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Forum: France

Feb 22nd 2010, 7:32 pm

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Read Me: Useful French Phrases

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Posted By geoff3

Re: Useful French Phrases

extract from Wiki...
Dans le Sud de la France, en particulier à Toulouse où il se prononce cõ ͊ŋ, con ou son dérivé bouducon est utilisé de manière impersonnelle comme interjection. Il est utilisé...

Forum: France

Feb 22nd 2010, 1:34 pm

Replies: 355

Read Me: Useful French Phrases

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Posted By geoff3

Re: Useful French Phrases

Careful, "con" in the Longuedoc Rousillon serves as a "fin de phrase" or apostrophe and is not intended to be offensive to the person one is talking to.
Geoff

Forum: France

Feb 17th 2010, 4:16 pm

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Read Me: Useful French Phrases

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Posted By geoff3

Re: Useful French Phrases

a funny expression from down here (Perpignan) Je suis esponté.... means I am flabbergasted

geoff

Forum: France

Feb 17th 2010, 4:11 pm

Replies: 355

Read Me: Useful French Phrases

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Posted By geoff3

Re: Useful French Phrases

My grandad often used to say "san fairy ann" I'm gessing the spelling he never wrote it down.
I now know where the expression came from..... from the trenches in france He heard it so often from the...

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