French things

[cosmolinguist]

I got another postcard from Sarah Jean in France today. Mostly it consisted of two limericks.

A dreary young bank clerk named Fennis
Wished to foster an aura of meance
To make people afraid
He wore gloves of grey suede
And white footwear intended for tennis

and

There was a young sportsman named Peel
Who went for a trip on his wheel (bicycle)
He pedaled for days
Through crepuscular haze
And returned feeling rather surreal

Me: Man, my coffee is gone. It was good, too. French Vanilla.
ivana_duboise: Ooh, I've got coffee. I should make some.
Me: Whats the difference between French vanilla and other countries' vanilla anyway?
ivana_duboise: It says "ooh la la" when you press it.

The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" is used in typing tests and computer font samples because it uses every letter of the alphabet. The French sentence that accomplishes the same feat is "Allez porter ce vieux whisky au juge blonde qui fume un Havane," which translates to "Go and take this old whisky to the fair-haired judge smoking the Havana cigar."

Comments

[ivana-duboise.livejournal.com]

It's now my belief that anything "french" says "ooh la la." And to think, it all started with a french press!

sentence-ing

[g-nice.livejournal.com]

the french finally put forth something to be proud of.
(or, "of which to be proud" - pardon my french.)