How do you pronounce this?

The bit you said about "non plus" being the answer to a negative question - I presume you're thinking of the other meaning of "neither" as in "ni moi non plus" = "me neither" or "nor me". That doesn't make any sense here either.

I'm pretty certain it has to be the sense of "no more" or "no longer", but as I said, it doesn't actually make a lot of sense - we need all the lyrics!

Is it the Serge Gainsborough thing?

 

Well - here you go - all the answers are on here - there are...... marks between the bits - the second bit is said by the other person, so what I said was right!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Je_t'aime..._moi_non_plus

 

For instance, if I ask:

"are you also thirsty?" and you answer : "yes, I am thirsty as well"
in French you would say "oui, moi aussi",


but if I say:

"I am not thirsty, and you?" then you would say "non, moi non plus"


...correct me if I am wrong.
Where are all the French...?

 

oooh...I finally solve the mistery!

I couldn't have imagined to find it on wikipedia.

excellent!

 

Oooh, ey, goodness me! Sorry miraflores - I've only just switched my 'puter back on and caught up with this!!

Reason is, I was... well... giving a French lesson, believe it or not!

Our own, our very own superacademic Dendy is right, of course. This is one of that well-known genre "Songs with Seriously Loopy Lyrics". Other examples are such gems as "Whiter Shade of Pale" and "Agadoo", not to mention some of the Beatles' more off-the-wall offerings.... Can't help thinking if it had been sung in English it wouldn't have been half as popular. The mystery of what it meant - given what seemed to be going on at the time - seemed to create more interest than it deserved!!

And if Jane Birkin appeared to be away with the fairies, I reckon them as bought it were even more so! :D

 

she might be mad but she does have jolly nice handbags

 

Wouldn't know, Lynne! I know a lot of blokes here carry 'em, but I've so far resisted the temptation! :D :D

 

Yes, MF!! You're quite right!!! As H-A is trying to say in a tactful way - I'm an ex French (and German) teacher.......... I always knew it would cme in handy one day :rolleyes:

Isn't it great on here - you don't just find out about gardening things! :D

 

And just for what it's worth, away with the fairies in Portuguese is "fora com as fadas", a phrase I use regarding myself often! :rolleyes:

 

dendrobium this is to keep up our end
WHAS LIKE US
Damm Few and Theyre A Deid
the typical englishman finishes his breakfast of toast and MARMALADE invented by mrs Keiller of Dundee Scotland,and slips into his RAINCOAT patented by Charles Macintosh from Glasgow, Scotland.he walks to his office along an english lane which is surfaced with TARMAC,invented by John Loudon MacAdam of Ayr,Scotland. or he drives his english car which is fitted with PNEUMATIC TYRES,invented by Robert William Thomson of Stonehaven,Scotland,and patented by John Boyd Dunlop of Dreghorn, Scotland.before he acquired his car he traveled by STEAM TRAIN invented by James Watt of Greenock,Scotland.in his office he deals with mail bearing ADHESIVE STAMPS invented by John Chalmers of Dundee, Scotland.and makes frequent use of the TELEPHONE invented by Alexander Graham Bell born in Edinburgh,Scotland.at home in the evening he dines on his favourite traditional ROAST BEEF from Aberdeen Angus,raised in Aberdeenshire,Scotland. and then watches an item on TELEVISION an invention of John Logie Baird,of Helensburgh,Scotland-about John Paul Jones,father of The United States Navy,born in Kirkbean, Scotland.his son prefers to read TREASURE ISLAND written by Robert Louis Stevenson,born in Edinburgh,Scotland.whilst his daughter plays in the garden on her BICYCLE,an invention of Kirkpatrick Macmillan of Thornhill,Scotland.it is impossible for an Englishman to escape the ingenuity of the Scots.
in desperation he turns to the BIBLE only to find the first person mentioned in the good book is a Scot-King James VI,who authorises its translation.he could of course take to drink,but Scotland makes the finest WHISKY in the world.nearing the end of his tether he could uplift a rifle to end it all,but the BREECH-LOADING RIFLE was invented by Captain Patrick Ferguson of Pitfours,Scotland.anyway if he escaped death he could find himself being injected with PENECILLIN discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming,bacteriologist of Darvel,Scotland.or given CHLOROFORM an anaesthetic first used by Sir James Young Simpson of Bathgate,Scotland. out of the anaesthetic his mood would not improve if the surgeon told him that he was as safe as THE BANK OF ENGLAND which was founded by William Paterson of Dumfries, Scotland.perhaps ,in order to get some peace, he should request a transfusion of guid Scottish blood so that he too would be entitled to ask; WHAS LIKE US Damm Few and Theyre A deid :D :D

 

Oh dear, Kathy - think you might just have started something there.... :eek: :rolleyes:

So, who's going to be the first to reply then? :D


BTW - I learned the toast as "Here's tae us, wha's like us? Gey few , an' they're a' deid!"

 

just for fun dendrobium
no one i hope takes offence :D

 

I am all for Scotland, my dear...with your climate, you better are smart

 

naturellement pas...

 

'Ow eez zees? You say zat eef ah spik Frainch evereebodee will do everyseeng zat ah want? Especiallee ze LEDDIES???? Zees ah muss remembair!!! :D :D :D

("Knock it off, cully," they said, "In your dreams!! What YOU need to remember is that you're a superannuated stumblebum who's 500 miles away!") :( :(

And everybody here speaks French anyway....

Heavens, Roders, lad, whatever have you started here??? We've come a long way from Nipponese fruit trees!!!