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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.



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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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