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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.
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 ).
Louisiana French (Louisiana French: Français louisianais; Louisiana Creole: françé la lwizyàn) is an umbrella term for the dialects and varieties of the French language spoken traditionally by French Louisianians in colonial Lower Louisiana.
a group of admirers; in French, "la claque" is a group of people paid to applaud or disturb a piece at the theatre, though the common meaning of "claque" is "a slap"; clique is used in this sense (but in a pejorative way). connoisseur an expert in wines, fine arts, or other matters of culture; a person of refined taste.
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 ...
The Monnaie de Paris declined to say how many medals have been returned, but French website La Lettre put the number at over 100. Contacted by the AP, the French Olympic committee and the IOC also ...
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 ...
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 ...