Faux Pas de Deux--M. Chirac, ne messez pas avec le Texas.

Wall Street Journal ^ | March 21, 2003

[RayChuang88]

Le president de France, Jacques Chirac, has appeared sur "les 60 Minutes" to expliquer au peuple de l'Amérique que France remains our cher ami et allié. Nous believe him. Encore, nous would like to expliquer l'Amérique in une langue that le Frenchman can comprendre.

Nous acceptons that le French détestent la guerre. Nous des Américains détestons la guerre aussi. Mais nous also detestons Saddam Hussein. Comme John Wayne put it in "Le Jour Plus Long"--l'excellent film au sujet de la libération de la Normandie--"You can't give the enemy a break. Send him to hell." Maybe quelque chose gets lost in la traduction, but certainement vous get le point.

[RayChuang88]

This wickedly funny editorial sums up everything wrong about France in the war on terror and our decision to end the terror reign of Saddam Hussein. The use of Warner Brothers cartoon-style broken French was nothing short of MasterCard moment priceless.

[holymoly]

I'm sure it's hilarious - if you read Frog.

[KineticKitty]

Can't read french either...

[TEXASPROUD]

Thanks for showing us how to say "Don't Mess With Texas" in French.

[truthkeeper]

It was worth taking two years of French just to be able to enjoy this one. BTTT!

[EternalHope]

isthay asway eallyray oodgay.

(Means, "This was really good," for any Frog readers whose childhood education was whoafully lacking in pig latin, a more widely used and understood language than French.)

[KineticKitty]

lol, I'll take your word for it then. ;-)

[Lil'freeper]

Mais toujours rememberez-vous: Nous Américains ne sommes pas comme cultivés as les Francais. Oui, nous did sauvé your bacon dans WWII, et we seem préparé--avec l'aide des Anglais et Tony Blair--to do so encore. But comme un peuple we Américains still préférons le cheeseburger au Boeuf bourguignon, le Coors aux Chablis, et le Hummer au Renault. Et we will never, never comprendrons pourquoi vous awarded la légion d'honneur à Jerry Lewis.

Very clever! There's enough English thrown in to make it decipherable. 'We will never, never understand why you awarded the legion of honor to Jerry Lewis'?? bwahahaa

[Aria]

You only need to know a few French words to get through that.

[truthkeeper]

LOL. I know...I only remember a few.

[Snickersnee]

C'est bon! Dammned bon!

[afraidfortherepublic]

This is hilarious! It's been over 40 years since I had a French class, and I still understood every word and especially appreciate the 'stretched' construction! I've printed a copy for a friend who is still struggling with French classes. I know she'll enjoy it.

Ne messez pas avec Texas! ROTFLOL!

[pbear8]

Loved this and I didn't take French but found it easy to figure out.

[Between the Lines]

N'interférez pas le Texas.

[vishnu2]

French is just misspelled English.

[Maeve]

This is most funny. I wish the French could read it and appreciate just how much they are being slammed.

[B-Chan]

Et smoochez-vous plus vite mon derriére Américaine hirsute, tu batard Saddam.

[Maeve]

Et we will never, never comprendrons pourquoi vous awarded la légion d'honneur à Jerry Lewis.Vraiment!

[Maeve]

"smoochez-vous" -- tres bien, B-Chan!

[Domestic Church]

ROFLOL! Just needed Pepe le peeyou dancing around with a chanel bottle.