Lost in Transaltion.

Goldfinch60



All my life I have known three words,

Three words in French.

The only words I needed were

“Dercs beers garkon”.

They were the words I knew,

The words learnt at school.

But I need to change.

As calling someone ‘garkon’ is rude,

“Two beers boy” is not polite.

So I need to change,

And learn three more words.

I know need to say,

“Dercs beers sill voo plat”.

 

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Toute ma vie j'ai connu trois mots,

Trois mots en français.

Les seuls mots dont j'avais besoin étaient

« Dercs beers garkon ».

Ce sont les mots que je connaissais,

Les mots appris à l'école.

Mais je dois changer.

Comme appeler quelqu'un «garkon» est impoli,

«Garçon de deux bières» n'est pas poli.

J'ai donc besoin de changer,

Et apprenez encore trois mots.

Je sais que je dois dire,

« Dercs beers sill voo plat ».

  • Author: Goldfinch60 (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: December 10th, 2019 02:27
  • Comment from author about the poem: I am totally bilingual, I speak English and Rubbish!
  • Category: Humor
  • Views: 49
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Comments5

  • Michael Edwards

    Oh if only we'd listened to our teachers and learnt more languages - love this one Andy - say tray bonn.

  • orchidee

    Yes, a tres bon write Gold. That's about my limit of French, plus about 3 words more.

    • Goldfinch60

      Thanks Orchi. You know three more French words, were you chatting to those damn Normans behind my back in 1066?

      • orchidee

        Oh yes - I should know a lot of French then really!

      • Alan .S. Jeeves

        Noscitur a sociis
        A word is known by the company it keeps

        Ex animo, Alan

        • Goldfinch60

          Surely the statute or contract should be determined first before the meaning of an unclear or ambiguous word and to do this you need to consider the words with which it is associated in that context.

          https://youtu.be/G_Sy6oiJbEk

        • FredPeyer

          Andy, tres bon, maintenant un autre poem s'il vous plait!!!

        • FineB

          Hi Goldfinch60,

          A great write.

          Your poem title happens to be the title of one of my favourite films.

          Well, I have a O Level in French but I hardly speak it anymore. Je ne sais pas pourqoir.

          Keep writing FineB



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