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Gonna go on Countdown with the line “Dictionaries aren’t rule books, they’re record books” and fight Susie Dent.
Académie Française: <<*Ahem* -- pardon et moi?>>
You mean <<pardonnez moi?>>
"pardon et moi" means "pardon and me". "pardonnez moi" means "pardon me" (in a polite / respectful tense).
It still works, it can mean: sorry but how do I exist if it isn't a rulebook?
LOL you got me -- I flunked French . (Please don't tell le Académie!) 😄
Delightfully failing to be either but with a huge sense of superiority and disdain for the youth and migrants.
"Le Weekend."
"Je suis overbooké"
Zut alors!
Try it, she'll fuck you up with a bike chain (her weapon of choice in pub fights)