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Jamais entendu ça de mes trente ans au Québec
It does sound a little off. "M'a t'en crisser une", "M'a t'en calisser une", and "M'a t'en sacrer une" all sound fine. I'd use "tabarnak" to finish the sentence: "M'a t'en crisser une tabarnak!"
First time seeing my province on HN. Swearing in Québec feels like an extension of your body and even the most well spoken people give in to the treat that are our swear words. I'm always reminded of this quote from the Matrix trilogy (although relating to French from France). Merovingian: Yes, of course, who has time? Who has time? But then if we do not ever take time, how can we ever have time? Chiteau Haut-Brion 1…
First time seeing my province on HN. Swearing in Québec feels like an extension of your body and even the most well spoken people give in to the treat that are our swear words. I'm always reminded of this quote from the Matrix trilogy (although relating to French from France). Merovingian: Yes, of course, who has time? Who has time? But then if we do not ever take time, how can we ever have time? Chiteau Haut-Brion 1…
And, if I'm translating (or transliterating) correctly, it's something like:
In the Name of God, just look at
these motherfucking shitty slutty
brothel whore assholes.
0. nom de dieu = name of god
1. putain = whore
2. bordel = brothel
3. merde = shit
4. saloperies = sluts
5. connards = assholes
6. enculé = motherfucker
7. ta mire = one's sight
First time seeing my province on HN. Swearing in Québec feels like an extension of your body and even the most well spoken people give in to the treat that are our swear words. I'm always reminded of this quote from the Matrix trilogy (although relating to French from France). Merovingian: Yes, of course, who has time? Who has time? But then if we do not ever take time, how can we ever have time? Chiteau Haut-Brion 1…
So, this is the first time I've had a chance to translate what he was saying for that line, and I could only ever make out fragments of what I thought I understood. And, if I'm translating (or transliterating) correctly, it's something like: In the Name of God, just look at these motherfucking shitty slutty brothel whore assholes. 0. nom de dieu = name of god 1. putain = whore 2. bordel = brothel 3. merde = shit 4. s…
First time seeing my province on HN. Swearing in Québec feels like an extension of your body and even the most well spoken people give in to the treat that are our swear words. I'm always reminded of this quote from the Matrix trilogy (although relating to French from France). Merovingian: Yes, of course, who has time? Who has time? But then if we do not ever take time, how can we ever have time? Chiteau Haut-Brion 1…
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So, this is the first time I've had a chance to translate what he was saying for that line, and I could only ever make out fragments of what I thought I understood. And, if I'm translating (or transliterating) correctly, it's something like: In the Name of God, just look at these motherfucking shitty slutty brothel whore assholes. 0. nom de dieu = name of god 1. putain = whore 2. bordel = brothel 3. merde = shit 4. s…
Osti que tu l'as pas l'affaire. On s'en sac' de squi veulent dire les mots, l'important c'est d'avoir l'air en criss :)
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Even if it doesn't sound natural we like it when you try (especially the swear words) :)
I am an anglo who speaks french (like an anglo) and don't think I have amused my Quebecois friends more than when I used 'tabernouche' in a conversation. It's a bit of a pro-tip for anglos - you can sound a bit crass going full-on tabernak calise etc., but droping the 'tabernouche' with anglo accent wins every time.
This makes sense to me. A summer job I once had featured a very clever Polish émigré who was still basically learning English. At one point, he was furiously angry (after having dropped a heavy and expensive yet eminently breakable object on his foot) and shouted "GULL DANGIT" in the manner of actually swearing.