{"id":13523,"date":"2012-02-24T13:16:28","date_gmt":"2012-02-24T12:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=13523"},"modified":"2018-02-07T11:41:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T10:41:00","slug":"top-50-funniest-french-names-the-letter-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/top-50-funniest-french-names-the-letter-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 50 Funniest French Names (The Letter A!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Salut!\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Did you know that when you are a kid in France, you learn to play a little funny game called &#8220;<strong><em>Monsieur et Madame<\/em><\/strong>&#8221;\u00a0(&#8220;<strong>Mr. and Mrs.<\/strong>&#8220;)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This is pretty much how it goes:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; You ask someone:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;<strong><em>Monsieur et Madame <\/em><\/strong>&lt;some name&gt; <strong><em>ont un fils<\/em><em>\/<\/em><em>une fille, comment s&#8217;appelle-t-il\/s&#8217;appelle-t-elle?\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Meaning: &#8220;Mr. and Mrs. &lt;some name&gt;\u00a0have a son\/a daughter, what is his\/her name?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you don&#8217;t guess right (and you most likely won&#8217;t, if you&#8217;ve never heard <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/a-mini-dose-of-french-humor-politics-explained-to-little-french-kids\/\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">the joke<\/span><\/a><\/strong>), then you will be told that the answer is some totally normal first name&#8212;except that when you combine that normal-sounding first name with the previous family name, the resulting full name can end up being quite hilarious!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Let&#8217;s take an example:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8212; &#8220;<strong><em>Monsieur et Madame ZEPOWER have a daughter, what is her name?\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>&#8212; &#8220;<em>Mmm, ch\u00e9 pas moi&#8230;<\/em>&#8221; (&#8220;Mmm, I dunno&#8230;&#8221;)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>&#8212; &#8220;<em>Elle s&#8217;appelle Agathe&#8230; Agathe ZEPOWER<\/em>&#8221; (Read &#8220;I got ze power&#8221;)\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Check out this compiled list (and you can also suggest more if you know some) to learn more hilarious French names coming straight out of\u00a0<strong><em>Monsieur et Madame <\/em><\/strong>jokes!<strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GZ4jIFV8TKk\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GZ4jIFV8TKk<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>SAV &#8211; &#8220;Best of&#8221; <em>Monsieur et madame<\/em>&#8212;an obvious exaggeration!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Adda CORE <\/strong><\/span>(Read &#8220;<em><strong>Ah, d&#8217;accord<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;&#8212;&#8220;Ah, ok&#8221;!)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Adelphe LAIZORACLEVONBONTRAIN <\/strong><\/span>(Read &#8220;<strong><em>\u00c0\u00a0Delphes, les oracles vont de bon train<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;&#8212;&#8220;In Delphi, Oracles are going viral&#8221;)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn1.google.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTi0x2GBg6RkozF_6SFMcTQfXgrarEFly_nmsCXY_GPx_iN9oeZvA\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"110\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Adh\u00e9mar PATACAISSE\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>(Read &#8220;<strong><em>Elle d<em><strong>\u00e9<\/strong><\/em>marre pas ta caisse<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;&#8212;&#8220;It ain&#8217;t starting, your car!&#8221; See also\u00a0Alphonse PATACAISSE!)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Agathe ZEUBLOUZE <\/strong><\/span>(&#8220;I got the blues!&#8221;)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Ahmed AIPAN <\/strong><\/span>(Read &#8220;<strong><em>\u00c0<\/em><\/strong><em><strong>\u00a0mes d\u00e9pens<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;&#8212;&#8220;at my expanse&#8221;)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Aim\u00e9e DAIZOME <\/strong><\/span>(Read &#8220;<strong><em>Aim<em><strong>\u00e9<\/strong><\/em>e des hommes<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;&#8212;&#8220;beloved by men&#8221;, or &#8220;<strong><em>Aimer des hommes<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;<strong>&#8212;&#8220;<\/strong>To love some men<strong>&#8220;<\/strong>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Aim\u00e9e NAIME&#8217;S <\/strong><\/span>(M &amp; M&#8217;s!)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Aim\u00e9e NERVE<\/span><\/strong> (Read &#8220;<em><strong>Elle m&#8217;<em><strong>\u00e9<\/strong><\/em>nerve<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;&#8212;&#8220;She&#8217;s getting on my nerves&#8221;!)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Aim\u00e9e TENNIS-HISSONHOU <\/strong><\/span>(Read &#8220;<em><strong>H<\/strong><strong>\u00e9, mes tennis, elles sont o\u00f9?!<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;&#8212;&#8220;Hey, my sneakers, where are they?!&#8221;)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Aim\u00e9e VOUBRAHMS <\/strong><\/span>(Read &#8220;<strong><em>Aim<em><strong>ez-vous Brahms?