Hilariousness from Christian Lander’s “Whiter Shades of Pale”.
This site was reccommended on About.com for learning “how to speak Franglais like a true Montrealer”. Rather than question why there needs to be a guide for Franglais, I wondered if About.com even checked the site out beforehand?? This is why I stopped using About at around the same time I found it, thanks. Anyways, it is very hilarious (ie: don’t go around speaking like this).
Examples:
English: Where am I?
French: Je pense mos pieds est dans un province en l’Canada mais everything tells me je chez ici dans un society distinct un nation spécial un ilse d’francais dans un continent English steamroller turbulent something-might-have-been-guaranteed-constitutionally personnes de striving preserve l’culture franclaphone independent but you guys elected Mulroney super structure roll the dice. Oui n’est pas?English: Your name is Tanya. Can I buy you a drink?
French: Zut. Nos nom-de-guerre est Tanya-Pierre? C’est un belle nom je pense maybe, whatever. You’re shaking already. I sense nos grande mal deteste moi anglophone de struggling avec la langage francais art-of-the-seduction mais let me prendez buy you vos un boit de juice ‘appy et throw in duex packs de smokes Lucky Strike n’est pas while were at it. Will you talk to me?English: I would like a non smoking room.
French: Peut-être c’est possible de reservez un salle de vie facile ‘otel de pas fumez et pas d’occasion past la patients cancer bone terminal est used c’est room de Kevorkian final exit?
Why You Should Never Try to Steal a Law Student's Laptop - Switched
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A thief learned the mistake of trying to steal a law student’s laptop last week after after becoming a punching bag for an Arizona State student he tried to rip off. Armed with a baseball bat, the intruder, Gabriel Saucedo, allegedly climbed through an open window into Alex Botsios’ apartment, waking the student and threatening to smash his head in.
Botsios was willing to let Saucedo take his wallet and guitars. Then the robber made the mistake that ultimately landed him in the hospital — he went for the laptop. According to Botsios, he said “Dude, no — please, no! I have all my case notes…that’s four months of work!” Saucedo, obviously underestimating the fury of an overstressed, overworked first-year, was unsympathetic. That’s when Botsios could take no more.
Wrestling Saucdeo to the floor, Botsios separated the bat from the thief and repeatedly punched him in the face. When it was all over, police had to get Saucedo stitched up before charging him with armed robbery and kidnapping, while Botsios only suffered some scrapes and a bruised knuckle. Most importantly, at least to the student, is that his laptop, which he called “his baby,” escaped unharmed.
Pandora makes my whiteboy indie rock proclivities sound like something I’ve given a lot of thought to. Which I love. Because I haven’t.