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[–] corvi@lemm.ee 59 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Gonna go on Countdown with the line “Dictionaries aren’t rule books, they’re record books” and fight Susie Dent.

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 12 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Académie Française: <<Ahem -- pardon et moi?>>

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

You mean <<pardonnez moi?>>

"pardon et moi" means "pardon and me". "pardonnez moi" means "pardon me" (in a polite / respectful tense).

[–] vorpuni@jlai.lu 4 points 10 months ago

It still works, it can mean: sorry but how do I exist if it isn't a rulebook?

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 3 points 10 months ago

LOL you got me -- I flunked French . (Please don't tell le Académie!) 😄

[–] SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] kureta@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

"Je suis overbooké"

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 2 points 10 months ago
[–] Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 10 months ago

Delightfully failing to be either but with a huge sense of superiority and disdain for the youth and migrants.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Try it, she'll fuck you up with a bike chain (her weapon of choice in pub fights)