Boulogne sur Mer (France)

[lumberjim]

red light district:

an area of a city where the prostitutes and whorehouses are located.

"came" was the play on words.
nevermind

[plthijinx]

kikoo, essayent ceci. c'est un traducteur en ligne:clic ici

[Kikoo]

Originally posted by Undertoad
"la région à la lumière rouge" est une idiome Americaine, comme on dit "femmes du nuit" peut-etre? La quartier de prostituée !

ok, i understand
"les femmes de nuit" are "les prostituées", there is also "femmes de joie"

In the US we feel that French is the most romantic and beautiful of all languages. Sorry if I did not write it well.

oh, really ?!!
i'm proud, you understand, i'm french...
i didn't know the french was a so beautiful language
you like the language but do you like the inhabitants ??

To plthijinx: thanks for the link, i think it will be useful

[Pi]

Enfin quelqu'un de la douce France...
Je suis Luxembourgeois, et parfois j'ai fort dur à imposer un peu notre mentalité européenne. Mais normalement c'est bien rigolo ici et la majorité sont des mecs géniaux et intéressants. Si t'as un problème de traduction , tu peux toujours m'envoyer un courriel ou un message privé. Allez amuse-toi bien ici

Sorry folks, but I really couldn't resist :p I think Kikoo and myself, we gonna flood this board with french messages and french opinions
I passed a WE in Escalles, maybe you know this little village about 60 km from Boulogne. And we went to visit Boulogne on Saturday and their was a big market it was really lovely.

[Kikoo]

un luxembourgeois, mais c'est merveilleux !!
et enfin quelqu'un qui parle français, l'anglais, c'est vraiment pas mon fort
Vive le Luxembourg ! Vive la France !! et vive l'Europe !!! (et vive les francophones )
C'est vrai que les américains et les européens, on a pas la même vision des choses, heureusement, nous sommes là et c'est vrai qu'ils sont sympathiques (enfin, le peu que j'en connaisse)

[Undertoad]

Americans are very "mixed" about the French inhabitants right now. Everyone has a different opinion.

But I don't think they will change their mind about the language. It's become a cultural note: French is the language of romance. If one speaks French to an American woman, she will assume it is romantic even if the words are not!

[Pi]

Originally posted by Undertoad
French is the language of romance. If one speaks French to an American woman, she will assume it is romantic even if the words are not!

Oh my god. Don't tell me that! There are already some bad french words coming to my mind. Hihihi

Eh grosse salope, je vais
t'enculer jusqu'à ce que
ta merde te sortira par
les oreilles.


Sorry, it's just too funny

[lumberjim]

merde

[ladysycamore]

Originally posted by Kikoo

i always wonder whether you (strangers) find the french (the language) "has a good melody"??
do you understand what i'm saying

Mais Oui!!! :-)

for exemple, spanish has a nice sound (or italian), latin language
on the contrary, german is rather "hard"

I find German to be somewhat "guttural", but yes, spanish and italian is like singing...it tend to flow smoother than some languages.

and french ??
do you appreciate the french accent ??
you understand, because i'm french, i can't give my opinion

Love it when I hear it.

[ladysycamore]

Originally posted by Pi
Enfin quelqu'un de la douce France...
Je suis Luxembourgeois, et parfois j'ai fort dur à imposer un peu notre mentalité européenne. Mais normalement c'est bien rigolo ici et la majorité sont des mecs géniaux et intéressants. Si t'as un problème de traduction , tu peux toujours m'envoyer un courriel ou un message privé. Allez amuse-toi bien ici

*faints* I love it! I was able to do a very loose translation, but I quite enjoyed reading it out loud (to brush up on my French).

You're in Belgium, correct? I can't remember.

Mmm...waffles and chocolate.

[ladysycamore]

Originally posted by lumberjim
merde

Oooo, imma tell yo momma!

I remember when a friend of mine in school taught me that word, and I said it out loud in French class. Ha, the teacher looked at me and was amazed. He would say, "Mademoiselle Roselyne!" (which was my French name in class). And make a jesture like he was so offended (but he really wasn't..he was always joking around).

I also like, "Zut alors!"

[Kikoo]

Originally posted by ladysycamore
You're in Belgium, correct? I can't remember.

Mmm...waffles and chocolate.

Pi lives in Luxembourg, a little little little country near Belgium (and France too)
Belgium chocolate....miam miam

I remember when a friend of mine in school taught me that word, and I said it out loud in French class. Ha, the teacher looked at me and was amazed. He would say, "Mademoiselle Roselyne!" (which was my French name in class). And make a jesture like he was so offended (but he really wasn't..he was always joking around).

Ca n'est pas un mot très correct mademoiselle Roselyne
and what is your real name

i wonder whether you are a lot to teach french at school ?

[lumberjim]

Originally posted by ladysycamore

"Mademoiselle Roselyne!" (which was my French name in class)

my spanish teacher wanted to call me Jaime. we had little signs that we had to put on our desks with our "spanish names" on them......
.....I made her change it to "Cheech" ...no really. she did it. I was Cheech for the whole year....

she wouldn;t go for "Dorito"......oh, well, cheech was good enough, i guess.

[wolf]

"Eva" in German is still "Eva." I didn't have to change. Well, okay sorta. There is a pronouciation difference.

[lumberjim]

eeeffa, vee haff vays of macking you learn zis cherman lankwaj.