From: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic.brenta@insalien.org>
Subject: Re: Avec son chapeau à la con (Was: Hi, I'm new to ADA)
Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2003 23:12:05 +0100
Date: 2003-02-08T23:12:05+01:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <pan.2003.02.08.23.12.05.720416.11460@insalien.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: lh31a.76030$F63.1560877@news.xtra.co.nz
On Sun, 09 Feb 2003 06:35:13 +0100, AG wrote:
> "sk" <sk@noname.com> wrote in message
> news:mailman.8.1044679703.8221.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org...
>> Hi,
>>
>> ang@xtra.co.nz
>> > "Avec son chapeau a la con"
>>
>> From Google, "With his hat the idiot has"
>>
>> "The idiot wears a hat" ?
>> "His hat is idiotic" ?
>
> As I said - I have yet to see a good
> translation. Google notwithstanding.
> I certainly don't know of one :)
>
>
>> Dying to know, please enlightten :-)
>
> Pass if what you need is translation. If you're looking for the source -
> do a search for Zazie + metro ... should be enough ...
"With his f**king hat" would do, I guess.
"a` la con" is a colloquial expression that qualifies
anything particularly ridiculous - in this case, Napoleon's hat.
(I am French).
--
Ludo.
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Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-02-07 16:31 Hi, I'm new to ADA Paul Gregory
2003-02-07 17:31 ` James S. Rogers
2003-02-07 17:40 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-02-09 0:59 ` AG
2003-02-08 4:52 ` sk
2003-02-09 5:35 ` AG
2003-02-08 22:12 ` Ludovic Brenta [this message]
2003-02-09 6:37 ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-02-07 18:11 ` Preben Randhol
2003-02-07 18:37 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-02-08 10:25 ` Preben Randhol
2003-02-09 1:06 ` AG
2003-02-08 15:42 ` James S. Rogers
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