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Lost in Translation Fifty Five

May 30, 2010
13:56 PM

I have stolen this directly from David Crystal’s blog.

(See Left)

He in turn got it from a US correspondent.

It is the list of winners in a recent New York Magazine contest in which you had to take a well-known expression in a foreign language, change a single letter, and provide a definition for the new expression.

Here is my selection of his selection.

HARLEZ-VOUS FRANCAIS
Can you drive a French motorcycle?

VENI, VIPI, VICI
I came, I’m a very important person, I conquered

RESPONDEZ S’IL VOUS PLAID
Honk if you’re Scottish

LE ROI EST MORT. JIVE LE ROI
The king is dead. No kidding.

PRO BOZO PUBLICO
Support your local clown

FELIX NAVIDAD
Our cat has a boat

HASTE CUISINE
Fast French food

E PLURIBUS ANUM
Out of any group, there’s always one asshole

Now I am going to rack my brains trying to think of one.

Any Takers…….?

Comments

  1. aonghus

    on May 30, 2010

    Craveat Emptor – Beware of Foppish Men

  2. Peter

    on May 31, 2010

    Bun appetit
    Let them eat cake.
    Song-froid
    “Walking in a Winter Wonderland”
    Tripe a la mode de Cain
    I don’t believe everything in Genesis
    Cherchez la ferme
    There’s too much land-rezoning.
    De rustibus non est disputandum
    We need to invest in public transport
    J’ackuse
    I am changing a wheel
    Apres mai le deluge
    An Irish summer
    Introibo ad altare deb
    I’ll try it on with some other society gal.

  3. Jill

    on May 31, 2010

    Chateau eneuf du pape
    The pope has enough real-estate

  4. brian and beth

    on May 31, 2010

    Et tu Brule
    Never refuse dessert in March

  5. Betty

    on May 31, 2010

    Dad Nauseum
    Grumpy Old Man

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