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  2. Glossary of French words and expressions in English

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    pour encourager les autres lit. "to encourage others"; said of an excessive punishment meted out as an example, to deter others. The original is from Voltaire's Candide and referred to the execution of Admiral John Byng. [46] pourboire lit. "for drink"; gratuity, tip; donner un pourboire: to tip. prairie

  3. Dictionnaire de l'Académie française - Wikipedia

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    The IETF language tags have registered fr-1694acad for Early Modern French, "17th century French, as catalogued in the "Dictionnaire de l'académie françoise", 4eme ed. 1694; frequently includes elements of Middle French, as this is a transitional period". [5]

  4. Un autre monde (Téléphone album) - Wikipedia

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    Un autre monde (Another World) is the fifth and final album by French rock band Téléphone, released on 7 May 1984 by EMI France. [1] The album features John Entwistle (of English rock band The Who ) playing the horn.

  5. Téléphone - Wikipedia

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    Téléphone (French pronunciation:) was a French rock band formed in 1976. [1] Their first, self-titled album was released in 1977; by the end of the decade they were one of the biggest French rock bands in the world, opening shows for The Rolling Stones in Paris, Quebec, the United States and Japan.

  6. List of telephony terminology - Wikipedia

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    Call originator - (or calling party, caller or A-party) a person or device that initiates a telephone call by dialling a telephone number. Call waiting - a system that notifies a caller of another incoming telephone call by sounding a sound in the earpiece. Called party - (or callee or B-party) Caller; Calling party; Conference call (multi ...

  7. Telephony - Wikipedia

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    Telephony (/ t ə ˈ l ɛ f ə n i / tə-LEF-ə-nee) is the field of technology involving the development, application, and deployment of telecommunications services for the purpose of electronic transmission of voice, fax, or data, between distant parties.

  8. Quebec French profanity - Wikipedia

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    Mon tabarnak j'vais te décâlisser la yeule, câlice or mon tabarnak, m'a tu t'l'a décâlisser ta gran' yeule: Décâlisser means "to fuck something up"; yeule comes from the derived noun gueule, which refers to an animal's throat or maw, but is used in joual to mean the human mouth or face. The whole sentence can be summarized as "I'm gonna ...

  9. National conventions for writing telephone numbers - Wikipedia

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    There is an international format for recording a telephone number containing the country code, settlement code and telephone number, and the national format containing the settlement code and telephone number. To record Ukrainian telephone numbers, telephone codes for settlements do not have an initial zero, long-distance prefix: 0.