes Il �coute Nous �coutons Vous �coutez Ils �coutent Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Job's comforter #127315 04/15/04 09:48 AM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK D dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah D Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK It strikes me that he was, cynically, being told that he should be less gung-ho; not believe his own rousing speeches. "You listen to yourself too much, mate!" He was, we are told, a staff officer, not a front line officer leading the men. Part of his role would be to persuade others into danger, pour la gl�ire de la patrie, not to put himself at risk and become injured to the point where he was no longer of use. Without knowing more about this officer it is difficult to guess exactly what was meant, but this idea certainly appeals to me and makes sense of the apparently unnecessarily callous comment. It provides 'the something missing' that Dr Bill senses. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,975 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 457 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 17 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,944 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,952 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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