[SOC] And now we have bulldogs...

[Gwen Patton]

Second.


-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
73,
Gwen, NG3P

On Tue, Aug 5, 2025, 1:24 PM Jason Stoltenburg <jason.stoltenburg at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/1419+W+Fargo+Ave,+Chicago,+IL+60626?entry=gmail&source=g>
> +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
> > > ______________________________________________________________
> > > SOC mailing list
> > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/soc
> > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> > > Post: mailto:SOC at mailman.qth.net
> > >
> > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
> > ______________________________________________________________
> > SOC mailing list
> > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/soc
> > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> > Post: mailto:SOC at mailman.qth.net
> >
> > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
> ______________________________________________________________
> SOC mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/soc
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:SOC at mailman.qth.net
>
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html