<\/strong><\/em><\/em><\/strong>&#8220;&#8212;&#8220;Do you like Brahms?&#8221;)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Aim\u00e9e VOULAIZUNLEZOTRE <\/strong><\/span>(&#8220;Love one another&#8221;)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Alain DAIXE <\/strong><\/span>(Read &#8220;<strong><em>\u00c0\u00a0l&#8217;index<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;&#8212;&#8220;On the Index&#8221;)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Alain D&#8217;ISSOIR <\/strong><\/span>(Read &#8220;<strong><em>\u00c0<\/em><\/strong><em><strong>\u00a0lundi soir<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;&#8212;&#8220;See you Monday night&#8221;)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Alain PROVISTE <\/strong><\/span>(Read &#8220;<em><strong>\u00c0 l&#8217;improviste<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;&#8212;&#8220;unexpectedly&#8221;)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Alain TERIEUR<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0(Read &#8220;<strong><em>\u00c0<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>\u00a0l&#8217;int\u00e9rieur<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;&#8212;&#8220;Inside.&#8221; Compare with <strong>Alex TERIEUR<\/strong>!)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Albert MUDA <\/strong><\/span>(Read &#8220;<em><strong>Ah, le bermuda<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;&#8212;&#8220;Ah, the bermuda shorts&#8221;)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Alex CRAIMANT <\/strong><\/span>(Read &#8220;<strong><em>\u00c0 l&#8217;excr<strong><em>\u00e9<\/em><\/strong>ment<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;&#8212;&#8220;With excrement.&#8221; I know, eww.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Alex KUZBIDON <\/strong><\/span>(Read &#8220;<strong><em>Ah, l&#8217;excuse bidon<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;&#8212;&#8220;Ah, the pathetic excuse!&#8221;)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Alex TERIEUR <\/strong><\/span>(Read &#8220;<strong><em>\u00c0 l&#8217;ext<strong><em>\u00e9<\/em><\/strong>rieur<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;&#8212;&#8220;Outside.&#8221; Compare with\u00a0<strong>Alain TERIEUR<\/strong>!)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Ali MONPOURCHIEN <\/strong><\/span>(Read &#8220;<em><strong>Aliment pour chien<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;&#8212;&#8220;Dog food&#8221;!)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Alice BONNEHIFAICHO <\/strong><\/span>(Read &#8220;<strong><em>\u00c0 Lisbonne, il fait chaud<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;&#8212;&#8220;In Lisbon, it is hot&#8221;)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Alice TAIRIK <\/strong><\/span>(Read &#8220;<em><strong>Ah, l&#8217;hyst\u00e9rique!<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;&#8212;&#8220;Ah, the hysteric!&#8221;)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Alice TOIRBELGE <\/strong><\/span>(Read &#8220;<strong><em>\u00c0 l&#8217;histoire belge<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;&#8212;&#8220;Belgian story-style&#8221;!)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Alice TOIRDROLE <\/strong><\/span>(Read &#8220;<strong><em>Ah, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/a-mini-dose-of-french-humor-politics-explained-to-little-french-kids\/\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">l&#8217;histoire dr\u00f4le<\/span><\/a><\/em>&#8220;&#8212;&#8220;<\/strong>Ah, the funny story&#8221;)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Alice HUDELANUIT <\/strong><\/span>(Read &#8220;<strong><em>\u00c0 l&#8217;issue de la nuit<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;&#8212;&#8220;At the end of the night&#8221;)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Aline YAR <\/strong><\/span>(Read &#8220;<strong><em>Ah, l&#8217;ignare!<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;&#8212;&#8220;Ah, the ignoramus!&#8221;)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Alonzo BALMASKE <\/strong><\/span>(Read &#8220;<strong><em>Allons au bal masqu\u00e9<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;&#8212;&#8220;Let us go to the masquerade ball&#8221;)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Alonzo BISTRODUCOIN<\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(Read &#8220;<strong><em>Allons au bistro du coin<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;&#8212;&#8220;Let&#8217;s go to the local bistro&#8221;)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Alonzo FONDE-LAPATRIE <\/strong><\/span>(Read &#8220;<strong><em>Allons Enfants de la Patrie!<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;&#8212;The first verses of the French hymn,\u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/la-marseillaise-and-la-reintegration-de-lhistoire\/\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">la Marseillaise<\/span><\/a>!<\/em><\/strong>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Alphonse PATACAISSE <\/strong><\/span>(Read &#8220;<strong><em>Elle fonce pas ta caisse<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;&#8212;&#8220;It won&#8217;t run, your car!