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07 Dec 2011, 1:46 am

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in canada we sometimes call it "the wisdom of the stairs"


I think we'll need a three story house with my insults :P


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07 Dec 2011, 8:24 am

bucephalus wrote:
hyperlexian wrote:
in canada we sometimes call it "the wisdom of the stairs"


I think we'll need a three story house with my insults :P
hahaha i promise to laugh politely if you call them down from the staircase! i think you introduced me to this expression or something similar, and now i notice it everywhere.


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07 Dec 2011, 8:48 am

I've been learning all kinds of expressions this past year. Another one is "presque vu" or having a word on the tip of your tongue but not being able to remember it.



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07 Dec 2011, 10:43 am

Burnbridge wrote:
I wonder if the french have a term for "spirit of the escalator" ... when you realize a shoe is untied, and the dangling end has slipped into the OH CRAP!?!


Lol we totally do. We call that " avoir la poisse" :lol:


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07 Dec 2011, 12:05 pm

Verdandi wrote:
I've been learning all kinds of expressions this past year. Another one is "presque vu" or having a word on the tip of your tongue but not being able to remember it.


This one I deal with near constantly.



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07 Dec 2011, 12:15 pm

"presque vu" is a great term.

Is the french language entirely based around consignment to ennui in the face of failure?


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