Word Association

[NOS2006]

(never heard of it) sounds.. kinky

[Satty]

NOS' mom

[ocnblu]

ewe

[trinacriabob]

ewe

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tampon for an elephant

[DetroitNut90]

something big

[NOS2006]

Satty's mom

[ocnblu]

Amanda Hugginkiss

[thegriffon]

Moe

[ocnblu]

uh, Larry?

[Paolino]

friend

[Guest YellowJacket894]

Camaro...

(It does mean friend in French...)

[Paolino]

Camaro...

(It does mean friend in French...)

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Friend in French is "ami", and companion (sometimes used in Romance Languages as "friend") is "compagnon"

I've never heard of Camaro as friend?

Anyway, my word is:

Chevy

[Guest YellowJacket894]

Friend in French is "ami", and companion (sometimes used in Romance Languages as "friend") is "compagnon"

I've never heard of Camaro as friend?

I've been lied to. I've read that in countless books. Such as...

From The Great Book of American Automobiles, (author unknown), edited by Andrew Montgomery (p. 279):

"...Chevy publicists said Camaro translated from French as 'comrade' or 'pal'..."

Well, on second thought, it's not the same thing but close. And, of course, you're talking to a guy who hasn't learned that much French to start with.

Anyway, my word is:

Chevy

Bowtie...

Edited August 17, 2006 by YellowJacket894

[Paolino]

Bowtie...

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Well, it’s completely possible--I’m not fluent in French, so there may be another word I don’t know.

As for my word:

Necktie

[ocnblu]

bolo (sp?)

[trinacriabob]

hee haw

[Paolino]

variety

[trinacriabob]

spice

(of life)

[Guest YellowJacket894]

Well, it’s completely possible--I’m not fluent in French, so there may be another word I don’t know.

Well, the matter has been settled.

spice

(of life)

Mice...

[Paolino]

Men

[thegriffon]

hot

[Guest YellowJacket894]

Smokin'...

[thegriffon]

Friend in French is "ami", and companion (sometimes used in Romance Languages as "friend") is "compagnon"

I've never heard of Camaro as friend?

Anyway, my word is:

Chevy

181229[/snapback]

It's used in France, but is not Standard French. It's probably as I've said before, from one of the Gallo-Iberian languages of south and western France, probably Provencale, as the form has an Iberian flavor similar to Portuguese, Castillan (standard Spanish) and Catalan. An exhaustive search finds no reference in any standard French dictionary.

[Guest YellowJacket894]

It's used in France, but is not Standard French. It's probably as I've said before, from one of the Gallo-Iberian languages of south and western France, probably Provencale, as the form has an Iberian flavor similar to Portuguese, Castillan (standard Spanish) and Catalan. An exhaustive search finds no reference in any standard French dictionary.

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Ssshhhhh! I've already settled it!

Anyway...

Marlboro...

[DetroitNut90]

cigarette

[Paolino]

cancerstick

[thegriffon]

Randy Stonehill

"Lung cancer, emphysema, cardiac arrest

She'll probably have a stroke when she sees

The ash-tray of her chest…"

Edited August 17, 2006 by thegriffon

[trinacriabob]

It's used in France, but is not Standard French.

An exhaustive search finds no reference in any standard French dictionary.

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Bingo. I have never seen that in French.

As I have said before, it is also a place. It is a suburb of the city of Messina in Southern Italy, on it southern end, as you exit the toll road there. I wish I had taken a picture.

Also, can someone actually dig up any documentation on how Chevrolet first named this car? With such a cult following, one would think this would have been publicized.

[trinacriabob]

Randy Stonehill

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stoner dude

[thegriffon]

Bingo.  I have never seen that in French.

As I have said before, it is also a place.  It is a suburb of the city of Messina in Southern Italy, on it southern end, as you exit the toll road there.  I wish I had taken a picture. 

Also, can someone actually dig up any documentation on how Chevrolet first named this car?  With such a cult following, one would think this would have been publicized.

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Chevy took it from an old French-English dictionary. Have found a Provencale-FRench dictionary, but haven't been able to get the correct page to load (somewhere about page 460)

http://gallica.bnf.fr:92/Visualiseur?O=NUM...85&M=imageseule

Edited August 17, 2006 by thegriffon

[ocnblu]

big ol' juicy sausage

[trinacriabob]

speculation

(Ocn's, that is)

[DetroitNut90]

spectacles

[trinacriabob]

Benjamin Franklin

[76ChevyTrucker]

Hundred

[ocnblu]

dollah beel

[thegriffon]

greenback

[bobo]

peso

[trinacriabob]

Grande Huevos.

181725[/snapback]

Grand Le Mans

(that's not a Grand version, though)

WMJ - LOVE that signature

[ocnblu]

Grand Ville

[76ChevyTrucker]

DeVille

[Paolino]

Cadillac

[trinacriabob]

pretentious

[ocnblu]

Regal

[Paolino]

Beagle

[FAPTurbo]

Snoopy

[ocnblu]

Tripper

(R.I.P. John Ritter)

[trinacriabob]

Mr. Roper

[bobo]

Don Knotts

[trinacriabob]

nerd