{"id":320,"date":"2003-09-02T22:34:50","date_gmt":"2003-09-03T03:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/martinepage.com\/wp\/2003\/09\/02\/106255742103621147\/"},"modified":"2003-09-02T22:34:50","modified_gmt":"2003-09-03T03:34:50","slug":"106255742103621147","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martinepage.com\/blog\/2003\/09\/02\/106255742103621147\/","title":{"rendered":"106255742103621147"},"content":{"rendered":"

A walk to remember<\/strong><\/p>\n

We’re taking an after dinner walk. We’ve grown attached to these walks on the Plateau, and I suddenly realize that we won’t do that anymore and that the new neighborhood we’re soon moving into is very, very francophone, so I decide to speak more French with B.<\/p>\n

B: So, you still want to stop by the d\u00c3\u00af\u00c2\u00bf\u00c2\u00bdpanneur?
\nM: Non, \u00c3\u00af\u00c2\u00bf\u00c2\u00bda ne vaut pas la peine. Il est trop tard.
\nB: Huh?
\nM: Oh, here’s a good one for you to learn: Ne pas valoir la peine. \u00c3\u00af\u00c2\u00bf\u00c2\u00bda ne vaut pas la peine.
\nB: \u00c3\u00af\u00c2\u00bf\u00c2\u00bda ne vaut pas…
\nM: la peine.
\nB: vaut pas lapin?
\nM: pas lapin, la peine.
\nB: Huh?
\nM: Think about it this way: it’s not worth the pain. Pain as in peine.
\nB: pay-en.
\nM: C’est \u00c3\u00af\u00c2\u00bf\u00c2\u00bda! Remember this one, okay? You always forget what I teach you. Do you think that you’ll remember this one?
\nB: Je sais p\u00c3\u00af\u00c2\u00bf\u00c2\u00bd. Peut-\u00c3\u00af\u00c2\u00bf\u00c2\u00bdtre \u00c3\u00af\u00c2\u00bf\u00c2\u00bda vaut pas lapin.<\/p>\n

After I strangle him a bit, we keep walking and I realize that soon these late night walks will be taking place in very very quiet streets.<\/p>\n

M: \u00c3\u00af\u00c2\u00bf\u00c2\u00bda va \u00c3\u00af\u00c2\u00bf\u00c2\u00bdtre bizarre de marcher la nuit en banlieue, mais \u00c3\u00af\u00c2\u00bf\u00c2\u00bda va quand m\u00c3\u00af\u00c2\u00bf\u00c2\u00bdme \u00c3\u00af\u00c2\u00bf\u00c2\u00bdtre agr\u00c3\u00af\u00c2\u00bf\u00c2\u00bdable.
\nB: Je ne sais pas. Les blanches-poubelles vont nous batter avec une baton.
\nM: Quoi?
\nB: You know, les blanches-poubelles!
\nM: What on earth is a blanche-poubelle?
\nB: You know, white-trash<\/a> people!<\/p>\n

We’ve got a long way to go but as long as we’re laughing while we’re getting there…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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