Talk:Pardon my French

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Discussion regarding the suggested merge and opposition to it can be found at Talk:Francophobia#Pardon my French and Talk:Anti-French sentiment in the United States#Pardon my French.

Contents 1 Comic Books? 2 Stub status 3 Alternative Etymology 4 Another Alt. Etymology 5 WTF? 6 POV's & Original Research

[edit] Comic Books?

I think the comic book mention is a bit obscure. I vote to have it removed.

[edit] Stub status

I just added some extra content and (hopefully) good organization. I didn't remove the stub status because I'm not sure what the criteria is... but how much information should be added to the page before it's not a stub? Joshuagross 19:36, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Alternative Etymology

I am of the understanding that the term "pardon my French" comes from Scotland, where the word "footer" is similiar in sounding to the French "futre" (unsure of spelling) which is the French for "fuck", and would be said after someone apparently misheard footer as futre.

Metaliser 11:28, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

There are many French translations of "fuck", depending on the sense in which it is being used. The French verb "foutre" (which is infinitive in this form) translates in this manner: "Je me fous complètement de ce que tu penses." = "I don't give a fuck what you think." In any case, I think it's a pretty safe bet that the phrase "pardon my French" first appeared somewhere in the United Kingdom. Fuzzform (talk) 00:25, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Another Alt. Etymology

The word for seal in french is phoque, which is pronounce just like "fuck". Therefore if someone says "fuck", he could pretend to be saying a french word "phoque" and ask that his French (pronounciation) be excused. Of course it is a joke, because there are very few occasions when one would casually reference this ocean dwelling mammal. Clerks. 21:14, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WTF?

"(disciplining children by sexually-tinged spanking)" really the french do that ? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 60.234.148.21 (talk) 13:42, August 21, 2007 (UTC)

Nope. That's vandalism of the article. Fuzzform (talk) 00:27, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] POV's & Original Research

This article is full of personal POV's and original research. Without evidence (i.e. citations), a claim is as good as false. I've never seen any evidence that the phrase "pardon my French" is meant as an insult (whether purposeful or not) to the French language or people. As for the "trivia is discouraged" tag... millions of articles contain trivia and almost none of them have that tag. I'm removing it. Fuzzform (talk) 00:07, 16 April 2008 (UTC)