{"id":3297,"date":"2011-01-26T02:49:28","date_gmt":"2011-01-26T02:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=3297"},"modified":"2017-10-19T12:43:59","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T10:43:59","slug":"blagues-jokes-a-la-francaise-part1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/blagues-jokes-a-la-francaise-part1\/","title":{"rendered":"Blagues (Jokes) \u00e0 la Fran\u00e7aise Part1"},"content":{"rendered":"

To each his own\u00a0bouc \u00e9missaire <\/em><\/strong>(“scapegoat”, literally, meaning “the butt of a joke”): For a long time,les Anglais<\/strong> <\/em>(the English) picked on\u00a0les Irlandais<\/strong> <\/em>(the Irish), the Americans on their “Southerner” Rednecks<\/strong>, the Egyptians on their own version of “Southerners”, so to speak, the\u00a0Sa’idis <\/strong>(From la Haute-\u00c9gypte<\/em><\/strong>, or Upper Egypt), les Canadiens<\/strong> <\/em>ontheir Newfies<\/strong> <\/em>(referring to the inhabitants of\u00a0Newfoundland<\/a> <\/strong>(“and Labrador”, since 2001), which was\u00a0Jennie<\/strong>‘stravel destination last year, describing it as “l\u2019un des plus beaux lieux<\/strong> <\/em>(one of the most beautiful places)\u00a0du monde<\/strong><\/em>“)—and les Fran\u00e7ais<\/strong> <\/em>-in case you managed not to know it yet- on their still admirably placid neighbors, les<\/em><\/strong> Belges<\/strong> <\/em>(Belgians)!<\/strong><\/p>\n

In France, like anywhere else, les st\u00e9<\/strong>r\u00e9<\/strong>otypes <\/em>are the “bread and butter” (ok, the butter may be missing here) of many blagues <\/em>(jokes)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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But French jokes need not be \u00e9<\/em>thnique<\/em> !<\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n

Like for any other nation, they obviously have their fair share of the “international” genre<\/strong><\/em>, such as the all-too-unavoidable blagues sur les blondes<\/strong> <\/em>(“blond jokes.”)<\/p>\n

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“Special Blonds: This interdiction also applies to other color shades of vehicles”—And that’s by far not the meanest of French “blond jokes”! <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Yet, one thing is remarkable about les blagues<\/em><\/strong>, in general,\u00a0is that they are too often untranslatable from one language to another, since most of the puns, or the “double-entendre<\/em><\/strong>“, which usually constitute la chute<\/strong> <\/em>(the punch line), is simply\u00a0lost in translation<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here are two examples of “lost in translation<\/a>” jokes from French to English:<\/p>\n

* Quel est l’animal le plus malheureux? <\/em>(What is the saddest animal?)\u00a0Le taureau… <\/em>(The bull…) Car sa femme est vache! <\/em>(Because his wife is “cow”—Not funny, unless you know that “vache<\/strong><\/em>” is actually slang for “mean”!)<\/p>\n

Quel <\/strong><\/em>est l’animal le plus heureux? <\/em>(What is the happiest animal?)\u00a0Le hibou… <\/em>(The male owl…) Car sa femme est chouette! <\/em>(Because\u00a0his wife is “a female owl”—Not funny either, unless you know that “chouette<\/strong><\/em>” also means “great” in French slang!)<\/p>\n

*<\/strong> Un \u00e9cureuil se gare devant un panneau de stationnement interdit <\/strong>(A squirrel parks in non-parking spot.<\/strong>) Un policier le pr\u00e9vient <\/strong>(A policeman warns him):<\/strong>Dites donc, vous voulez une amende? <\/strong>(Hey there, do you want a “fining ticket”—but the word “amende” sounds like “amande<\/strong><\/em>“, meaning an almond.) Oh, si \u00e7a ne vous fait rien, r\u00e9pond l\u2019\u00e9cureuil <\/strong>(Oh, if it’s all the same to you, replied the squirrel), je pr\u00e9f\u00e9rerais une noisette <\/strong>(I’d rather have a nut!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

To each his own\u00a0bouc \u00e9missaire (“scapegoat”, literally, meaning “the butt of a joke”): For a long time,les Anglais (the English) picked on\u00a0les Irlandais (the Irish), the Americans on their “Southerner” Rednecks, the Egyptians on their own version of “Southerners”, so to speak, the\u00a0Sa’idis (From la Haute-\u00c9gypte, or Upper Egypt), les Canadiens ontheir Newfies (referring to…<\/p>\n

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