December 12, 2006

Calice d'hostie! F-bomb OK on Quebec TV, but just you try "saint-ciboire"...
  • "There would be official complaints, and you'd be out of there ... saying `tabernacle' on the air would be like saying the f-word to your grandmother," said Hall, who regularly appears on both radio and television in Quebec. Que?? tabernacle?? What th' church?
  • Maudite hostie, espece de merde, tabernac!
  • In Quebec French some people say "fuck" as often as we say "umm". It's an interjection that's basically meaningless, and without the strict puritanical history its value as a curse is low. But if you use Catholic words in vain, God help you.
  • I guess I thought tabernacle was Jewish not Catholic
  • In Quebec French some people say "fuck" as often as we say "umm". Also, there's a tendency to place it at the end of a sentence instead of the beginning, so where a an anglo might say, "Fuck, just pit it in the car...", a francophone would say "Put it in the car, Fuck..." Which leads to the occasional mixup.
  • No, I think tabernacle is owned by the Mormons now, what with all their choirs and stuff.
  • phoqueing eh!
  • I used franco-blasphemies to vent my dodge ball-related rage in 6rd gym class, and it worked link a charm... until the day the stupid french teacher subbed.
  • Not quite third, not quite sixth, it 6rd! I cursed a lot in math class too, apparently.
  • "... it 6rd!"? Argh! Tabernac! Calice puis Calvert!
  • We'll excuse your French, layne
  • The posters for Bloody Mallory in France had a big banner reading "FUCK EVIL!". Here's a miniature.