Now please stop being so "Cold" to me.
-Tommy
On 1/15/11, Cold Water <coldwater000@gmail.com> wrote:
> Tommy thank you soooooooo much. I can now finally complete this project!!
>
>
>
> Hugs,
>
> CW
>
>
>
> From: politicalforum@googlegroups.com
> [mailto:politicalforum@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tommy News
> Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 10:27
> To: politicalforum@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: OT: Anyone here fluent in French?
>
>
>
> I gave it a shot, and I did not find it difficult at all, but I hope
> Keithie Keith will not call me a Socailist again simply because I
> studied French. I chose French because it is a beautiful language and
> an eloquent culture. J'aime mieux des pommes frites, mais pas des
> "freedom fries"! Le truaduiser, c'est finis. Voila.
>
> Melancholy
>
> -by Leo Ferre
>
> Melancholy is a dead end street, that nothing it can say,
> It's ten years of mush in a memory
> this is what we want without having to choose
> Melancholy is a lost cat one believes one has found
> It's a big dog in the world we know
> It's the name of a street where you will never go
> Melancholy, it is only found in Opera Square
> When the cop yells orders and he does not know
> Whether you throw up (puke) on the way back home
> It's relaxing, turn on the television,
> Look distracted with a Zitrone juice (a citrus drink brand)
> Speak in the third person to one who does not play (respond), melancholy
>
> Melancholy is seeing a beggar in the tax bureau,
> It Is seeing two lovers who read the newspaper
> It Is to see one's mother every time one gets hurt
> Melancholy is watching (Greta) Garbo in Queen Christina again
> It's goodbye Charlie in the age of Chaplin
>
>
>
> Leo Ferre - La Mélancolie
>
>
>
> La mélancolie, c'est une rue barrée, c'est c'qu'on peut pas dire
> C'est dix ans d'purée dans un souvenir
> C'est ce qu'on voudrait sans devoir choisir
> La mélancolie, c'est un chat perdu qu'on croit retrouvé
> C'est un chien de plus dans le monde qu'on sait
> C'est un nom de rue où l'on va jamais
> La mélancolie, c'est se r'trouver seul place de l'Opéra
> Quand le flic t'engueule et qu'il ne sait pas
> Que tu le dégueules en rentrant chez toi
> C'est décontracté, ouvrir la télé
> Et r'garder distrait un Zitrone pressé
> T'parler du tiercé que tu n'a pas joué, la mélancolie
>
> La mélancolie, c'est voir un mendiant chez l'conseil fiscal
> C'est voir deux amants qui lisent le journal
> C'est voir sa maman chaque fois qu'on s'voit mal
> La mélancolie, c'est revoir Garbo dans la reine Christine
> C'est revoir Charlot à l'âge de Chaplin
>
>
>
> On 1/15/11, Cold Water <coldwater000@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Do you want to give it a shot Tommy? I have been advised that the reason
>> machine translations can't cope is because: "It's Quebecois French, not
>> International French."
>>
>>
>>
>> Leo Ferre - La Mélancolie
>>
>>
>>
>> La mélancolie, c'est une rue barrée, c'est c'qu'on peut pas dire
>> C'est dix ans d'purée dans un souvenir
>> C'est ce qu'on voudrait sans devoir choisir
>> La mélancolie, c'est un chat perdu qu'on croit retrouvé
>> C'est un chien de plus dans le monde qu'on sait
>> C'est un nom de rue où l'on va jamais
>> La mélancolie, c'est se r'trouver seul place de l'Opéra
>> Quand le flic t'engueule et qu'il ne sait pas
>> Que tu le dégueules en rentrant chez toi
>> C'est décontracté, ouvrir la télé
>> Et r'garder distrait un Zitrone pressé
>> T'parler du tiercé que tu n'a pas joué, la mélancolie
>>
>> La mélancolie, c'est voir un mendiant chez l'conseil fiscal
>> C'est voir deux amants qui lisent le journal
>> C'est voir sa maman chaque fois qu'on s'voit mal
>> La mélancolie, c'est revoir Garbo dans la reine Christine
>> C'est revoir Charlot à l'âge de Chaplin
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> From: politicalforum@googlegroups.com
>> [mailto:politicalforum@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tommy News
>> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 08:48
>> To: politicalforum@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Re: OT: Anyone here fluent in French?
>>
>>
>>
>> Je parle Francais.
>>
>> In French song, the pronunciation is quite different from the spoken word.
>> For example, the word Chose (Thing) is pronounced shows but it is sung
>> "show-zuh"
>>
>> On 1/14/11, Cold Water <coldwater000@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Do you know anyone, with an artistic disposition, who's fluent in both
>>> French and English?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm working on producing English subs for a French film, and there's a
>>> sequence that's driving me crazy. It's a portion of a French song from
> the
>>> 60's... the writer was kind of legend poet figure of the time. The
> machine
>>> translation services just can't cope at all with his level of language
>>> usage.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> If you can help please contact me at:
>>> <mailto:jill.jilliancollins@gmail.com> jill.jilliancollins@gmail.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> CW
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>> Tommy
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