The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Lemmy Be Wholesome@lemmy.world · 1 day agoSweet boylemmy.worldimagemessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1482
arrow-up1482imageSweet boylemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Lemmy Be Wholesome@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·23 hours agoAnd for those of us that doesn’t speak French?
minus-squarethedarkfly@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up34·21 hours agoThere’s no real link with French. She’s just calling him a sweet boy in proper english I guess.
minus-squareatro_city@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up28·23 hours agoI looked it up and she’s probably trying to say “gentil garçon” which according to wiktionary would actually mean nice, thoughtful, charming, or lovely.
minus-squareFundMECFSlinkfedilinkarrow-up41·22 hours agoAs a native french speaker, that sounds so weird! It’s like saying “good girl” or something, definitely not something you hear much in the younger generation.
minus-squareMadison420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·21 hours agoRead for whom the bell tolls, you’ll see it a lot.
And for those of us that doesn’t speak French?
There’s no real link with French. She’s just calling him a sweet boy in proper english I guess.
I looked it up and she’s probably trying to say “gentil garçon” which according to wiktionary would actually mean nice, thoughtful, charming, or lovely.
As a native french speaker, that sounds so weird!
It’s like saying “good girl” or something, definitely not something you hear much in the younger generation.
Read for whom the bell tolls, you’ll see it a lot.