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@ted
note to self — here’s a list of beautiful french phrases I’m taking back with me me since there aren’t adequate English equivalents. 1. s’entendre 2. l’appel du vide 3. avoir la pêche 4. nostalgie de la boue 5. la douler exquise 6. bricoleur du dimanche
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Duncan
@duncand.eth
Mal du pays is also a good one
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Nico.vibe
@n
My favorite is 'le spleen'
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Yassine Landa
@yassinelanda.eth
Didn’t know about « la nostalgie de la boue » 🙏🏽
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Connor McCormick ☀️
@nor
s'entendre - to get along l'appel du vide - the call of the void avoir la pêche - to be full of energy nostalgie de la boue - nostalgia for the mud (longing for a simpler, less refined past) la douleur exquise - exquisite pain (the pain of unrequited love) bricoleur du dimanche - Sunday handyman (amateur)
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Chaotic Neutral
@jayce
I'm partial to "tout bien ou rien"
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Murdo
@murdo
My dad loved ‘on y va’, which does translate to ‘let’s go” but has a different enegry when yelled.
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miguelito
@mc
l’appel du vide terrifies me — the impulse when I’m at a precipice …
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Brian Kim
@brianjckim
not me copy and pasting into chatgpt
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Pierrick
@pierrick
« Nostalgie de la boue » is a good one. I’m French and I didn’t even know about it.
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Nat Emodi
@emodi
really great list. so much nuance in the meanings here
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Ryan Anderson
@ra
To have the fish
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🎩 MxVoid 🎩
@mxvoid
L'esprit de l'escalier is a good one—“staircase wit,” or, realizing the perfect retort after the opportunity to use it has passed. There was a whole Seinfeld episode about that one.
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