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[-] Kaput@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

In Québec we also use au milieu de nulle part. But abetter option is Saint-Glin-glin des meuh-meuh. Saint-ding-dong on the moo-moo.

[-] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago

In oldworld French, Trifouillis-les-oies is a favourite of mine (it's a fictional village name, meaning something like... Fiddledy-the-geese).
Saint-glin-glin is for a date, here.

[-] Kaput@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Donc, je te rend ton argent, à la Saint-glin-glin,

[-] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

Exactement! 😂

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 days ago

au milieu de nulle part

Hmm lemme guess.. To the place of no parts?

[-] MarieMarion@literature.cafe 3 points 6 days ago
[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 days ago

Oh well, for someone who only ever had one year's classes of a related language (Spanish) over 20 years ago (fuck, I'm so old lol), that's a pretty good non-assisted guess IMO 😁

[-] Kaput@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

No juat a direct translation no where. Nulle is none. And part well i dont know why but we use it as where.

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