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minus-squarecorvi@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up63arrow-down1·2 years agoGonna go on Countdown with the line “Dictionaries aren’t rule books, they’re record books” and fight Susie Dent.
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minus-squareSundray@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·2 years agoAcadémie Française: <<Ahem – pardon et moi?>>
minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 years agoYou mean <<pardonnez moi?>> “pardon et moi” means “pardon and me”. “pardonnez moi” means “pardon me” (in a polite / respectful tense).
minus-squareՈրբունի@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoIt still works, it can mean: sorry but how do I exist if it isn’t a rulebook?
minus-squareSundray@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoLOL you got me – I flunked French . (Please don’t tell le Académie!) 😄
minus-squareSemjaza@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoDelightfully failing to be either but with a huge sense of superiority and disdain for the youth and migrants.
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Gonna go on Countdown with the line “Dictionaries aren’t rule books, they’re record books” and fight Susie Dent.
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Académie Française: <<Ahem – pardon et moi?>>
You mean <<pardonnez moi?>>
“pardon et moi” means “pardon and me”. “pardonnez moi” means “pardon me” (in a polite / respectful tense).
It still works, it can mean: sorry but how do I exist if it isn’t a rulebook?
LOL you got me – I flunked French . (Please don’t tell le Académie!) 😄
Delightfully failing to be either but with a huge sense of superiority and disdain for the youth and migrants.
“Le Weekend.”
“Je suis overbooké”
Zut alors!
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