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[F5PBL]

If you have ever meet a phoque for real, you know something about their smell.
The nice side of the story : if your neighbour is a seal then no need to be affraid of bears.
Just saying... o:)

Le 05/08/2025 à 19:26, Gwen Patton a écrit :
> 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
>>>> ______________________________________________________________