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Del's foreign lingo - Which is your fave saying?



Trigger

Well-known member
Jul 4, 2003
40,458
Brighton
Just a selection...

adegos - Del's effort at adios. Spanish for goodbye.

a fait acopian - Del's French for "don't upset yourself".

Ajax - an expression of greeting usually to someone from the Netherlands.

al dente! - Spanish for "there you go!"

allemagne dix points - phrase similar to "such is life", possibly Del picked this up from European Song Contest.

apres moi la deluge - French meaning, "when I'm dead, all others may die too".

argent comptant - French from Cannes meaning, "brill".

au contraire - French for "hang on a minute"

au revoir - French for "hello".

au fait - Del likes using this but pronounces it "oh fate".

bain marie - no problem.

boeuf a la mode - phrase similar to "you win some and lose some"

bonjour - French for "goodbye!"

bonnet de douche - French and impressive.

bonetti bonetti - Del's best Italian.

bon appetit - French for "I hope you choke on the potatoes"

catalogue raisonne - Hold on, as they say in Beritz.

Chateauneuf du Pape! - Reserved for an explosive situation.

chasse de forme - meaning, "the diamonds are good" in French.

conseil d'etat - He helps me, I help him as they say in Grenobles.

creme de la menthe - French for the "very best"

di stefano - Italian for "well done".

Don Ochetti - Del used this as a greeting, until he realised it was the name of a Mafia boss.

fabrique belgique - I agree or approve in Belgium.

fromage frais! - Like Eureka! (when the penny has dropped)

je suis je reste - superb according to Del.

joie de vivre! - an exclamation that impresses or French for putting a bit of life back into your own life.

Juan - the name of all Spanish waiters.

mais oui - no problem, my pleasure.

mange tout - my pleasure, variation like above.

menage a trois - an exclamation of surprise.

Miguel - Del's name for all Portuguese barmen.

münchengladbach - German for "hello".

Moet Champagne - The only champagne Del knows, and prounces like poet champers.

moi - French and classy way of saying "me".

Mon dieu! - exclamation implying, "you idiot".

oeuf sur la plat - French for "it's clear cut".

oh mai oui, mon pleasure - French, sophisticated Del.

Pas de Calais - approving or divine.

Pate foie gras - French for liver sausage, goes well with Moet Champers.

Pot Pourri! - French for "I don't believe it!"

plume de ma tante - expression of exasperation like "Gordon Bennett".

polizia - Del can say police in more than one language.

puscas puscas - approval, it's alright in Spanish.

rein a dire, rein a faire - Perplexing French Del picked up from Lordes.

raisse de chassie - more French Del picked up from Dieppe.

Revenons a nos moutonst - apparently a quote from the guv'nor of Bastille. French for 'I've got to do something quick.'

servir frais mois non glace - French for "it could of been on the top floor".

si danke schon, bonjour - proves how multi-lingual Del is (Spanish, German and French)

tel aviv - Del reckons the French use this for "you can never tell".

tete de veau - Del reckons the French use this for "every ones a winner".

tete-a-tete - A head to head meeting with drug barons.

tres bien ensemble - French for possessing a sense of occasion.

Vive la France - it's what you say with respect to the American national anthem.

tres bien ensemble - French for possessing a sense of occasion.

Voila! - The French say it after T-cutting a square inch of the Capri Ghia, it's a way of encouraging Rodney to finish the rest of the car off.

:jester:
 






Marc

New member
Jul 6, 2003
25,267
Bonjour - I use it all the time now!
 








Gotsmanov

Active member
Aug 13, 2003
309
Brighton
Yep, bonnet de douche. I used to say it to my french colleagues all the time when I was working in Paris. They loved it, eventually had to download Only Fools n Horses episodes for them.
 


Wilko

LUZZING chairs about
Sep 19, 2003
9,929
BN1
Bonnet de douche for me too !! John sullivan came up with the idea while staying in a French hotel. On seeing the shower cap he thought o delboy. Classic
:lolol:
 
















Trigger

Well-known member
Jul 4, 2003
40,458
Brighton
By the way... This is my fave...

Chateauneuf du Pape! - Reserved for an explosive situation.

:clap2:
 


Raphael Meade

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
4,128
Ex-Shoreham
mange tout has to be one of everyone's favourites..

but you can't beat ajax! especially in the bit wheres theres about 5 people and there saying hello and he just says ajax to each one, one after the other. classic :lolol:
 


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