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11-30-2006, 10:39 AM
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French Kiss
I was just reading some trivia ... and found the following:
What is called a "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in France. Is that really true?? lol (and yes I am reading digg this morning instead of working) 
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11-30-2006, 10:47 AM
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Oops, I never ever heard an "English kiss" (or the equivalent in French)
 Although, I know it's true for some other expressions, like "filer à l'anglaise" or "une capote anglaise". I don't remember the English versions right now though, maybe later...
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#5
11-30-2006, 10:53 AM
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OK .. I didn't think that was true. I wonder where they get some of this stuff? lol
here is where I was reading it btw: http://togare.info/news/useless.html
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11-30-2006, 12:06 PM
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My dictionary gives the noun as simply "baiser profond" (deep kiss). The verb form is listed as "embrasser sur la bouche (avec la langue)" (Kiss on the mouth (with the tongue)).
Obviously I could well be missing slang, as that's fairly hit or miss with dictionaries, but yeah... "Filer à l'anglaise" can be translated as "to take French leave," but most people won't know what that means. The only place I've seen an expression even remotely like that is in the Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet, when Mercutio says to Romeo "... Bonjour. There's a French salutation to your French slop," referring to Romeo's act of sneaking away to see Juliet the previous night. Most of the time, we'd just translate that as "to sneak off." "Une capote anglaise" is the matching phrase for "A french letter," a.k.a., a condom.
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11-30-2006, 12:34 PM
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so french fries in france is English fries?
sorry but it is an obvious joke.
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