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In the New Yorker...
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on June 17, 2009, 01:26:01 pm ---Reading the June 22 issue at lunch today, I learned a good tip, courtesy of Simon Doonan: Once you pass age 50, start aging in French. It sounds better.
Je suis cinquante-et-un. ;D See? Doesn't that sound elegant? :laugh:
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How about fifty-something...would that be cinquante-chose? I like that!
My June 22 issue has gone missing...I'll have to hunt under the bed.
serious crayons:
Cinquante est le nouveau trente.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on June 17, 2009, 02:48:44 pm ---Cinquante est le nouveau trente.
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:laugh: That's just what I was thinking!
My French is so bad; are you sure it isn't la nouvelle? ;D
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on June 17, 2009, 02:57:51 pm --- :laugh: That's just what I was thinking!
My French is so bad; are you sure it isn't la nouvelle? ;D
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Not according to Babelfish (yes, I have to cheat sometimes! ;))
Actually, Babelfish put it in plural, "les nouveaux," but that tent don't look right to me.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on June 17, 2009, 03:07:21 pm ---Not according to Babelfish (yes, I have to cheat sometimes! ;))
Actually, Babelfish put it in plural, "les nouveaux," but that tent don't look right to me.
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Les cinquantes sont les nouveaux trentes?
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