Slog - Comments on Poster of the Week http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade Copyright 2008 Sat, 17 Feb 2007 11:08:44 -0800 Sun, 25 Feb 2007 12:36:26 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by StrangerDanger Translation:
I Hate Boys.
Well,
This is not true.
But I hate you.
That is a fact.

]]> StrangerDanger http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c636360 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c636360 Arts Sat, 17 Feb 2007 11:34:30 -0800 Comment by Nick "Ça cette une fact."

Oops! Is this some Joual/Montréal slang spelling? Because this actually doesn't make sense when you read it; only when you say it aloud.

]]> Nick http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c636366 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c636366 Arts Sat, 17 Feb 2007 11:38:41 -0800 Comment by Eric F Ca, c'est un fait, petit oiseau. Et je ne te deteste point.

]]> Eric F http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c636385 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c636385 Arts Sat, 17 Feb 2007 12:23:55 -0800 Comment by BWA C'est plus courant de dire "je te deteste," n'est-ce pas?

]]> BWA http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c636404 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c636404 Arts Sat, 17 Feb 2007 12:59:15 -0800 Comment by him French fries, french bread, french dressing. Oui oui!

]]> him http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c636410 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c636410 Arts Sat, 17 Feb 2007 13:07:34 -0800 Comment by maria brendan is this really a poster, or did some crazy woman you woke up with leave this note next to your trousers in the morning? you would be my king if that were the case.

]]> maria http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c636422 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c636422 Arts Sat, 17 Feb 2007 13:44:21 -0800 Comment by Le Oiseau Grand ce n'est pas vrai.
Je te deteste.
ca c'est un fait.

]]> Le Oiseau Grand http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c636456 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c636456 Arts Sat, 17 Feb 2007 14:32:37 -0800 Comment by L'Oiseau Grand ce n'est pas vrai.
Je te deteste.
ca c'est un fait.

]]> L'Oiseau Grand http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c636457 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c636457 Arts Sat, 17 Feb 2007 14:32:57 -0800 Comment by L'Oiseau Grand merde.

]]> L'Oiseau Grand http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c636458 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c636458 Arts Sat, 17 Feb 2007 14:34:00 -0800 Comment by Gloria Zut alors!

]]> Gloria http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c636466 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c636466 Arts Sat, 17 Feb 2007 14:50:39 -0800 Comment by A He's not your king. I saw this poster in the Seattle Weekly newstand opposite Taco Del Mar on Broadway.

]]> A http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c636492 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c636492 Arts Sat, 17 Feb 2007 15:52:07 -0800 Comment by treacle Awwwwww, CUTE! J'adore les françaises!

]]> treacle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c636513 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c636513 Arts Sat, 17 Feb 2007 17:05:42 -0800 Comment by dkstar Re: #8

The "c'est pas vrai" isn't correct (grammatically) but it is right for spoken French. Travel to any French country and you will hear that all the time. Almost no one puts the "ne" in front of the verb to make it negative.

But the "je deteste toi" is killing me. The person needs to take a french lesson.

Je deteste la personne qui est stupide ne savoir pas francais.

Bon soire tout le monde !

(and sorry for no accent marks on my french...)

]]> dkstar http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c636523 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c636523 Arts Sat, 17 Feb 2007 17:30:04 -0800 Comment by sam from Zagreb ta geule

]]> sam from Zagreb http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c636537 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c636537 Arts Sat, 17 Feb 2007 18:16:08 -0800 Comment by little bird the grammatical errors were intentional, i promise.
FACT!

]]> little bird http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c636566 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c636566 Arts Sat, 17 Feb 2007 19:07:43 -0800 Comment by dkstar My apologies little bird - if those errors were in fact intentional.

]]> dkstar http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c636659 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c636659 Arts Sat, 17 Feb 2007 20:31:03 -0800 Comment by Jean Claude Ferrand ah, ma chere petite -

Ce n'est pas votre francais qui m'interesse.

Please call, I am in the book.

