# bon jour! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 29, 2000, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-jour/24080 "2000-06-29T21:43:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2000, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-jour/24080/1 "2000-06-29T21:43:27Z")
Okay, we’ve had our names done in Esperanto, now lets do themin french? Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2000, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-jour/24080/2 "2000-06-29T21:47:59Z")
Okay, do mine. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2000, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-jour/24080/3 "2000-06-29T21:51:35Z")
cher trois ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2000, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-jour/24080/4 "2000-06-29T21:58:21Z")
Merci, Vanille. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2000, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-jour/24080/5 "2000-06-29T22:01:47Z")
freak freely: phenomene libramante vestal blue: vestal bleu drain bead: videz le petit programme tracer; traceur goboy: vont le garcon ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2000, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-jour/24080/6 "2000-06-29T22:07:57Z")
pipefitter: assembleur de pipe flypsyde: cote de chiquenaude pepperlandgirl: fille de terre de poivre kellibelli: belli de kelli ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2000, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-jour/24080/7 "2000-06-29T22:13:54Z")
divemaster: maitre de pique techchick: poussin de technologie ---
**Author:** ![Vestal\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5e9695/32.png) [@Vestal\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vestal_Blue)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2000, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-jour/24080/8 "2000-06-29T22:26:39Z")
Ah! Merci beaucoup, Vanilla! Certainment! ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2000, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-jour/24080/9 "2000-06-29T22:57:29Z")
Je suis Feu Froid, je pense? Je suis desolle, mais j’avais deja traduit mon nom en Francais 😃 (Sorry about the lack of accents d’aigu and such. My keyboard don’t play that shit) ---
**Author:** ![tradesilicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@tradesilicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tradesilicon)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2000, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-jour/24080/10 "2000-06-29T23:02:54Z")
Et moi, s’il vous plait! Tradesilicon ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2000, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-jour/24080/11 "2000-06-29T23:18:06Z")
coldfire: froid le feu tradesilicon: commercial silicium can’t do bibliophage obviously Comment alez vous? ---
**Author:** ![tradesilicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@tradesilicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tradesilicon)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2000, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-jour/24080/12 "2000-06-29T23:20:40Z")
Merci, mon ami! Sili ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2000, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-jour/24080/13 "2000-06-29T23:22:34Z")
Je Temaine! ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2000, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-jour/24080/14 "2000-06-29T23:37:47Z")
bibliophage = mangeur de livres ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2000, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-jour/24080/15 "2000-06-29T23:43:45Z")
arnold: le clin d’oeil d’arnold lit( aloose translation) handy: maniable ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2000, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-jour/24080/16 "2000-06-29T23:50:09Z")
UncleBeer: b’iere d’oncle threebunnymomma: momma de trois lapins ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2000, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-jour/24080/17 "2000-06-29T23:57:06Z")
goboy: vas-y garçon freak freely: trippons libre flypsyde: pile techchick: technonana tradesilicon: silicium commercial UncleBeer: Oncle Bière, as I believe has already been established ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2000, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-jour/24080/18 "2000-06-29T23:59:38Z")
Since we ARE fighting ignorance here: “Feu Le Froid” would mean “Cold The Fire”. “Feu Froid” would mean “Cold Fire”. The same reasoning seems to apply to more of these translations. Hey, I take my languages seriously 😉 ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-jour/24080/19 "2000-06-30T00:00:55Z")
Well, I took french in 8th grade and got straight D’s so… ---
**Author:** ![Drew\_Blade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/958977/32.png) [@Drew\_Blade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drew_Blade)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-jour/24080/20 "2000-06-30T00:01:14Z")
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