The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Lemmy Be Wholesome@lemmy.world · 4 days agoSweet boylemmy.worldimagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1530arrow-down15
arrow-up1525arrow-down1imageSweet boylemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Lemmy Be Wholesome@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·4 days agoAnd for those of us that doesn’t speak French?
minus-squarethedarkfly@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up39·4 days 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-up29arrow-down4·4 days 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-squareFundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up47arrow-down1·4 days 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-up3·4 days 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.