tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post1445327045559736645..comments2024-03-12T22:31:46.500-04:00Comments on What Would Phoebe Do?: Silly French word of the dayPhoebe Maltz Bovyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-76107786505193145862009-05-18T03:33:00.000-04:002009-05-18T03:33:00.000-04:00Found a Frenchman. He's in Yeshiva in Jerusalem in...Found a Frenchman. He's in Yeshiva in Jerusalem in the process of converting to Judaism (!!). Used the term in conversation. We laughed and laughed! Good times, good times.ckhttp://www.jewlicious.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-43037645937769498352009-05-17T05:08:00.000-04:002009-05-17T05:08:00.000-04:00Sigh... I miss Phoebe!
Brilliant and great to kno...Sigh... I miss Phoebe! <br />Brilliant and great to know. I will use that term today as soon as I come across a French person...ckhttp://www.jewlicious.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-73563509948186951242009-05-15T16:20:00.000-04:002009-05-15T16:20:00.000-04:00That is a relief. I remember when he beat Jospin i...That is a relief. I remember when he beat Jospin in the runoff, the Paris-Match cover picture of a voter wearing rubber gloves to cast his ballot for Chirac, etc. That was the same time that Vlaams Blok was making a charge in Belgium.<br /><br />When I was researching a boardgame about the interwar period last year, I read a lot about French politics of the time. How terrifying it must have been to see one's republic in actual danger of overthrow from the streets, on multiple occasions no less!asgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-31902514786529471592009-05-15T15:32:00.000-04:002009-05-15T15:32:00.000-04:00"when" as in, at times when. He has done surprisin..."when" as in, at times when. He has done surprisingly well in elections, but I don't believe he's next in line for anything.Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-59368170077499844042009-05-15T13:43:00.000-04:002009-05-15T13:43:00.000-04:00You have a very scary "when" where I would have ex...You have a very scary "when" where I would have expected an "if"; has Le Pen won a national election, or is he favored to do so?asgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-52202941150871174302009-05-15T12:03:00.000-04:002009-05-15T12:03:00.000-04:00Nothing funny about "Le Pen" - it's when it takes ...Nothing funny about "Le Pen" - it's when it takes on the "-isation" and the "e" becomes a "é" that things get interesting.Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-8146839090013112742009-05-15T12:02:00.000-04:002009-05-15T12:02:00.000-04:00when reading Le Pen's name in the past, I assumed ...when reading Le Pen's name in the past, I assumed it was pronounced like "pen", not "peen"... is that not the case?<br /><br />Or is the french word pronounced like "pennis"?<br /><br />Oh, what do I know about pronouncing French words... I just don't pronounce the last few letters and hope that's close enoughJeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13097613583141006228noreply@blogger.com