• Enkrod@feddit.orgEnglish
    41·
    3 months ago

    Waddaya mean not well known? For me it’s in like… the top twenty of french expressions.

    • adr1an@programming.devEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      I wonder if I know any other expression than: oh lala… something! Yet, you know so many expressions that you can easily recall your own “top 20”. Perhaps you do speak French?.. Or I’m just a blatant ignorant xD

      • Enkrod@feddit.orgEnglish
        7·
        3 months ago
        • Deja-vu
        • a la carte
        • a la mode
        • Comme ci comme ca
        • Au contraire
        • C’est la vie
        • Coup d’etat
        • creme de la creme
        • entendre
        • je ne sais quoi
        • raison d’etre
        • folie a deux
        • respondez s’il-vous plait (RSVP)
        • vis-a-vis
        • excusez moi
        • coup de grace
        • c’est ne pas un pipe
        • bon appetit
        • faux pas
        • rendezvous
        • piece de resistance

        Edit: I don’t really speak french, don’t even think I’ve spelled most of these correctly and I have no idea where the accents go. I think I mostly use the above expressions, since they’re occuring in German as well as in English.

    • Beacon@fedia.io
      16·
      3 months ago

      While that may be true, I think it’s a very safe guess that a significant majority of english speakers have never heard of it

      • Enkrod@feddit.orgEnglish
        21·
        3 months ago

        Given the desolate state of the US educational system… mhhm, true.

        Well given the popularity of the Joker that’ll likely change.