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julianevans ([info]julianevans) wrote,
@ 2008-03-18 12:23:00

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So, I was just walking back from lunch and overheard two nasty French boys saying some pretty disgusting things about a hot girl woman on the street. I understood them, and I was scandalized. Yeah, I know it looks suspicious that I know French now. I don't care. Most of you know why anyway. Also? I'm so proud of myself. They were talking really fast and I CAUGHT IT ALL.

I love when foreign people just assume that no one around them understands what they're saying.

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[info]amelia
2008-03-18 09:38 pm UTC (link)
Ahahah. Did they realize you understood them?

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[info]julianevans
2008-03-18 09:47 pm UTC (link)
No. I don't think so. They were pretty focused on each other... and the woman.

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[info]theosaintclair
2008-03-18 10:09 pm UTC (link)
This is making me smile. You're so adorable.

Aren't you so clever.

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[info]julianevans
2008-03-19 02:35 am UTC (link)
Are you proud of me?

I know. And attractive too.

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[info]theosaintclair
2008-03-19 02:44 am UTC (link)
You're just the total package, Julian. You must make girls' knees weak.

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[info]julianevans
2008-03-19 02:51 am UTC (link)
Ahahaha.

I must. I'm the next best thing to being a French boy.

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[info]natemiller
2008-03-18 10:33 pm UTC (link)
Embrassez mon derrière.

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[info]julianevans
2008-03-19 02:45 am UTC (link)
AHAHAHA.

Tu es un putain.

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[info]natemiller
2008-03-19 04:57 am UTC (link)
Rude.

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[info]brighton_bloom
2008-03-18 10:39 pm UTC (link)
Julian, vous sentez comme les vieilles chaussettes de gymnase.

I totally used a translator, heh

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[info]julianevans
2008-03-19 02:47 am UTC (link)
I feel like them? How does one feel like old socks?

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[info]bjm
2008-03-19 02:55 am UTC (link)
To be a total smartass here: sentir does not only mean feel, but also smell.

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[info]julianevans
2008-03-19 02:58 am UTC (link)
SHIT. Well. It's telling that I can only get the really sexual stuff.

That's stupid. Explain the history of this word to me.

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[info]bjm
2008-03-19 03:14 am UTC (link)
Sadly, I don't know. Though I can tell you that in spanish, sentir also means to listen and to regret ... no, I have no idea what's it with that word.

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[info]julianevans
2008-03-19 03:17 am UTC (link)
It has a split personality.

How many languages do you speak?

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[info]bjm
2008-03-19 03:20 am UTC (link)
It seems like, indeed.

More or less four, I think. Growing up on a cruise ship has its advantages.

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[info]julianevans
2008-03-19 03:25 am UTC (link)
English, French, Spanish and...?

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[info]bjm
2008-03-19 03:27 am UTC (link)
English, French, Italian and German. I only know very little Spanish, for some reason, I only remembered the 'odd' verbs like that.

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[info]julianevans
2008-03-19 03:32 am UTC (link)
Wow, Benoit. That's an impressive list.

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[info]brighton_bloom
2008-03-19 06:46 am UTC (link)
lsklklfskd!!

I dunno. Its what the translator came up with. Though the really hot guy commenting to you says it can also mean 'smell'.

Cool! :]

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[info]julianevans
2008-03-19 06:56 am UTC (link)
Way to show me up, Brighton.

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[info]brighton_bloom
2008-03-19 07:08 am UTC (link)
I try, Julian. Gosh!

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[info]audreypage
2008-03-18 10:53 pm UTC (link)
Did you call them out?

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[info]julianevans
2008-03-19 02:47 am UTC (link)
No, Audrey. I'm far too shy. I'm full of shit. I wanted to keep listening.

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[info]freelovin
2008-03-18 11:41 pm UTC (link)
All I know is "voulez-vous coucher avec moi (ce soir)?" How American of me, right?

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[info]julianevans
2008-03-19 02:48 am UTC (link)
Do you use that line on people?

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[info]bjm
2008-03-18 11:56 pm UTC (link)
What with English being mandatory in school in quite some non-English speaking countries, it's a fun we'll have to miss out on while on vacation, I guess.

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[info]julianevans
2008-03-19 02:49 am UTC (link)
You have a French-y name, Benoit. I bet you were one of the boys.

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[info]bjm
2008-03-19 02:57 am UTC (link)
It's not only French-y, it's downright French! And, maybe not this particular time, but I admit to having done that. Half the fun of a vacation is stepping out of the plane back home and going "Okay, better shut up now, people understand us here".

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[info]julianevans
2008-03-19 03:02 am UTC (link)
Oh my God. There's two young hot French boys in the office right now? Please have a shameless accent.

That's mean, Benoit. Did you say things like "You smell like an old pair of gymnasium socks"?

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[info]bjm
2008-03-19 03:07 am UTC (link)
I don't think I ever came up with that particular one. Actually, back in High school, we liked pointing at people and going 'gay!' at them, it just really doesn't work that well in America. But I think it's generally a French thing, even our cafés are set out so the customers look out at the street, all to better watch the people passing by.

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[info]julianevans
2008-03-19 03:10 am UTC (link)
Well, people do that in Starbucks too. You know, while they're writing artsy things on their laptops.

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[info]bjm
2008-03-19 03:16 am UTC (link)
Artsy things, eh? I've come to the conclusion that they do it simply for their reputation, and really are only playing mine sweeper. Or solitaire.

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[info]julianevans
2008-03-19 03:18 am UTC (link)
Probably solitaire. It's way more fun.

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[info]bjm
2008-03-19 03:20 am UTC (link)
And mine sweeper can get really frustrating. Not that I'd know from playing that way too much at work, nah.

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[info]julianevans
2008-03-19 03:24 am UTC (link)
You're not very good at it, are you?

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[info]bjm
2008-03-19 03:26 am UTC (link)
It's my declared nemesis, to be honest.

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[info]julianevans
2008-03-19 06:30 am UTC (link)
You just need to be coached.

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[info]bjm
2008-03-19 06:57 am UTC (link)
You can get coached at that game?

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[info]julianevans
2008-03-19 07:00 am UTC (link)
Psh. Yeah. It takes a lot of skill.

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[info]bjm
2008-03-19 07:20 am UTC (link)
Well, my click whatever method hasn't yielded any good results yet.

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[info]ceciliaalex
2008-03-19 01:46 am UTC (link)
I think the fun part is calling them out on it. But the expressions are more horrifying if they're talking about you and then they realized you understood.

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[info]julianevans
2008-03-19 02:50 am UTC (link)
Yeah, they definitely weren't talking about me, or I would have made it awkward for sure.

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[info]oeaston
2008-03-19 05:50 am UTC (link)
Good for you. People can be assholes.

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[info]julianevans
2008-03-19 06:30 am UTC (link)
I didn't do anything! I just listened.

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[info]gemmatisley
2008-03-20 01:25 am UTC (link)
You were scandalized, huh?

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[info]julianevans
2008-03-20 02:43 am UTC (link)
VERY. You should have heard what they were saying.

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[info]westford
2008-03-20 02:02 am UTC (link)
What a coincidence, I think I might've seen the same two boys when I was outside the office yesterday. I didn't catch much, my French is horribly rusty nowadays, but I got the gist.

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[info]julianevans
2008-03-20 02:44 am UTC (link)
If the gist was extra nasty, than we're probably talking about the same people.

After all, how often do two pervert French boys meet up outside of the office?

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