{"id":533,"date":"2010-05-06T23:56:48","date_gmt":"2010-05-06T23:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=533"},"modified":"2017-10-19T10:42:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T08:42:00","slug":"french-slang-with-letter-c-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-slang-with-letter-c-2\/","title":{"rendered":"French Slang Expressions with the Letter C"},"content":{"rendered":"

Un petit coucou\u00a0\u00e0 Nel Farias<\/strong> et H\u00e9la Zouaghi<\/strong>, ainsi qu’\u00e0 tous les fans de “Learn French<\/strong>” sur Facebook.<\/p>\n

Sans plus de c\u00e9<\/em>r\u00e9<\/em>monie<\/em> (without further ado),\u00a0we continue the B.A.-BA <\/em>with la lettre ‘C.’<\/em><\/p>\n

C\u00a0comme…<\/strong><\/em> (C, as in…)<\/strong><\/p>\n

* Cabot:<\/span><\/em><\/strong>
\nThe name Cabot in the US evokes\u00a0the prestige of\u00a0the so-called blue-blooded “Boston Brahmins”, which include among\u00a0others\u00a0the Lowells, the\u00a0multi-millionaire Forbes family, the famed Emersons, and so on. In France, on the other hand,\u00a0cabot<\/em> is used pejoratively as slang\u00a0for a… dog. So much for the prestige, indeed.
\nA\u00a0close\u00a0expression\u00a0of the argotique <\/em>“cabot” <\/em>is sac\u00a0\u00e0 <\/em>puces<\/strong><\/em>, which means literally “flea bag.”
\nDo you know “Pif et H\u00e9rcule<\/strong>“?\u00a0In France, they are almost as famous as Ast\u00e9rix and Ob\u00e9lix, or even\u00a0Tintin.
\nBetween Pif and H\u00e9rcule, it was always la bagarre <\/em>(fighting): Pif (the dog)\u00a0would say to H\u00e9rcule (the cat):\u00a0“Sac\u00a0\u00e0\u00a0 puces<\/em> !”, and Hercule\u00a0says back: “Sale cabot !<\/em>”
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