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Robert G | 17:13 Wed 18th Jan 2006 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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What's this in English, please? "Pas d'elle yeux Rhone que nous."
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Paddle your own canoe - hehe! See Mots d'Heures, Gousses, Rames...

It doesn't really mean anything in French, it's a play on phonetics.


If I said that you can "work it out for yourself", that would be a clue.


Pas d'elle yeux Rhone que nous.
Pa - dell - yur - Rone - kuh - noo.


Pa = Pronunciation


Bah, beat me to it QM. !!


In a similar vein, had he learnt it, this little rhyme would have spared John Redwood some acute embarassment a few years ago...


My hen laid a haddock, one hand oiled a flea,
Glad farts and centurions threw dogs in the sea.
I could stew a hare here and brandish Dan's flan,
Don's ruddy bog's blocked up with sand.


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Sorry folks. I knew the answer but thought I'd have a bit of fun with it. It didn't last very long!

Oh, well, say lavee!

How about some Latin ones:-


Caesar ad sum jam fer te


etc.


and one about lorries?

The classic French one of course is the motto of the French Navy - A L'EAU; C'EST L'HEURE!
Thanks mike b - I should be working but I'm LOL. This could become addictive!

Noticing the high tone of this thread,some more Latin.


iti sapis spotand abigone.

Caesar adsum iam forte
Pompeii adarat
Caesar sic in omnibus
Pompeii in itsat

I was told:-


Iti sapis po tandi tis a tino ne


(or tisa?)


Also


.... Pompeii et isat, ..... Pompeii inis at


I like the French Navy one!

'Paddle your own canoe.' It's faux French.
'Paddle your own canoe.' It's faux French

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