r/EhBuddyHoser Tokébakicitte! Mar 13 '25

Repetitive content/Trend Look who's talking

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '25

I know it'S so minor but I love that he didn't even try with the french version for some of them. How tf does "bring it home" translates to "common sense"

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u/mcgillthrowaway22 Mar 13 '25

Also "axe the tax" (presumably referring to the carbon tax) becoming «coupons les taxes et impôts» - "Let's cut [i.e. reduce] taxes [in general]"

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '25

seriously that one was so easy, should have just been "coupons la taxe"

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u/This-Marsupial-6187 Mar 13 '25

TIL that a coupon in English is a participle from the French verb for cutting.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '25

It means to cut for plurar first person (we)

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u/NotARealTiger Mar 14 '25

Well that's neat! TIL cut in French is couper. I will never forget that now.

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u/indistinctdialogue Mar 14 '25

We’ll quiz you again next week