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From: paveleck@ihldt.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: Humorous translations
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Date: Tue, 13-Dec-83 09:31:08 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 13 09:31:08 1983
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As was mentioned in a previous article, some students taking French
use the wrong phrase in trying to say "I'm hot".  The article mentioned
(correctly) that the proper phrase is <<J'ai chaud>>, but the one
that students used incorrectly is <<Je suis chaud>> (which means that
the person saying it is sexually hot).

This reminds me of a similar mistake made by some friends of mine in
high school.  They were referring to a guy who was a "hot dog" in
sports as <<chaud chien>>, which means "dog in heat".  I guess that's
why they claimed he drooled all over the football!

					Bob Paveleck
					ihldt!paveleck