[SOC] And now we have bulldogs...

[Jason Stoltenburg]

I would like to propose that the next barback to enter our midst should be
honorarily renamed Brian "Phoque" Thibault during his time of service.

Thank you,

Jason Stoltenburg KD9ZHF
1419 W Fargo Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
+1 630 270 7156


On Tue, Aug 5, 2025 at 8:35 AM Gwen Patton <ardrhi at gmail.com> wrote:

> It was one of those moments when, if there had been today's technology, it
> would have gone viral on Tik Tok, or YouTube, or both.
>
> Student: Mme. (Teacher), Comment dit on que le mot "seal"? L'animeau, s'il
> vous plait?
>
> Teacher, looking in her Larousse: "Hmmm.  Q'est que c'est le mots
> ... _Phoque!"_
>
> That would have run forever on video sites. It might have made it to places
> like 4Chan. It would have been terrible. (Like my attempt to type in
> French... I'm sure I mangled that pretty badly.)
>
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> 73,
> Gwen, NG3P
>
> On Tue, Aug 5, 2025, 4:43 AM F5PBL <f5pbl at f5pbl.fr> wrote:
>
> >
> > > Monsieur and Madame Thibault were the central figures in the French
> > classes
> > > I got in grade school, back in the 60's. It was the "Voix et images de
> > > France" series, and it had filmstrips with records that went along with
> > the
> > > book.>
> > > https://youtu.be/IcqKYQF1Fws?si=VpQlzQWuWp4pQAg4
> >
> > Very interesting.
> > Decades later, we may discover that Madame et Monsieur Thibault had a son
> > named Brian! :D
> > Alas, this one does not sound funny.
> > Hint: "Monsieur et Madame <place family name here> ont un fils, comment
> > s'appelle-t-il ?" or "Monsieur et Madame <place
> > family name here> ont une fille, comment s'appelle-t-elle ?" is a
> > well-known pun game, to be eventually compared to the
> > English "knock-knock" joke.
> >
> > Cf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsieur_et_Madame_jokes
> >
> > As for the seal:
> >
> > phoque: \fɔk\
> > the other word: \fœk\ ou \fɔk\
> > Honestly, to this day, I only knew the first way of saying it. I surely
> > have already heard the other pronunciation but
> > have not taken too much attention to it. Should I thank you for this
> > lesson? o:)
> >
> > 72 & less,
> > Claude, F5PBL
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