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From: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic.brenta@insalien.org>
Subject: Re: Avec son chapeau =?utf-8?b?w6A=?= la con (Was: Hi,
 I'm new to ADA)
Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2003 23:12:05 +0100
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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.