French Langblr and Ear

Also known as jammpacked and LizzieMack

[vangoghs-other-ear]

No solicitation!

If you message me or send me an ask asking for money or donations you will be blocked and reported as spam- no exceptions.

[vingtcoeurs]

bilingual writing problems: i keep spelling "comfortable" as "confortable"

[vangoghs-other-ear]

gourdin (n.m.): club, big stick

tisonnier (n.m.): poker (for a fireplace)

breloque (n. f.): charm (the type you would wear on a bracelet)

balèze (a): tough, badass

tâter: to feel out

[vangoghs-other-ear]

tignasse (n. f.): shock of hair, lots of hair (wild and/or messy)

chelou (a): weird

nickel (a): spotless, perfect

zieuter: to have a good look at, to eyeball

dans la mouise: in a pickle, in a bind, up a creek without a paddle, to have big problems/be in trouble

[vangoghs-other-ear]

rack in english can be slang for boobs, yes? well in french it's slang for teeth. multiculturalism at its finest

[soulindisarray]

Original handwritten lyrics, Psycho Killer by Talking Heads, c.1975.

[duchessvongooseberg]

david byrne tryna figure out how the fuck u spell "qu'est-ce que c'est":

[sock-ness-monster]

EVERYBODY SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY MANS

[nobrashfestivity]

Vincent Van Gogh, Chestnut Tree in Bloom, 1887, oil on canvas

[ice-ice-lizzie]

when you're watching the euro french broadcast and the commentators say oh la la for every scoring chance =)

[kinuskikakku]

No one: 

Finnish: .. what if we make Jesus into a verb? And give it a specifically negative meaning? 

[saatanantonttu]

MITÄ

SIITÄKÖ SE TULEE????? elvistellä? tulee? ELVIKSESTÄ

[ruttotohtori]

Mistä sä aattelit sen tulevan?

[possessivesuffix]

muiluttaa ‘to kidnap and manhandle a politician’ is after a 1930s anticommunist Jussi Muilu

peeloilla ‘to make a fool of yourself online’ and peelo 'fool, n00b’ are after the username of superintendent Pekka Elo, who was being a little shit on IRC and the Usenet in the mid-90s

[jaimelagrenadine]

✌️Notre seule résolution de l'année : Ne pas en prendre !!!

🛍️ > jaimelagrenadineshop.com

[vangoghs-other-ear]

De la tête aux pieds (Dim kibò Poum Manyenw) translation

translators note: I really struggled with this one. At least some of the lyrics are in Haitian creole, which I do not speak, but I still wanted to include the parts that I could translate, because it's such a great song for where Ilya and Shane are at in episode 4 but um. this is in no way an accurate or complete translation.

[chorus] tell me where I can touch you baby tell me where I can touch you tell me where I can touch you baby tell me where I can touch you

From head to toe tell me where I can touch you From head to toe tell me where I can touch you

[verse one] From head to toe I swear you amaze me when you move baby you make me lose my mind From head to toe I caught your vibe when you walked in All the guys check you out and I don't care if it upsets me In this crowd you're the target I have a place reserved for you if you're alone, or if you're with someone I don't give a damn I'm bringing you Because I'm the one who saw you first

[chorus again]

[verse two] [translators note- really struggling with this one. The parts I could get were something about a party at the speakers house and the subject comes in towards the end & he says he'll greet her more affectionately next time but for now they have to be impersonal. mentions of drugs and I think drinking?? if I'm hearing the right word? honestly help I've listened to this at .5 speed more times than anyone should. music should not be slowed down like that.]

[chorus again]

[verse three] [translators note- ok. I got nothing here. Is this verse in haitain creole or am I just suddenly really bad at understanding french. what's happening.]

[chorus + outro]

[unhonestlymirror]

[vangoghs-other-ear]

une journée parfaite translation

I had the map but not the mission the address was missing from the invitation I had the time but no where to go no where to go But today it's a perfect day so perfect you brought back meaning to my existence

to my existence But today it's a perfect day so perfect you brought back meaning to my existence

to my existence

to my existence

[reddit-eco-plus]

lien

[vangoghs-other-ear]

chelsea mon amour translation

Chelsea my love You call me in the night and when the day comes again I show up in Paris switching from play to work* My heart falls back to sleep

Chelsea my love Polaroids on the carpet backlit negatives** of buildings and taxis a dream in a hotel called Marcel*** a piece of heaven in my bed Chelsea my love I walk and you run I sleep and you dream we love each other in turn Chelsea my love stay in the shadow of the sycamore trees until I come back under the Manhattan skies under the iron stairs, there we can rewrite our story back to front

*the literal translation of this line is 'a stone that rolls from the cicada to the ant' referencing both the idiom 'pierre qui roule n'amasse pas mousse' (a rolling stone gathers no moss) and the la fountaine fable 'la cigale et la fourmi' which tells the story of a cicada who sings all summer and has no food for the winter and an ant who works all summer to prepare for the winter. **the line in french is 'clichés countre-jours' cliché can mean photo negatives but it can also mean the same as it does in english

***could mean the hotel marcel in new haven connecticut

[homunculus-argument]

"My first language has a perfect saying for this, but it doesn't make sense in english :("

Say it anyway! You don't owe them perfect clarity. Be profoundly cryptic, speak in riddles, make them ponder what the fuck you meant by that. The anglos, like porridge, must sometimes be stirred, so they don't burn stuck on the bottom of the pot.

[varahai]

Ihmisiä pitää hämmentää, muuten ne palavat pohjaan

[homunculus-argument]

@elfspectations close, but no cigar! It's my favourite expression, which in finnish is a cooking pun. The word "stir", as in stirring a soup/porridge/etc is also the word for "confuse", and "to burn to the bottom of the pan" is also used for a person experiencing burnout.

So "people must be stirred, or they'll burn to the bottom of the pot" can also be understood as "one must confuse people sometimes, so that they won't burn out (in life)."

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