The thing is that English can be precise, and often is in the written language, but people simply don’t speak like that. Indirect expressions and implied meaning are utilised more often than lengthy, often Latin or Greek based, terms in the spoken language of native speakers.

FYI: Chamonix is not in the south of France.

I also wasn’t sure how to answer, as a Canadian who lives abroad.

Hey, I have this shirt!

Agreed, but as a young nation of immigrants, it kinda comes with the territory. As a Canadian who lives abroad, people have asked me to cook ‘Canadian food’ for a dinner party more than once… I don’t even know what that is.

My francophone wife practiced saying squirrel for like 7 years before she was able to get it kinda right, so that’s very impressive if true. It doesn’t help that in my accent, it’s pronounced as one syllable. Even good approximations of the pronunciation that I’ve heard by French speakers are usually done in two syllables.

Does DE count?

It’s crazy that new expansions are still dropping, and the ranked community is thriving.

Right!? Are we just not allowed to reference certain body parts anymore? How are the Republicans at their next convention going to explain where they want the twink they hit up on Grindr where they want dat dick?

Anus isn’t even a bad word, this is getting out of control.

Eh, French isn’t that bad, although there is some general fuckery.

If you didn’t know how to pronounce something in English before the internet, you were basically shit out of luck.

Henriette Walter. Her works on French linguistics are both fascinating and informative.

Iris Murdoch. I’ve only read The Sea, The Sea, but it’s one of the books that got me into literature when I was a teenager. I really need to get around to exploring more of her work.

Hell ya brother !

We have a similar term out west, called the ‘butt fuck,’ but I’ve definitely heard slut butt as well.

Same. It’s a shame that it will soon be moribund, it’s such a versatile word. Chinook jargon (the créole language the word comes from) was known for having a limited vocabulary, which resulted in many of its words having multiple nuances in meaning.

Darts = cigarettes

Chesterfield = couch

Skookum = solid, strong

Beauty can be an adverb. ex: That’s beauty!

Er what? Places emphasis on a question. ex: Was that a good show er what?

Eh ? = The classic, but can be used differently than most people think. Normally it is used as a question marker, but can also be used to show indifference to a topic when combined with a dismissive tone. ex: “I went to the party last night.” "Ya, eh?"

Coastal British Columbia.

Also, we have a very recognizable shibboleth that comes in handy sometimes: the pronunciation of “Vancouver.” Anyone who was born in Metro Vancouver or the surrounding areas will pronounce the “van-” with an '-ng" sound, like wang. Most people don’t even realise it, and I have no idea where this phenomenon comes from, but personally I find it emblematic of the sociolect used in the trades and other ‘blue collar’ occupations in the province. There’s a certain sing-song character in the intonation that, having moved away from there, I find myself missing at times.

I use Libristo for books in English, which are pretty hard to come by in France. They’ve been okay so far, but the delivery times are a little long for my liking. I haven’t used Amazon personally for ages, and I’ve convinced my wife to stop using them as well. I much prefer to order things from companies that are more specialised anyways; the one-stop-shop model is parasitic imo.

Ouch, I wasn’t privy to the particulars, nor am I a resident of Switzerland, merely an admirer of how things are run there (usually). I guess the people’s notions of liberty aren’t as strong there as I had thought!

Luckily, thanks to Switzerland’s direct democracy model, Proton and co. will likely garner enough signatures to challenge this with a referendum. What makes me worry is how they’ve tried to introduce this without consulting parliament.

Can confirm, she was featured in a program about Swiss naturalisation that I watched the other day. There were plenty of other candidates who were trying to integrate that were much less annoying than her, yet they still were having difficulty. It doesn’t surprise me one bit that they denied her.

Yup, can confirm. Also, if it’s past 6 pm, make sure to switch to ‘bonsoir’.

If it’s someone I know, I just say ‘salut’. It’s way more casual, and can also be used as goodbye to boot.