Story hour in French ?

[Sammael99]

My campaign is run in French. I'd love to share it with you guys, but all the log entries for the sessions are in French as well. I was wondering if

a/ it was "legally" OK to post in an non-english language on EN World

b/ there was sufficient interest for me to post the story hour in French...

 

[Horacio]

J'aimerais bien lire une bonne story hour en Français, mon ami. Je m'en fous si c'est 'legal' ou pas, tu peux la envoyer, et si ils veulent pas la lire c'est son probleme...

Horacio

 

[blargney]

Bring it on

Ça ferait du bien de lire de quoi dans une langue civilisée, on se tanne d'entendre l'Orc^H^H^Hanglais tout le temps!

-blarg

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

Je m'en fous si...

Tsk tsk. Remember Eric's Grandmother, folks.

Wulf

 

[KidCthulhu]

Tsk tsk. Remember Eric's Grandmother, folks.

Wulf

Does she speak French?

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

Well... err... well, maybe MY tender ears are burning. I'm such a sensitive lad.

 

[Horacio]

Wulf, my friend, fear no more, I wasn't saying anything foul.

"Je m'en fous" means "for me it doesn't matter", and it's not a high profanity level word.

You're a bit too sensitive...

Horacio

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

Hmm... If you're a native speaker and you say so, I'll take it.

French is such a... flexible... language. I had been taught the meaning was actually closer to "I don't give a f---" and the LITERAL meaning was closer to "I f--- myself with it."

That's certainly one way to express contempt or lack of interest.

Of course one should never rely on a literal translation of french.

 

[blargney]

It depends on where the person comes from.

In Quebec, "Je m'en fous" means "I really don't care."
"Je m'en fiche" is closer to "I don't care."
"Je m'en câlice" would be "I don't give a <miscellaneous swear word>."
"Je m'en contre-câlice" is the Flying <miscellaneous swear word> version.



Today's language lesson was brought to you by the letter F.
-blarg

 

[Ancalagon]

don't forget that "fous" in this case is a conjugated version of the verb "foutre", wich mean...

Ancalagon