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The expression Laissez les bons temps rouler (alternatively Laissez le bon temps rouler, French pronunciation: [lɛse le bɔ̃ tɑ̃ ʁule]) is a Louisiana French phrase. The phrase is a calque of the English phrase "let the good times roll", that is, a word-for-word translation of the English phrase into Louisiana French Creole.
Louisiana French consonants do not show severe differences from Metropolitan French consonants, except that unlike most of French spoken varieties, which use uvular varieties of r [ʀ, ʁ]; Louisiana French uses the Classic alveolar trill or flap [r, ɾ], just like in Spanish, Italian, and several other Romance languages; e.g. français ...
à la short for (ellipsis of) à la manière de; in the manner of/in the style of [1]à la carte lit. "on the card, i.e. menu". In restaurants it refers to ordering individual dishes from the menu rather than a fixed-price meal.
Cocotte was originally a term of endearment for small children, but was used as a term for elegant prostitutes from the 1860s. [3] The term was also used in Wilhelmine and Weimar Germany from the turn of the 20th century ( Kokotte ).
Calling a movie a “tearjerker” could practically qualify as a spoiler, especially in the case of “Terms of Endearment.” Because it is very, very funny. For writer-director James L. Brooks ...
The Los Angeles Times’ billionaire owner Patrick Soon-Shiong blocked his newspaper from endorsing Vice President Harris to protest her support of Israel’s war in Gaza, his daughter reveled on ...
coupe de glace de la glace au chocolat/à la fraise, etc. An ice cream stand is known as a bar laitier or Crèmerie (in France, a glacier) Croche: Crooked; strange, dishonest Eighth note curieux / bizarre / étrange: Crème glacée: Ice cream de la glace: An ice cream stand is known as a bar laitier or Crèmerie (in France, a glacier ...
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