]]> Jean Claude Ferrand http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c636896 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c636896 Arts Sat, 17 Feb 2007 23:00:58 -0800 Comment by Jean Paul #8

Fermez.

Votre francais n'est pas bon. Je suis Liegeois, nous parlons le bon francais.

"ne savoir pas parler francais"

]]> Jean Paul http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c636906 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c636906 Arts Sat, 17 Feb 2007 23:10:26 -0800 Comment by In Before The Lock Fwah Fois Fwaaaaa!

]]> In Before The Lock http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c637221 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c637221 Arts Sun, 18 Feb 2007 04:06:18 -0800 Comment by Jean Paul Lamont Bon matin a tous

Bon soir a tous

]]> Jean Paul Lamont http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c637514 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c637514 Arts Sun, 18 Feb 2007 07:03:55 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Reality check - c'est pas vrai is used by many, just as Fact is. Technically wrong, but it depends on where you live.

C'est mon annniversaire.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c638160 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c638160 Arts Sun, 18 Feb 2007 12:49:07 -0800 Comment by Jean Francois Dumont Will - felicitation

As we all know, the French are fanatics about syntax and cadence and pronunciation. If it is wrong, it is wrong.

Poor French is that. And vast numbers of the French people would never use poor French.

Slang, yes, and yes perfected insults from the streets to the drawing rooms.

But just sloppy, no.

The best French is spoken in Tours. And in Belgium in Liege.

Parisian French is taught in America, crisp, clean, lacking older elegance in verbs and adjectives.

I love the language and dream and think in it.

]]> Jean Francois Dumont http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c638192 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c638192 Arts Sun, 18 Feb 2007 13:35:35 -0800 Comment by little bird i didn't really intend my posters to spark passionate linguistic debates...

it's grammatically wrong, i knew it was wrong when i wrote it, and i have nothing more to say. because it's completely wrong in the right way. FACT!

so there.

]]> little bird http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c638216 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c638216 Arts Sun, 18 Feb 2007 14:20:21 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle @22 - who says I learned it in America?

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c638459 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c638459 Arts Sun, 18 Feb 2007 19:31:38 -0800 Comment by texan I'll stand up for little bird. Most French speakers I know do use slang, and no one but first-year French students say "Ce n'est pas whatever." It's wrong in the correct way - agreed.

]]> texan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c638495 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c638495 Arts Sun, 18 Feb 2007 20:11:17 -0800 Comment by bluh le barf.

]]> bluh http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c638529 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c638529 Arts Sun, 18 Feb 2007 20:42:13 -0800 Comment by Brendan Kiley I don't care what they say about your grammar, little bird—it's a lovely poster. A pretty little heartache, perfect for the post-Valentine's Day malaise. I love it.

]]> Brendan Kiley http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c638651 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c638651 Arts Sun, 18 Feb 2007 22:42:51 -0800 Comment by gb little bird -- your French sucks and you are completely full of shit. FACT!

]]> gb http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c638674 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c638674 Arts Sun, 18 Feb 2007 23:03:39 -0800 Comment by elisa mmmmmmm, sweet!
tweet tweet!

]]> elisa http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c643690 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c643690 Arts Tue, 20 Feb 2007 22:21:39 -0800 Comment by pjdtuy zrde slgvrq zjybplqi suwhnf cdrsfl ptxr mckes ueybki

]]> pjdtuy zrde http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c648786 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c648786 Arts Sun, 25 Feb 2007 12:35:01 -0800 Comment by pjdtuy zrde slgvrq zjybplqi suwhnf cdrsfl ptxr mckes ueybki

]]> pjdtuy zrde http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c648808 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c648808 Arts Sun, 25 Feb 2007 12:35:44 -0800 Comment by pjdtuy zrde slgvrq zjybplqi suwhnf cdrsfl ptxr mckes ueybki

]]> pjdtuy zrde http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c648827 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/poster_of_the_week_decade#c648827 Arts Sun, 25 Feb 2007 12:36:26 -0800