# The French Butchering Thread (or Fifiteen years since French 101) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 19, 2002, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-french-butchering-thread-or-fifiteen-years-since-french-101/109785 "2002-05-19T03:26:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-french-butchering-thread-or-fifiteen-years-since-french-101/109785/41 "2002-05-20T06:08:14Z")
Bonjour. je m’appelle Carol. J’ai seize ans\*\*. Trois fois trois font neuf. [sub]\*\*Not terribly useful now that I’m 25…[/sub] Words I remember: Thé, café, lait, frère… yup, my Parisian vacation will be a cinch with my grasp of the language… :rolleyes: ---
**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:** [May 20, 2002, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-french-butchering-thread-or-fifiteen-years-since-french-101/109785/42 "2002-05-20T13:05:02Z")
Tabarnouche. ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-french-butchering-thread-or-fifiteen-years-since-french-101/109785/43 "2002-05-20T13:25:27Z")
Ou est le bibliotheque? Les crayons sons rouge. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-french-butchering-thread-or-fifiteen-years-since-french-101/109785/44 "2002-05-20T13:30:42Z")
_Originally posted by matt\_mcl_ > [@](#): > > Tabarnouche. Je pense que quelque chose de plus fort est requis **matt\_mcl** , quelque chose de terrifiant, quelque chose comme… _ **CREAM PUFF !!!** _ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mooney252](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@Mooney252](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooney252)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-french-butchering-thread-or-fifiteen-years-since-french-101/109785/45 "2002-05-20T16:17:31Z")
For the greatest franglais on the Continent, we have Vancouver’s Radio Canada broadcasts on 97.7 FM, which you can hear on the N side of Seattle. The French – with the long “a” sound and the perfect English pronunciation makes one wonder what you’re hearing: “et il y a un bloquage de circulation sur le **Mackenzie Bridge** ” “le nouveau sport de cyclo-tourisme arrive grace a la participation des **Boomer singles** ” ---
**Author:** ![Mooney252](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@Mooney252](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooney252)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-french-butchering-thread-or-fifiteen-years-since-french-101/109785/46 "2002-05-20T16:26:12Z")
For the greatest franglais on the Continent, we have Vancouver’s Radio Canada broadcasts on 97.7 FM, which you can hear on the N side of Seattle. The French – with the long “a” sound and the perfect English pronunciation makes one wonder what you’re hearing: “et il y a un bloquage de circulation sur le **Mackenzie Bridge** ” “le nouveau sport de cyclo-tourisme arrive grace a la participation des **Boomer singles** ” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-french-butchering-thread-or-fifiteen-years-since-french-101/109785.md?page=2)