{"id":19236,"date":"2013-05-15T14:26:18","date_gmt":"2013-05-15T12:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=19236"},"modified":"2017-10-20T14:55:26","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T12:55:26","slug":"et-si-what-if","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/et-si-what-if\/","title":{"rendered":"Et Si&#8230;? (What If&#8230;?)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Ever wonder what if things went differently?<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Le monde serait-il devenu si diff<em><strong>\u00e9<\/strong><\/em>rent?<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(Would the world have turned out to be so different?)<\/p>\n<p>The French musical featured today sings, tongue-in-cheek, about the so-called <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>Effet papillon<\/em><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0(Butterfly Effect): Every little detail could transform the world as we know it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Or is there more to that?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ray Ventura et son Orchestre - Le nez de Cl\u00e9op\u00e2tre (1938)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EHGI56VKBWI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ray Ventura&#8217;s &#8220;<em>Le Nez de <em><strong>Cl\u00e9op\u00e2tre<\/strong><\/em><\/em>&#8220;, from the movie &#8220;<em>Feux de joie<\/em>&#8221; (&#8220;Bonfires&#8221;)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Si le nez de Cl\u00e9op\u00e2tre\u00a0avait \u00e9t\u00e9 plus long<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nIf Cleopatra&#8217;s nose were any longer<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Si le grand Paganini n\u2019avait pas jou\u00e9 du violon<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nIf the great Paganini did not play violin<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Et si Rom\u00e9o n\u2019avait pas rencontr\u00e9 Juliette<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nAnd what if Romeo hadn&#8217;t met Juliette<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>On en serait pas l\u00e0<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nWe would not be here<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Si vraiment tous les chemins ne menaient pas \u00e0 Rome<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>If all the roads did not really lead to Rome<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Si le p\u00e8re Adam n\u2019aimait pas tant les pommes<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>If Father Adam were not that much into apples<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Si les gars de J\u00e9richo n\u2019avaient pas eu de trompettes<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>If the Jericho guys had no trumpets<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>On en serait pas l\u00e0<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nWe would not be here<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Oh non! sans tout cela, on aurait pas d\u2019ennui<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Oh no! Without all this, we would have had no trouble<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Oh non! Tous nos tracas seraient bien vite enfuis<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Oh no! All of our worries would quickly fade away<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Car si <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/francois-ier-patron-of-french-renaissance\/\">la Joconde<\/a> n\u2019avait pas son fameux sourire<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>For if the Mona Lisa did not have her famous smile<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Si Cambrone n\u2019avait pas eu son petit mot \u00e0 dire<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>If Cambrone did not get to utter his four-letter word<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Si <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/francois-ier-patron-of-french-renaissance\/\">Fran\u00e7ois Ier<\/a> s\u2019\u00e9tait pay\u00e9 une byciclette<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>If Francis I bought himself a bicycle<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>On en serait pas l\u00e0<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nWe would not be here<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Si le nez de Cl\u00e9op\u00e2tre\u00a0avait \u00e9t\u00e9 plus long<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>If Cleopatra&#8217;s nose were longer<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Si Remus soudain\u00a0<\/strong><strong>n&#8217;avait plus l&#8217;accent de Toulon<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>If Remus all of a sudden had no Toulon accent anymore<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Si <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/petit-papa-noel-little-santa-is-coming-tonight\/\">Tino Rossi<\/a> savait jouer de la guitare<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>If Tino Rossi knew how to play guitar<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>On en serait pas l\u00e0<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nWe would not be here<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Si quelqu&#8217;un pouvait comprendre les vers de Paul Valery<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>If someone could understand the verses of Paul Valery<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Si Pierre Dac <em><strong>\u00e9tait mannequin a<\/strong><\/em>u casino de Paris<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>If Pierre Dac were a mannequin at the Casino of Paris<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Et si Maurice Rostand se mariait avec Tonia Navarre<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>And if Maurice Rostand married Tonia Navarre<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>On en serait pas l\u00e0<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nWe would not be here<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Si tous nos tracas tiennent \u00e0 bien peu de choses<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>If all our worries were too insignificant<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>C\u2019est fou\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s crazy<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Mais en tout cas, nous en avons la cause<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nBut in any case, we got the cause of it all<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Si Michel Simon n\u2019avait pas tant de sex appeal<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>If Michel Simon did not have so much sex appeal<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Si monsieur L\u00e9on Jouhaux dansait le <\/strong><\/em><strong>Big Apple<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If Mister Leon Jouhaux danced the Big Apple<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Si l\u2019orchestre Ray Ventura ne faisait pas tant de tintamarrre<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>If the Ray Ventura orchestra did not make such a hullabaloo<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>On en serait pas l\u00e0<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nWe would not be here<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"306\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/05\/2886229996_147ec96702-306x350.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\/2013\/05\/2886229996_147ec96702-306x350.jpg 306w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/05\/2886229996_147ec96702.jpg 437w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/><p>Ever wonder what if things went differently? Le monde serait-il devenu si diff\u00e9rent?\u00a0(Would the world have turned out to be so different?) The French musical featured today sings, tongue-in-cheek, about the so-called Effet papillon\u00a0(Butterfly Effect): Every little detail could transform the world as we know it. Or is there more to that? 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