disasterprone's probably fairly close to the money with the 'attention seeking' comment - take the above, for example. I use a French phrase simply because it has no direct English equivalent, and you immediately take the opportunity to mash out yet more dribble - equally turgid in either language - eager to display every minor achievement, like a toddler bringing home some lacklustre bit of painting from preschool. You should try a blog, or something - I'm sure the internet's dreadfully excited at the prospect of hearing every bit of dull trivia from whatever it is you euphamistically refer to as your 'life'.

You know who else speaks French? The French. More or less all of them. It ain't that impressive.


( Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 10:37, 3 replies)

Awww.
Puppy thinks it's people!
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 12:12, closed)

you know what language english is not? that's right, french.
if you use it, you are either pretentious or you don't know how to write properly or both.
( Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 12:40, closed)

[something racist about the welsh]
[probably with a bit of casual homophobia and insensitivity about mental illness too]
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 12:47, closed)

actually, l'esprit d'escalier translates as 'the wit of the the staircase' pretty much.
it refers to the situation when you think of a witty retort to someone after you've already walked away.
( janet aylia y'all motherfuckers need jesus, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 13:05, closed)

You're such a bully.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 13:41, closed)

what, with my knowledge of french idiom, and that?

( janet aylia y'all motherfuckers need jesus, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 16:00, closed)

You're worse than "a toddler bringing home some lacklustre bit of painting from preschool"
Particularly when you're addressing somebody who has just pinned a bit of lacklustre mspainting onto the internet fridge door.

That's tantamount to child abuse.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 16:22, closed)