tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11014765.post115941999445769745..comments2023-11-23T00:52:47.615+05:00Comments on maarmie's musings : I'm still alivemaarmiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07208449053550101175noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11014765.post-1159558854970399452006-09-30T00:40:00.000+05:002006-09-30T00:40:00.000+05:00Yep, that's it! I never understood it either, real...Yep, that's it! I never understood it either, really, to be honest, but there you have it: to say "merde" to someone ahead of an important "épreuve" is far more boosting a form of encouragement than a simple, constipated, "bonne chance". (I'm talking of popular registers here: can't imagine Jacques saying it to Bernadette. Although ...) And compared with other, more quantitatively- and qualitatively-explicit expressions, a single "merde" can even count as being relatively restrained ...ceci n'est pas mon nomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02403860432408142049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11014765.post-1159554416360007182006-09-29T23:26:00.000+05:002006-09-29T23:26:00.000+05:00And shit for your test? Am I translating it correc...And shit for your test? Am I translating it correctly?<BR/><BR/>Why....um, thank you?maarmiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07208449053550101175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11014765.post-1159553684943537262006-09-29T23:14:00.000+05:002006-09-29T23:14:00.000+05:00"Et merde pour ton test!" as they say (rather oddl..."Et merde pour ton test!" as they say (rather oddly, I grant you)here in France.ceci n'est pas mon nomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02403860432408142049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11014765.post-1159500570964026482006-09-29T08:29:00.000+05:002006-09-29T08:29:00.000+05:00Knock 'em dead!Knock 'em dead!Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15810886336623723914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11014765.post-1159479409186878862006-09-29T02:36:00.000+05:002006-09-29T02:36:00.000+05:00You do put pressure on yourself, don't you?!?! Fro...You do put pressure on yourself, don't you?!?! <BR/><BR/>From reading your blog posts and learning how smart and clever you are, I have a lot of confidence in your ability to get into law school.<BR/><BR/>I wonder if I have more confidence in your ability than you do?Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08273873865160002759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11014765.post-1159473578778358722006-09-29T00:59:00.000+05:002006-09-29T00:59:00.000+05:00Oh, and thanks for the link! ;)Oh, and thanks for the link! ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11014765.post-1159473533816721422006-09-29T00:58:00.000+05:002006-09-29T00:58:00.000+05:00Luck!Luck!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11014765.post-1159427920905069142006-09-28T12:18:00.000+05:002006-09-28T12:18:00.000+05:00GOOD LUCK! Or conversely, BREAK A LEG! I am rootin...GOOD LUCK! Or conversely, BREAK A LEG! I am rooting for you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com