Comments on: Sad. Very. http://waleedjameel.com/blog/2006/04/parlez-vous-francais/ content is king Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:00:41 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: farrukh: copywriter & journalist http://waleedjameel.com/blog/2006/04/parlez-vous-francais/comment-page-1/#comment-12766 farrukh: copywriter & journalist Mon, 24 Apr 2006 12:34:03 +0000 http://www.halfpastnomad.com/blog/archive/parlez-vous-francais/#comment-12766 Nice blog. Funny. Nice French you speak. Nice blog. Funny.

Nice French you speak.

]]> By: Arshad http://waleedjameel.com/blog/2006/04/parlez-vous-francais/comment-page-1/#comment-12742 Arshad Thu, 20 Apr 2006 13:42:06 +0000 http://www.halfpastnomad.com/blog/archive/parlez-vous-francais/#comment-12742 Je ne compais pa. (hope i spelt it right, it means i don't unsderstand). Je suisse fatigue (I'm tired) Je suisse Americanne (I'm american) Tres bien (Very good) Au revoir (good bye) Mon ami (my friend) Je ne compais pa. (hope i spelt it right, it means i don’t unsderstand).

Je suisse fatigue (I’m tired)

Je suisse Americanne (I’m american)

Tres bien (Very good)

Au revoir (good bye)

Mon ami (my friend)

]]> By: hemlock http://waleedjameel.com/blog/2006/04/parlez-vous-francais/comment-page-1/#comment-12703 hemlock Thu, 13 Apr 2006 03:51:34 +0000 http://www.halfpastnomad.com/blog/archive/parlez-vous-francais/#comment-12703 and since your comment box et half my comment, here's the other half, retyped... oui, as very nicely explained by syd, we go with yes. i can ask "kum haza" in arabic. but since my arabic numeral vocabulary is very limited, i can only buy cheap things, under khamsa riyals. :D and since your comment box et half my comment, here’s the other half, retyped…

oui, as very nicely explained by syd, we go with yes.

i can ask “kum haza” in arabic. but since my arabic numeral vocabulary is very limited, i can only buy cheap things, under khamsa riyals. :D

]]> By: hemlock http://waleedjameel.com/blog/2006/04/parlez-vous-francais/comment-page-1/#comment-12702 hemlock Thu, 13 Apr 2006 03:49:07 +0000 http://www.halfpastnomad.com/blog/archive/parlez-vous-francais/#comment-12702 do you realise how crazy this is? ive been sitting in the computer lab laughing (laffing (?)) out loud... i know an expression in french. although im not sure how it's spelt.... voulez vous cochez avec moi... (cant spell cochez...) this means will you sleep with me. the answer could either be yes or no. since we dont know no, but we do know yes (oui do you realise how crazy this is? ive been sitting in the computer lab laughing (laffing (?)) out loud…

i know an expression in french. although im not sure how it’s spelt….
voulez vous cochez avec moi… (cant spell cochez…)

this means will you sleep with me.
the answer could either be yes or no.
since we dont know no, but we do know yes (oui

]]> By: nadia http://waleedjameel.com/blog/2006/04/parlez-vous-francais/comment-page-1/#comment-12695 nadia Sun, 09 Apr 2006 09:38:07 +0000 http://www.halfpastnomad.com/blog/archive/parlez-vous-francais/#comment-12695 Substitute 'francais' with 'anglais'- et voila! ;) Substitute ‘francais’ with ‘anglais’- et voila! ;)

]]> By: Abez http://waleedjameel.com/blog/2006/04/parlez-vous-francais/comment-page-1/#comment-12691 Abez Sat, 08 Apr 2006 08:16:08 +0000 http://www.halfpastnomad.com/blog/archive/parlez-vous-francais/#comment-12691 -ahem- Au revoir mes chouches! -ahem-

Au revoir mes chouches!

]]> By: syd http://waleedjameel.com/blog/2006/04/parlez-vous-francais/comment-page-1/#comment-12690 syd Sat, 08 Apr 2006 04:05:37 +0000 http://www.halfpastnomad.com/blog/archive/parlez-vous-francais/#comment-12690 what's more fun is not looking brown and whipping out the lang... throws ppl off even more! akds, here's another word for you: 'oui' means yes. use sparingly because you might unknowingly answer 'do you speak french' w/ a yes... then you're hosed. what’s more fun is not looking brown and whipping out the lang… throws ppl off even more!

akds, here’s another word for you: ‘oui’ means yes. use sparingly because you might unknowingly answer ‘do you speak french’ w/ a yes… then you’re hosed.

]]> By: monologist http://waleedjameel.com/blog/2006/04/parlez-vous-francais/comment-page-1/#comment-12678 monologist Thu, 06 Apr 2006 07:51:46 +0000 http://www.halfpastnomad.com/blog/archive/parlez-vous-francais/#comment-12678 Ditto, Waleed. I do that every time in french, spanish and hindi/urdu =) Heh.. try being brown and telling brown folks you don't speak the lang. :| Ditto, Waleed.
I do that every time in french, spanish and hindi/urdu =)
Heh.. try being brown and telling brown folks you don’t speak the lang. :|

]]> By: Waleed http://waleedjameel.com/blog/2006/04/parlez-vous-francais/comment-page-1/#comment-12669 Waleed Wed, 05 Apr 2006 13:25:34 +0000 http://www.halfpastnomad.com/blog/archive/parlez-vous-francais/#comment-12669 Fortuantely, I have the slightly better power of telling Arabs I don't speak Arabic. Fluently. In Arabic itself. Yeah, that pisses folks off quite mightily. Fortuantely, I have the slightly better power of telling Arabs I don’t speak Arabic. Fluently. In Arabic itself.

Yeah, that pisses folks off quite mightily.

]]> By: noodlez http://waleedjameel.com/blog/2006/04/parlez-vous-francais/comment-page-1/#comment-12666 noodlez Tue, 04 Apr 2006 22:43:48 +0000 http://www.halfpastnomad.com/blog/archive/parlez-vous-francais/#comment-12666 um. c'est la vie. yeah. um. c’est la vie. yeah.

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