The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Lemmy Be Wholesome@lemmy.world · 3 months agoSweet boylemmy.worldimagemessage-square22linkfedilinkarrow-up1493arrow-down14
arrow-up1489arrow-down1imageSweet boylemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Lemmy Be Wholesome@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square22linkfedilink
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·3 months agoAnd for those of us that doesn’t speak French?
minus-squarethedarkfly@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up38·3 months 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-up28arrow-down3·3 months 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-up44arrow-down1·3 months 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-up3·3 months 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.