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Re:Verlan: French slang that inverses words by remram on Sunday February 02, 2020 @11:03AM (#22217531)
And the famous "Qu'est-ce que c'est que cette chose là ?", meaning "what is this thing", but literally "what is this that this is that this thing there?"
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Re:Verlan: French slang that inverses words by mehrdadn on Sunday February 02, 2020 @08:15PM (#22220667)
I'm a little confused, why is the second "que" there? Why can't it just be "Qu'est-ce que c'est cette chose-là?"? (I'd expect it to be the equivalent of "What is it that it's that thing there?")
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Re:Verlan: French slang that inverses words by mratsim on Monday February 03, 2020 @12:09PM (#22226195)
It's decorative, it has no meaning.

Similarly you have "les choses que l'on voit" and "les choses qu'on voit" with the "l'" being there for prettyness.

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Re:Verlan: French slang that inverses words by mehrdadn on Monday February 03, 2020 @05:38PM (#22230121)
Oh huh, merci!
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