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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 4 1 2 3 4 French nursery rhyme #57765 02/20/02 03:24 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 618 Australia D doc_comfort OP addict OP doc_comfort addict D Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 618 Australia Well, I thought it was clever... Un petit d'un petit S'etonne aux Halles. Un petit d'un petit, Ah! Degres te fallent. Indolent qui ne sort cesse, Indolent qui ne se mene. Qu'importe? Un petit d'un petit Bague tout gai de Raguennes. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: French nursery rhyme #57766 02/20/02 03:48 AM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 320 Sarasota, Florida, US S slithy toves enthusiast slithy toves enthusiast S Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 320 Sarasota, Florida, US doc c -- I recall reading this a long time ago. I believe it was part of a collection of nursery rhymes, all using French gibberish to approximate phonetic English. Very clever. Appealed to the same audience that made Fractured French a big hit. Do you happen to know the title, and if it's still available.? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: French nursery rhyme #57767 02/20/02 03:59 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 618 Australia D doc_comfort OP addict OP doc_comfort addict D Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 618 Australia Do you happen to know the title, and if it's still available? No idea and no idea. Sorry. Edit: "Mot d'Heure Gousse, n'Heure Souris Rames" and no idea. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: French nursery rhyme #57768 02/20/02 04:04 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 K Keiva Carpal Tunnel Keiva Carpal Tunnel K Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 Luis D'Antin Van Rooten, Mots d'Heures: Gousses, Rames (London: Angus and Robertson, 1967) -- and it is indeed wonderful, if your french is good enough. out of print, but a few used copies seem to be available through the on-line services Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: French nursery rhyme #57769 02/20/02 07:41 AM Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 55 Charleston, South Carolina O OrionsBelt~ newbie OrionsBelt~ newbie O Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 55 Charleston, South Carolina Cute. I got the English reference when reading it aloud, but would anyone care to translate the French there? 'Spect it's nonsense, but would like to know the translation anyway. Merci, OrB~ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: French nursery rhyme #57770 02/20/02 08:45 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 B belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 THANK GOD! I thought I was losing my mind. I was thinking "what on EARTH is he saying, that's not a nursery rhyme, those aren't even French phrases." You have to read it with an English accent to get the gist of it because if your really read the words in French you are nowhere near Humpty Dumpty. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter . #57771 02/20/02 08:52 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 M Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: French nursery rhyme #57772 02/20/02 09:01 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC Will someone please help me out. I just plain do NOT get this. I've been looking at it for ten minutes and it makes no sense. TEd, who may never pun again (well, no that's not strictly true.) But I still don't get this! TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: French nursery rhyme #57773 02/20/02 09:10 PM Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 688 A Angel addict Angel addict A Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 688 I just plain do NOT get this. TEd, can I sit with you while we wait? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re:Humpty Dumpty #57774 02/20/02 09:45 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 508 Metro Detroit (MI) N nancyk addict nancyk addict N Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 508 Metro Detroit (MI) Thank you, bel! Long ago and far away, I took French in college, learning (and remembering) just enough to know how to pronounce the words in the nursery rhyme - made no sense whatsoever. Even trying it en Anglaise didn't help - until you provided the Rosetta Stone, Humpty Dumpty! Merci bien Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 1 of 4 1 2 3 4 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. 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