Dude... That genuinely ticks me off, just so you know. I knew Winky didn't know, so I gave him a pass, but you ought to know since i explained the situation.
I think the best thing about that phrase is that, for some reason, it uses the formal you rather than the informal.
I think a barman once tried to impress French Gril by saying that to her. He didn't know what it meant. She told him. He looked like he wanted to die on the spot. Maybe he gave us free drinks as a result?
Lots of people don't realise that "you" is both "Tu" and "Vous".
Plural you is always Vous, but singular you is sometimes Tu and sometimes Vous.
Vous when talking to one person is formal, whereas tu is more casual.
This has been your french lesson by a guy who isn't french.
Dude... That genuinely ticks me off, just so you know. I knew Winky didn't know, so I gave him a pass, but you ought to know since i explained the situation.
Because you're not French, right? So it's just confusing?
Or is this one of those Quebecois "trying really hard to be French" things and it's actually insulting over there?
Homogeneous distribution of your varieties of amuse-gueule
Dude... That genuinely ticks me off, just so you know. I knew Winky didn't know, so I gave him a pass, but you ought to know since i explained the situation.
Because you're not French, right? So it's just confusing?
Or is this one of those Quebecois "trying really hard to be French" things and it's actually insulting over there?
You mean "you actually live in a place where people can be discriminated against for speaking French, and such it is actually insulting".
Dude... That genuinely ticks me off, just so you know. I knew Winky didn't know, so I gave him a pass, but you ought to know since i explained the situation.
Because you're not French, right? So it's just confusing?
Or is this one of those Quebecois "trying really hard to be French" things and it's actually insulting over there?
Man, i'm not Lord Defender of the Realm of Quebec here.
I think being called a "frog" is insulting. I think being made fun of for my primary language is insulting. it happened to me before and i didn't like it.
Africa's elephants have reached a tipping point: more are being killed each year than are being born, a study suggests.
Researchers believe that since 2010 an average of nearly 35,000 elephants have been killed annually on the continent.
They warn that if the rate of poaching continues, the animals could be wiped out in 100 years.
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Welp, elephants are screwed.
there was a story on this on cbs sunday morning this past weekend and it was so damn depressing
basically the east asian ivory trade / traditional medicine is going to drive elephants (and rhinos, for that matter) extinct and there's nothing we can really do about it
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Dude... That genuinely ticks me off, just so you know. I knew Winky didn't know, so I gave him a pass, but you ought to know since i explained the situation.
Because you're not French, right? So it's just confusing?
Or is this one of those Quebecois "trying really hard to be French" things and it's actually insulting over there?
It's more the latter.
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the fact that a cnn anchor suggested using water cannons on the ferguson protesters unironically is just
there are no words to describe the bemusement i have at someone so unaware of themselves
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Africa's elephants have reached a tipping point: more are being killed each year than are being born, a study suggests.
Researchers believe that since 2010 an average of nearly 35,000 elephants have been killed annually on the continent.
They warn that if the rate of poaching continues, the animals could be wiped out in 100 years.
...
Welp, elephants are screwed.
there was a story on this on cbs sunday morning this past weekend and it was so damn depressing
basically the east asian ivory trade / traditional medicine is going to drive elephants (and rhinos, for that matter) extinct and there's nothing we can really do about it
We can liberate them and bring them freedom and democracy. I'll get the bombs ready.
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Dude... That genuinely ticks me off, just so you know. I knew Winky didn't know, so I gave him a pass, but you ought to know since i explained the situation.
Because you're not French, right? So it's just confusing?
Or is this one of those Quebecois "trying really hard to be French" things and it's actually insulting over there?
Man, i'm not Lord Defender of the Realm of Quebec here.
I think being called a "frog" is insulting. I think being made fun of for my primary language is insulting. it happened to me before and i didn't like it.
Right. I find this super interesting and want to know if it's a Quebec thing.
Particularly because it's like calling an Indian a limey. Perhaps they would react similarly
I think we've now established that an innocuous phrase mostly used as a term of endearment in France and to the French is actually offensive to people in Quebec
Homogeneous distribution of your varieties of amuse-gueule
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I had a beef otaco for lunch
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Dude... That genuinely ticks me off, just so you know. I knew Winky didn't know, so I gave him a pass, but you ought to know since i explained the situation.
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I guess it depends on the place, then?
Or it's just me.
It's probably just me.
It's always just me.
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hiring a class of support peons would defo change the company culture
I imagine it's more offensive to Quebecois
@Spool32 is a goddamn Yankee
Tú, usted, ustedes, vosotros
Because you're not French, right? So it's just confusing?
Or is this one of those Quebecois "trying really hard to be French" things and it's actually insulting over there?
It certainly couldn't be worse than the support peons they have now that have severe mental disabilities?
yeah it's not exactly an n-word
it's what you shoot back when you get called "ros bif" :P
in this case i think it's more overqualified people who disdain their customers, who (to be fair) can be extremely annoying especially when upset
You mean "you actually live in a place where people can be discriminated against for speaking French, and such it is actually insulting".
no no no
that is not how you pronounce "carpet bagger"
Yeah. It's like limey or pomme.
Goddamn yankees
Man, i'm not Lord Defender of the Realm of Quebec here.
I think being called a "frog" is insulting. I think being made fun of for my primary language is insulting. it happened to me before and i didn't like it.
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there was a story on this on cbs sunday morning this past weekend and it was so damn depressing
basically the east asian ivory trade / traditional medicine is going to drive elephants (and rhinos, for that matter) extinct and there's nothing we can really do about it
It's more the latter.
there are no words to describe the bemusement i have at someone so unaware of themselves
I'm pretty sure the only person who can say carpet bagger menacingly is Walton Goggins
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Well yeah - you need to be 35 minimum
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We can liberate them and bring them freedom and democracy. I'll get the bombs ready.
the fuck?
cable news is the worst.
Right. I find this super interesting and want to know if it's a Quebec thing.
Particularly because it's like calling an Indian a limey. Perhaps they would react similarly
I think we've now established that an innocuous phrase mostly used as a term of endearment in France and to the French is actually offensive to people in Quebec
uhhh
every single french person i know does not think this
is this some weird french canadian thing
fuck you doctors
The horrors of socialized medicine.
Ugfh, you know nothing of Homeopathy.
Elephant Tusk would be a powerful homeopathic poison.
The main principle of Homeopathy is that a tiny tiny tiny quantity of something bad cures the symptom it would cause is normal quantities.
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report everybody
actually is there even a slur for english people that works
we need to develop one
I came here to wet something else, motherfucker.
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English people are the best, so any way people refer to our Englishness is a compliment.
Oh no, calling me roast beef? So you're calling me fucking delicious, I am wounded to the core
It makes them sound delicioso.
Isn't it traditionally Limey?
Ya know, cause you jerks drank lime juice rather than suffer scurvy like real men.
i like the way they say it
"ros bif"