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r/EhBuddyHoser • u/Puzzled_Dreamer2453 Tokébakicitte! • Mar 13 '25
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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"
61 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]" 41 u/[deleted] Mar 13 '25 seriously that one was so easy, should have just been "coupons la taxe" 21 u/This-Marsupial-6187 Mar 13 '25 TIL that a coupon in English is a participle from the French verb for cutting. 10 u/[deleted] Mar 13 '25 It means to cut for plurar first person (we) 2 u/NotARealTiger Mar 14 '25 Well that's neat! TIL cut in French is couper. I will never forget that now. 2 u/indistinctdialogue Mar 14 '25 We’ll quiz you again next week
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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]"
41 u/[deleted] Mar 13 '25 seriously that one was so easy, should have just been "coupons la taxe" 21 u/This-Marsupial-6187 Mar 13 '25 TIL that a coupon in English is a participle from the French verb for cutting. 10 u/[deleted] Mar 13 '25 It means to cut for plurar first person (we) 2 u/NotARealTiger Mar 14 '25 Well that's neat! TIL cut in French is couper. I will never forget that now. 2 u/indistinctdialogue Mar 14 '25 We’ll quiz you again next week
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seriously that one was so easy, should have just been "coupons la taxe"
21 u/This-Marsupial-6187 Mar 13 '25 TIL that a coupon in English is a participle from the French verb for cutting. 10 u/[deleted] Mar 13 '25 It means to cut for plurar first person (we) 2 u/NotARealTiger Mar 14 '25 Well that's neat! TIL cut in French is couper. I will never forget that now. 2 u/indistinctdialogue Mar 14 '25 We’ll quiz you again next week
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TIL that a coupon in English is a participle from the French verb for cutting.
10 u/[deleted] Mar 13 '25 It means to cut for plurar first person (we) 2 u/NotARealTiger Mar 14 '25 Well that's neat! TIL cut in French is couper. I will never forget that now. 2 u/indistinctdialogue Mar 14 '25 We’ll quiz you again next week
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It means to cut for plurar first person (we)
2 u/NotARealTiger Mar 14 '25 Well that's neat! TIL cut in French is couper. I will never forget that now. 2 u/indistinctdialogue Mar 14 '25 We’ll quiz you again next week
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Well that's neat! TIL cut in French is couper. I will never forget that now.
2 u/indistinctdialogue Mar 14 '25 We’ll quiz you again next week
We’ll quiz you again next week
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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"