Does Not Translate

Re:Does Not Translate by awb on Friday January 14, 2022 @06:40PM (#29942003)

Surprising to me. I’m an avid reader of books and news and movie watcher and I’ve never heard this phrase once. I also took 3 years of French, went to a 4 year college and I’ve reviewed lists of foreign phrases commonly used in English with my kids, all while somehow dodging this phrase for ~40 years!

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Re:Does Not Translate by throwaway98700k on Friday January 14, 2022 @06:45PM (#29942040)

It’s as common as je ne sais quoi or deja vu or ennui.

This one’s on you. Here’s a helpful list: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_French_expressio...

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Re:Does Not Translate by celtain on Friday January 14, 2022 @07:24PM (#29942319)

It's definitely not as common as deja vu.

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Re:Does Not Translate by awb on Friday January 14, 2022 @07:40PM (#29942419)

I’ve heard those other ones a ton of times.

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Re:Does Not Translate by irrational on Friday January 14, 2022 @07:49PM (#29942484)

Well, I’m 50 and I’ve heard it before. Maybe you just need to live for 10 more years ;-)

https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=Joie+de+vivr...

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Re:Does Not Translate by awb on Friday January 14, 2022 @08:28PM (#29942709)

Or maybe I needed to be born 10 years earlier :)

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