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Oct. 5th, 2004 11:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ltmurnauI am about to consume a Quaker brand "Oatmeal To Go" mushy cereal bar.
But I notice that the French name for this comestible is "Gruau sur le pouce", which to me means "gruel on the thumb".
I suppose it's true, in a sense.
But I notice that the French name for this comestible is "Gruau sur le pouce", which to me means "gruel on the thumb".
I suppose it's true, in a sense.
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Date: 2004-10-05 12:26 pm (UTC)And if you're like me and you read it wrong, "cruel under the thumb" is even better and could like be the byline of some evil dictator or something!
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Date: 2004-10-05 11:12 pm (UTC)"Chatisfaction".
All I can see is little kittens lipsyncking the Stones.
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Date: 2004-10-05 11:25 pm (UTC)My daughter pointed out to me the other day that the 'recorder' instrument that she plays at school is, in French, a "beaked flute" ... and of course that's all we call it now. Sorta like my catipiller sweater (chenille to the rest of you).
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Date: 2004-10-05 11:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-07 07:51 pm (UTC)