Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Vince, is that definite article really in the original? On Mar 24, 2010, at 10:34 AM, Vince Passaro wrote: > Is that: waiter there's a horse in my soup....? > > Or Dante: > > Caddi come un corpo morto cade.... > > On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at > gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> On Mar 24, 2010, at 7:23 AM, Vince Passaro wrote: >> >>> Pas vrai? >>> >>> I like that. >>> >>> as in: it's a nice walk on the quai... pas vrai? call the sommelier! axe >> him >>> for Pouilly Fume'! Drink up drink up and let that woman pay! >> >> ca tombe comme un cheveux sur la soupe... >> >> >> :-) >> >> >> Steve >> >> >> >>> >>> Etc etc. (A mnemonic only I could find useful...) >>> >>> Many thanks. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 8:42 AM, philippe.amard <philippe.amard at sfr.fr >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I agree with Tarek, >>>> >>>> Yet, 'n'est-ce pas' is a scarcely used form nowadays, and considered as >>>> formal; lecturers - bad ones particulalry - use it a lot to remind their >>>> sleepy? audience of their existence ... :-) >>>> >>>> In everyday talk, you'll hear : hein?, pas vrai?, tu crois pas? etc. >> just >>>> as the British might resort to ennit, wudniah, didny, etc. >>>> >>>> BTW saying ' *n'c'est pas* ' as first suggested would probably be >> construed >>>> as ' j'n'sai pas = je ne sais pas', i.e I don't know or rather, dunno. >>>> >>>> Bien cordialement de la partie nord de la Catalogne francophone. >>>> Philippe >>>> >>>> Le 24 mars 10 ? 09:27, Tarek Charara a ?crit : >>>> >>>> >>>>> n'est-ce pas... :) >>>>> >>>>> Le 24 mars 10 ? 06:25, Vince Passaro a ?crit : >>>>> >>>>> *n'c'est pas* -- Oui? >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>>> >>>> NO ARCHIVE >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information