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Lynx

Lynx

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enril said:
so speaking of potentially impolite words, who considers 'shat' to be impolite? show of hands.
you see, 'shat' is past tense 'sh--'.meaning it couldbe considered bad., or just meeh.
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But that is how you pronounce cat in French. "Un chat" (a cat) is how it is spelled, but "un shat" is how it is pronounced.

This caused some amusement in our French one class.
 
enril

enril

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Lynx said:
But that is how you pronounce cat in French. "Un chat" (a cat) is how it is spelled, but "un shat" is how it is pronounced.

This caused some amusement in our French one class.
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oh that is fun. but, it is not neccesarily a bad word itself, just that its present tense counterpart is. right?
 
Lynx

Lynx

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enril said:
oh that is fun. but, it is not neccesarily a bad word itself, just that its present tense counterpart is. right?
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That depends on what the cat is doing at present. If the cat is pushing a glass off the table, that is a very bad word.
 
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(Proverbs 16:3) Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
 
enril

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Lynx said:
That depends on what the cat is doing at present. If the cat is pushing a glass off the table, that is a very bad word.
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yeah. those french cats...
speaking of which, you know how some people say 'pardon my french' after saying something impolite?
so... do French people say 'pardon my american'? it would make sense.
 
Lynx

Lynx

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enril said:
yeah. those french cats...
speaking of which, you know how some people say 'pardon my french' after saying something impolite?
so... do French people say 'pardon my american'? it would make sense.
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The common stereotype of Americans is, there is no pardon for them. :p
 
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a behooving daily reminder. how many of us will get there before our promotion?
 
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