Where am (or was) I?
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stbartshopper
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I believe the translation is no tipping?
Maybe near the supermarche?
Maybe near the supermarche?
PeterLynn
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PeterLynn
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Ding ding ding. Mini-mart was closed so we parked there for lunch at Jojo burger. Saw the sign and took a picture to translate later. Liked the image, so cropped out the shopping cart and posted it. Figured the yellow and red would still be a give away.
Izzy
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The recipient of said tip would not be as happy as a pig in ordure...
défense de déposer des ordures... no dumping of garbage is what I think the sign says...
Ordure is also a seldom used English word that came to us via old French... in English, its main meaning is more suitable for use as a substitute in the expression above... as seen in its use by the author, who can claim ordure as one of the words that are first attested in his works.. . from a modernized version of The Parson's Tale:
You women, who are of so great beauty, remember the proverb of Solomon, who says: "A fair woman who is the fool of her body is like a gold ring in the snout of a sow." For just as a sow roots deep into every ordure, so does she root her beauty into the stinking filth of sin.
I see where a translation of "no tipping" is listed but unless it is among the many French idioms about which I am clueless, i don't think that is a good alternative translation...
pascaleschmidt
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ordure in french is also used as an insult.... Quelle ordure ce mec, for example
stbartshopper
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Wait a minute- we guessed the Marche early on- don’t we get partial credit!
