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To: HippyLoggerBiker; Bigg Red

French language slide

Re: Voila!

I loved learning the French language in HS and College. Even all these years later I remember some of it.

I seem to mostly say “Et Voila!” with the Et attached,which means “and”(and there it is, and look at that, and there you see it, and look)

I just looked up a detailed explanation of it:

Voila is a contraction of “vois (look/see) and “la” (this/that) , meaning “see there!” (or see that).

“Merde alors!” is another goodie....”oh sh*t”, which is probably what Macron said when that farmer sprayed that building with bull puckey.

Merde alors (pronounced mare-d ah-lore,,, the “s” is usually silent)


1,241 posted on 08/21/2021 9:55:23 AM PDT by TheConservativeParty (MAGA FOREVER 🇺🇸)
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To: TheConservativeParty

Maréchal, nous voilà !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ8IR5mW9qk


1,243 posted on 08/21/2021 9:57:36 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: TheConservativeParty

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::Voila is a contraction of “vois (look/see) and “la” (this/that) , meaning “see there!” (or see that).::
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Did not know that. Thanks


1,351 posted on 08/21/2021 3:31:39 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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