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For a bookmark-friendly version of this page, click here. Then bookmark this page. Wacky TranslationsThese are very cool. They came to me in an email years ago. I no longer remember who sent them.
The following are some of the winners in a New York magazine contest, in which the rules were: take ANY well-known phrase in ANY foreign language, change JUST ONE SINGLE LETTER, and then provide a definition for the new expression. HARLEZ-VOUS FRANCAIS?
IDIOS AMIGOS.
COGITO, EGGO SUM.
RIGOR MORRIS.
RESPONDEZ S’IL VOUS PLAID.
QUE SERA SERF.
LE ROI EST MORT, JIVE LE ROI.
POSH MORTEM.
VENI, VIPI, VICI.
PRO BOZO PUBLICO.
MONAGE A TROIS.
FELIX NAVIDAD.
HASTE CUISINE.
VENI, VIDI, VICE.
QUIP PRO QUO.
ALOHA OY.
MAZEL TON.
APRES MOE LE DELUGE. PORT-KOCHERE.
Please note: This material was forwarded to me with no attribution to the actual author. If you know who created this list, please let me know so I can attribute it properly. Thanks. “Fun Stuff” home page. Handouts and articles for educators, counselors, parents and the general public. For a bookmark-friendly version of this page, click here. Then bookmark this page. © 2008, Jane Bluestein, Ph.D., Instructional Support Services, Inc. Last updated on February 19, 2007 4:58 PM. |
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