&#8221;) (See also\u00a0Adh\u00e9mar PATACAISSE and <strong>Anna RAITPASSAIBON\u00a0<\/strong>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Amanda PAYER <\/strong><\/span>(Read &#8220;<em><strong>Amende \u00e0 payer<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;&#8212;&#8220;A payable fee&#8221;)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Amar D&#8217;ISSOIR<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0(Read &#8220;<strong><em>\u00c0 mardi soir<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;&#8212;&#8220;See you Tuesday night&#8221;)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Am\u00e9d\u00e9e CONNEPAS<\/strong><\/span>(Read &#8220;<strong><em>Ah mais d<strong><em>\u00e9connes pas<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong>&#8220;&#8212;&#8220;Oh come on, don&#8217;t mess around&#8221;! See <strong>Aretha CONNERY<\/strong>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Am\u00e9lie ORATION<\/span> <\/strong>\ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Amour HIREDERIRE<\/strong><\/span>(Read &#8220;<strong><em>\u00c0 mourir de rire<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;&#8212;&#8220;(Something) to die out of laughter of&#8221;)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Anna BOLIZAN <\/strong><\/span>(Read &#8220;<em><strong>Anabolisant<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;&#8212;&#8220;Anabolic.&#8221; This could also work in English: <strong>Mr. and Mrs. Bolic<\/strong>\u00a0have a daughter, what&#8217;s her name? <strong>Anna<\/strong>!)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Anna CONDA <\/strong><\/span>(Anaconda&#8212;and what if she marries Mr. Lisa-Rice&#8230; She&#8217;d be &#8220;Anna Conda Lisa-Rice&#8221;)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Anna GRAMME\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Anna RAITPASSAIBON <\/strong><\/span>(Read &#8220;<strong><em>Elle arr\u00eate pas, c&#8217;est bon<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;&#8212;&#8220;It won&#8217;t stop, it&#8217;s good&#8221;! See <strong>Alphonse PATACAISSE\u00a0<\/strong>and <strong>Adh\u00e9mar PATACAISSE<\/strong>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Anna TAIME <\/strong><\/span>(Read &#8220;<em><strong>Anath\u00e8me<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;&#8212;&#8220;Anathema&#8221;)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Anna TOMMYDEUREVE <\/strong><\/span>(Read &#8220;<strong><em>Anatomie de r<strong><em>\u00eave<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong>&#8220;&#8212;&#8220;A dream anatomy&#8221;)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Anna-Lise DURINE <\/strong><\/span>(Read &#8220;<em><strong>Analyse d&#8217;urine<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;&#8212;&#8220;Urine analysis&#8221;)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Anne ALFABETE<\/span><\/span>!<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Anne HOMALIE<\/span>!\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Anne HORMALE<\/span>!\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Anne ONIME <\/strong><\/span>(Read &#8220;<em><strong>Anonyme<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;&#8212;&#8220;anonymous&#8221;)\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Annie MALE<\/span>!\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Annie VERSAIRE<\/strong><\/span><strong>!<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Aretha CONNERY <\/strong><\/span>(Sean Connery&#8217;s daughter \ud83d\ude42 Read &#8220;<strong><em>Arr\u00eate ta connerie<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;&#8212;&#8220;Quit messing around&#8221;!)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Aubin DIDON <\/strong><\/span>(Read &#8220;<em><strong>Oh ben dis donc<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;&#8212;&#8220;What the heck?!&#8221;)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Aubin JEFAIDESBULLES <\/strong><\/span>(&#8220;<strong><em>Oh ben, je fais des bulles!\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;&#8212;&#8220;Oh wow, I&#8217;m making bubbles!&#8221;)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Aude AIMARAGE <\/strong><\/span>(&#8220;<strong><em>Au d<em><strong>\u00e9marrage<\/strong><\/em><\/em><\/strong>&#8220;&#8212;&#8220;At the starting up&#8221;)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Aude HEZAISPOIR <\/strong><\/span>(&#8220;<em><strong>Au d\u00e9sespoir<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;&#8212;&#8220;To the despair&#8221;)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Aude HIPASSA <\/strong><\/span>(Read &#8220;<strong><em>Oh, dis pas\u00a0\u00e7a<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;&#8212;&#8220;Oh, dont&#8217; say that&#8221;)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Aude VAISSELLE<\/strong><\/span>(Read &#8220;<strong><em>Eau de vaisselle<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;&#8212;&#8220;Dishwater&#8221;!)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/t0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQby1706dBVzeC-wCwdu0r-Prni5Iq6y6PSXvU7QUrqDhpwpm4g1g\" alt=\"\" width=\"91\" height=\"71\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"254\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/02\/couv_monsieuretmadame-254x350.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/02\/couv_monsieuretmadame-254x350.jpg 254w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/02\/couv_monsieuretmadame.jpg 345w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><p>Salut!\u00a0 Did you know that when you are a kid in France, you learn to play a little funny game called &#8220;Monsieur et Madame&#8221;\u00a0(&#8220;Mr. and Mrs.&#8220;) This is pretty much how it goes: &#8211; 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