On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 10:47:50 -0800, Mephistopheles wrote
(in article <2fabq115oa6bo80eu3cg75bd2mkf4f9l4k@4ax.com>):
> On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 17:39:51 GMT, Puck <puckNP@The-Fort.cor> wrote:
>
>> On Dec 18, 2005, LB69 wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 04:07:28 GMT, Caprice <Caprice@badluck.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 16:12:20 -0800, LB69 wrote
>>>> (in article <gba9q1he8gj2ok9jbmrb1jojfb36ntttcu@4ax.com>):
>>>>
>>>>> Please post this for me
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Je regret
>>>
>>> what?
>>>
>>
>> He regrets he can not. I on the other hand don't know what Rien is so I too
>> can't help you!
>
> Caprice is being too clever by half. LOL
>
> The word "rien" is French for "nothing"
>
> And I think he is recalling a popular Edith Piaff Lyric:-
>
> "Non, je regrette rien..." ( No, I don't care a brass monkey...)
>
> Here's the 1st verse:-
>
> Non, Rien De Rien, Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien
> Ni Le Bien Qu'on M'a Fait, Ni Le Mal
> Tout Ca M'est Bien Egal
> Non, Rien De Rien, Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien
> C'est Paye, Balaye, Oublie, Je Me Fous Du Passe
>
> And Mephi, the polyglot will translate it for you:-
>
> No. Nothing but nothing. I regret nothing.
> Neither the Good that's been done, Nor the Bad.
> It's all the same to me
> No. Nothing but nothing. I regret nothing.
> It's spent, brushed away, Forgotten. I don't care about (?) the Past
I should have said Je ne regret rien, but I didn't want to give it
away....LOL. No danger of that, I guess.
As yes, Edith Piaf....what a distinctive voice. La vie en rose.
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