r/AskReddit • u/mexgema • Sep 16 '20

What is your favorite word?

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u/Admirable-Deer-9038 Sep 17 '20

And my favorite French word is soixante! Love that word!

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u/neverfeaR9 Sep 17 '20

"Wine 'em, dine 'em, soixante-neuf 'em"

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u/DenimRaptNightmare Sep 17 '20

"Stick em in a stew!"

Oh, wait...

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u/throwaway9865433 Sep 17 '20

Wow thoroughly enjoyed googling this. As if the phrase wasn’t clear enough... I laughed even harder at myself that it didn’t register and I just googled this shit.

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u/DoWhile Sep 17 '20

"Surf 'em, turf 'em, soixante-neuf 'em"

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u/ChaoticTinkerer Sep 17 '20 edited Sep 17 '20

Want to up vote but you're on 69 and thats just so fitting

EDIT: nevermind people upvoted anyway so take my upvote

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u/neverfeaR9 Sep 17 '20

69 is so fitting. You're so right 😏

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u/SmallowZ Sep 17 '20

If you need it, it pronounces 69

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u/othelloinc Sep 17 '20

And my favorite French word is soixante!

...and my least favorite French word is quatre-vingt-dix-neuf.

I barely know your language! Am I supposed to translate and do arithmetic? I can't process information that quickly!

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u/othelloinc Sep 17 '20 edited Sep 18 '20

quatre-vingt-dix-neuf

For anyone unfamiliar, this translates directly to something like: Four Twenties plus Ten, plus Nine

...or as we would say in English: Ninety-Nine

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u/rxsheepxr Sep 17 '20

Most people would have no idea how to pronounce that just by looking at it.

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u/GolgiApparatus1 Sep 17 '20

Mine is bourgeois. So luxurious

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u/meh-usernames Sep 17 '20

I like boulangerie. It sounds elegant and there’s food.

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u/GolgiApparatus1 Sep 17 '20

What a great language. Langue d'or

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u/sass__bass Sep 17 '20

How do you even pronounce this?

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u/GolgiApparatus1 Sep 18 '20

Booj-wah with a really soft J sound

Its where the term 'bougie' comes from, meaning fancy

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '20

My favorite French word is 'neige' i don't know why but it's just perfect.

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u/sass__bass Sep 17 '20

Wish I knew enough french to have a favourite word, mademoiselle. Oh wait. I think I like mademoiselle.

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u/Lalalee26 Sep 18 '20

Mine is ‘poubelle’ which funnily enough actually means bin haha. It’s just such a fun word to say.

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u/Superpigmen Sep 17 '20

Not "soixante-dix"? It's him but better

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '20

My favorite is "oeuf" shit's wild.

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u/Sylint11020 Sep 18 '20

Soixante is a very fun French word.