N'Heures Souris Rames

N'heures souris rames : the Coucy Castle manuscript
Author Ormonde de Kay
Country United States
Subject homophonic translation, English to French
Genre Humor
Publisher C. N. Potter
Published in English
 1980
Media type book
ISBN 0-517-54081-9
OCLC 6378996

N'Heures Souris Rames (Nursery Rhymes) is a book of homophonic translations from English to French, published in 1980 by Ormonde de Kay.[1] It contains some forty nursery rhymes, among which are Coucou doux de Ledoux (Cock-A-Doodle-Doo), Signe, garçon. Neuf Sikhs se pansent (Sing a Song of Sixpence) and Hâte, carrosse bonzes (Hot Cross Buns).

Below is de Kay's Georgie Porgie in the original English with the translation into French:

Georgie Porgie, Pudding and Pie,
Kissed the girls and made them cry.
When the boys came out to play;
Georgie Porgie ran away.
Georgie Port-régie, peu digne en paille,
Qui se dégeule sans mais. Dame craille.
Où haine de bouées ce qu'aime a tout plié:
Georgie Port-régie règne. Ohé.

Each poem is accompanied by a series of footnotes, ostensibly explaining obscure terms and references in the French, which parody the scholarly footnotes of philological texts.

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References

  1. ↑ de Kay, Ormonde (1980). N'Heures Souris Rames [Nursery Rhymes]. ISBN 9780517540817. OCLC 6378996.
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