Comments on: Suspiciously familiar...

Suspiciously familiar...

BungaDunga — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 19:41:06 -0800

Y est-ce deux dés? (not exactly what it says on the tin)

And his other published work, Ouvert Sereine Beau, an extract from a longer epic poem, "Louise de Fos", describing how Saint Louise introduced tea drinking to France, in the style of Mots d'Heures: Gousses, Rames. Some commentary and helpful translations on the latter.

By: Lipstick Thespian

Lipstick Thespian — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 20:11:17 -0800

NO.

By: zamboni

zamboni — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 20:17:20 -0800

MML: Deliberate mondegreening, or homophonic translation. See also: soramimi, and the works of Afferbeck Lauder.

By: Doroteo Arango II

Doroteo Arango II — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 20:18:10 -0800

YES.

By: slater

slater — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 20:23:38 -0800

WEE.

By: weapons-grade pandemonium

weapons-grade pandemonium — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 20:33:57 -0800

The swill gnaw ten dwell.

By: Potomac Avenue

Potomac Avenue — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 20:46:40 -0800

Eye lolled.

By: droplet

droplet — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 21:08:32 -0800

C'est un truc mignon!

By: Smart Dalek

Smart Dalek — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 21:17:14 -0800

Quatre Ans de Plus.

By: Greg_Ace

Greg_Ace — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 22:33:31 -0800

All I can say is, "M'ont de grin"...

By: RogerB

RogerB — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 22:41:07 -0800

Men in Aida

By: Bartonius

Bartonius — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 22:42:36 -0800

Maine. Oh!

By: maudlin

maudlin — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 22:49:38 -0800

Linguistically, it takes the pièce out of some beat combo that only your mother should know.

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 22:57:17 -0800

Sit as H wets.

By: koeselitz

koeselitz — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:18:10 -0800

Okay, so some person whose French is better than mine needs to translate the crazy French words in this. Please?

By: nonmerci

nonmerci — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:31:50 -0800

koeselitz, try wordreference.com.

By: lollusc

lollusc — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:31:59 -0800

Wow, as someone with a reasonable French ability, I find I can't hear the English in it at all if I'm following along with the subtitles. If I close my eyes and just listen, then it's perfectly obvious English. If I'm watching, then it's (semantically seriously weird) French. If I have seen the subtitle for a certain line, and then pause it and try to "replay" the sound in my head to figure out what the English was, I still find it really hard, and can only manage by remembering the actual Yesterday lyrics.

By: misteraitch

misteraitch — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 02:24:46 -0800

Un singe de beauté est un jouet pour l’hiver.

By: Wolof

Wolof — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 03:44:12 -0800

This is important work that needs to be shared! with other idiots

By: Kattullus

Kattullus — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 04:39:54 -0800

This is brilliant! I just returned from France, so I was used to the sounds of French so this did a real number on my head. Also, I couldn't figure out what Beatles song "Chaleur Sue" was supposed to be. Anyone know?

By: Kattullus

Kattullus — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 04:40:34 -0800

Oh wait, it's gotta be "She Loves You."

By: BWA

BWA — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 05:15:41 -0800

More commentary on Samovar Ouvert

By: Flashman

Flashman — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 05:50:28 -0800

Ah! Cede! Son cygne grogne. Ah! Surrender! His swan is unhappy.

By: ultraviolet catastrophe

ultraviolet catastrophe — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 07:24:45 -0800

Un petit d'un petit s'étonne aux halles . . .

By: jph

jph — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 08:02:34 -0800

Y est-ce deux dés? L'oeuf, oiseaux seches, Élysée, j'aime te plaît...