2006-08-05 07:13:31 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Lol, I like you and I like your avatar I could just kiss you or better yet French Kiss you, Yum Yum!
2006-08-05 08:57:50 · answer #1 · answered by Leididanger 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Well, when you swear, there is no use to ask for anyone's pardon. It's a late 19th century euphemism which first appeared in Harper's Magazine in 1895. It is thought that the term French is employed in this sense as it already had a history of association with things considered vulgar. As far back as the early 16th century, French pox and the French disease were synonyms for genital herpes, and French-sick was another
term for syphillis. The OED [Oxford English Dictionary] also equates the adjective French with "spiciness", as in French letter for "condom", French kiss (1923) and French (i. e. "sexually explicit") novels (from 1749).
2006-08-05 07:27:25 · answer #2 · answered by fabmaster6 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The French are too arrogant to ask your pardon.
2006-08-05 07:18:20 · answer #3 · answered by bigrob 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Especially if they are talking to English people.
2006-08-05 07:19:01 · answer #4 · answered by brogdenuk 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
good 1
2006-08-05 07:21:46 · answer #5 · answered by camshy0078 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
NO they don't, instead they invoke Shubb Nigurath !!!
2006-08-05 07:44:37 · answer #6 · answered by The Dutch 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They are not as ignorant. Well... in average.
2006-08-05 12:14:27 · answer #7 · answered by kamelåså 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
hahaha thats funny!
2006-08-05 07:19:53 · answer #8 · answered by hogsrule 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
i quite like that one
2006-08-06 01:36:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
chuckle
2006-08-07 09:08:11 · answer #10 · answered by Miss Sunshine 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