Subject: [FFML] Re: [shortfic][Azumanga] Je Ne Sais Pas De Quoi Je Dit
From: "DB Sommer" <sommer@3rdm.net>
Date: 1/23/2004, 7:51 PM
To: "Michael A Chase" <mchase@ix.netcom.com>, <ffml@anifics.com>



Michael A Chase wrote:


On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 16:03:29 -0500 DB Sommer <sommer@3rdm.net> wrote:

Je Ne Sais Pas De Quoi Je Dit

Do you mean that? (I ran it through Babel Fish.)  It could explain
a lot of things in "Things We Wish For". :}b

Heh. That was a badly phrased version of what I wanted to say. At the moment
it looks like the final title is actually going to be 'Je Ne Comprends Pas
Ce Que Je Dis' which should translate into 'I don't understand what I'm
saying.' Since it's about a language 'comprends' is probably a better choice
than 'sais'. Assuming the info I got was correct.


only phrase she had picked up on was a scene with a man and a woman when
he
asked her that and she answered. Tomo assumed she must have felt pretty
well, as the two began making out after she answered. It was just
getting
interesting when Tomo's father found her and appropriated the tape.

So she's mangling trios?  I guess that explains why Babel Fish didn't
translate 'choucher'.

That and I mispelled it. Also mispelled 'ce' as 'se'. Oddly, according to
Google 'se' pops up more often than 'ce' in reference to the phrase in the
song of the same name.


"It... it's not what you think!" Kurosawa stammered out.

Can you say "That never helps."  I knew you could.

Heh.


"Voulez-vous choucher avec moi se soir?" Tomo asked.

Chiyo considered that. "Well, I haven't been on a sleepover since I was
in
fifth grade, but I guess I could."

That's as nice a way to take it as I can think of.

Chiyo is only ten. She seemed a bit bewildered when Nyamo discussed in
detail how 'ero ero' men and women relationships are. This is probably for
the best.


"A sleepover would be fun," she said every bit as innocently as Chiyo
had
moments before.

Good place to end.

Short and to the point. As I said, not really thick on substance. Azumanga
is the Seinfeld of manga/anime, as it really isn't about anything. Just
tracking the course of several high school girls and teachers and their
antics.

Thanks for the help.

DB Sommer




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