On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 02:05:13 GMT, Caprice <Caprice@badluck.com> wrote:
>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.
Thank you for that french lesson.... Do you have the series??????
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