I don't understand an entire thread over a text message saying "I can't sleep." I have been a chronic insomniac my whole life and never texted anyone to say I couldn't sleep. Maybe because I am used to it. Maybe there would be empathy if everyone had some sleepless nights to see what it is like. I still don't understand why we have a 4 page thread over such a text.
Some person amaze me ... text you will never expect
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Well, the pages are filled with other weird/rude text messages and discussions around them. It's not 4 pages about the sleepy guy. But also, he didn't say he couldn't sleep, he texted an escort to tell her "I have nowhere to sleep". Very different. What was she supposed to say?
If someone tells me they can't sleep I can be playful and tell them I know a good way to relax, but if you have nowhere to sleep? I might suggest a hotel or a shelter but I am not hosting you for the night lol
Nah the guy is saying he doesn't have a place to sleep. Important nuance.
Dude said he can't sleep. I can't sleep myself 90% of the time. Do I start threads about it or send texts to others about it? No. I quietly suffer with it.
I do have a place to sleep, and it even has air conditioning. It's just that I can't sleep. And if you can't sleep, then what point is there in having a place to sleep?
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Google French to English, do some translations for me right now!
"Oui Monsieur" ......
"jai nulparou" -> "I have no one"
"j'ai nulparou" -> "I have nowhere"
"jai nulparou dormir" -> "I can't sleep"
"j'ai nulparou dormir" -> "I have nowhere to sleep"
You see, it gives different translations of these phrases depending on whether there's an apostrophe (j'ai) or no apostrophe (jai) after the j.
French speakers/readers, is the Google translator doing the right thing here, or does it have a bug?
Reverse searching (because I'm not a wiz at french,) but nulparou sounded to me like it should be 3 words... so i checked...
nowhere to go : nulle part où aller
It's just really bad abreviation.
I'm just surprised google translate was able to decipher bad spelling and still give you a relative answer to what was typed. I guess that's where AI fits in. Because it used to be words like that weren't translated at all.
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Not even an abbreviation, just people texting and using as little letters as possible! "Nulle part où" is right.
I've always claimed there are 3 versions of french...
France French, which quebec complain about, and sounds much like mumbling.
Quebec French, which is all slang and France complain about.
And written French, which is taught in english schools, and made it hard to communicate to anyone french born.
Lol.. and seems to replace a phrase of 5 words in english with 10 words in french, and half of those are silent letters you don't pronounce when you speak. I gave up on french a long time ago. It takes too much effort to try and decipher when someone trys to communicate. Life got a lot easier dealing in this province once google translate became a thing.
France French, which quebec complain about, and sounds much like mumbling.
Quebec French, which is all slang and France complain about.
And written French, which is taught in english schools, and made it hard to communicate to anyone french born.
Lol.. and seems to replace a phrase of 5 words in english with 10 words in french, and half of those are silent letters you don't pronounce when you speak. I gave up on french a long time ago. It takes too much effort to try and decipher when someone trys to communicate. Life got a lot easier dealing in this province once google translate became a thing.
Idk how to tell you this but French is my first language. Trust that I knew what I was talking about when I said he said he has nowhere to sleep.
Should be automatically blacklisted for destroying French + you can't expect any class from such a guy
It's funny because nulparou is just bad grammar for nulle part où indeed.
If I destroy English and turn "nowhere to" into a single, badly written word, Google says it means "I don't need to sleep".
It's almost like people who speak the language on a daily basis are a better source than Google translation when it comes to translating badly written sentences
If I destroy English and turn "nowhere to" into a single, badly written word, Google says it means "I don't need to sleep".
It's almost like people who speak the language on a daily basis are a better source than Google translation when it comes to translating badly written sentences
Quand je vois cette façon d’écrire, mes yeux saignent.
Par contre, ça ne veut pas nécessairement dire que la personne a un manque de classe. J’ai quelques bons amis qui sont de parfaits gentlemen mais ils savent à peine écrire de façon cohérente. Certains ont eu un parcours académique plutôt sinueux…
Dans le cas qui nous préoccupe cependant, il semble y avoir anguille sous roche.
Agree for the first part. I never understood why French (written/in school) need to be so overblown for nothing. But i do like my Quebec french. I do think "tabarnak" should be an actual word and "crisser/calisser" verbs. And when i say Tabarnak i do mean it not "tabernacle" like the church thing as nobody say it like that.
For the second part im always amaze when peoples choose to live here but not learn the language . Its like if i got to live in Mexico i would learn spanish as quick as i could. Same if i would go like in Japan, i would take Japanese lessons.
English speakers i feel rely a bit too much on our "hospitality" to accomodate them.
My absolute pet peeves is not being able to be serve in french in my own french province. I am more lenient if the person is obviously of foreign descent (Asian, Arab, Hispanic etc) as they had to learn a second language already but some Quebec born white ppls not making the effort to learn our language ...yikes.
Its not a personal attack on you there im talking in general. Its really bothers me. It contribute to the loss of french in our nation.
Oh and by the way
Nulparou : Nul Pars ou : Nowhere to
Was kinda funny seeing you all debate a google translate for a mispelled word
Nulparou : Nul Pars ou : Nowhere to
Was kinda funny seeing you all debate a google translate for a mispelled word
Language doesn't come naturally to everyone. Some even have enough trouble learning their own language. And people like me, where my heritage is here. I can date back to being in the Montréal area back to 1700's. I've tried learning French. It doesn't change that if I am sourounded by at least 2 french conversations around me it sets me into a panick attack. At my ex's family get-together i had to leave and take air, smoke a joint to calm myself down 3 times. Only people I could carry out a conversation with and understand them, were the kids.
It wasn't entirely appealing when young to learn the language either as there were so many battles between english and french. I distinctly remember being 7 and had a 14yro bully who would beat on me just because he didn't like that i was english and was friends with his little cousin my age.
