New Releases ....

Walking in the Metro this morning I noticed a film poster for a movie I had seen many previews for while I was visiting the states a few weeks ago – in English the film is titled “What’s Your Number” but in French they have changed the name of the movie to “Sex List” … very logical translation right? No not really, unless you want to give them credit for getting right to the point of the movie. FYI: The movie is about a single girl who decides to get back in touch with all the people she's ever dated in the hopes that "the one" is someone she's already met and dated. This obviously means someone that she has already had sex with… well at least if you are French that is what it means!! Anyway this got me thinking to other movies that have been released while I have been here or older movies I have watched where the title has been translated, actually translated isn’t even the right way to put it because most of the time they just change the title to have the word sex in it somewhere, I have noticed a lot of the titles have been changed but are still in English… I am not sure the exact reasoning behind this but I wonder if it helps the movie sales?! Here are a few other titles that I have stumbled upon with new French titles…

The Other Guys: Very Bad Cops (this one I understand because they really were very bad cops…)

Get Him to the Greek: American Trip

No Strings Attached: Sex Friends

Step up: Sexy Dance (Ok.. it does include a lot of sexy dancing… not that I have ever seen it…)

Eurotrip : Sex Trip

Cruel Intentions : Sex Intentions

Wild Things : Sex Crimes

Never Been Kissed: College Attitude

The other big difference I have found here in the way they promote movies here – the posters are much more risqué – most of the time the title and the image are a bit more than what we would see back home in the US… take a looksi!! 

Coin Coin or Quack Quack

I think I have mentioned previously that the lunch conversation here always manage to revolve around really interesting and usually non-work related topics. Not that we don't like talking about work but I have found that at lunch here people actually take a rest from the day to day and give themselves a true break. Recently the following topic has come up multiple times with multiple people and so I feel it's time to share the research I have done on this. I know this has been a burning question for many of you but it's true French animals make different sounds then US animals. Ok maybe it isn't a burning question and well actually it probably seems silly and I am sure you are scratching your head thinking, "What on earth and how does this topic even come up once, never mind multiple times?!?! " So I will tell you....even though I am studying and practicing incredibly hard to learn the language occasionally words will pop up I don't know and I will need a translation. In the case of a menu translation sometimes it is just easier to imitate what sound or action the animal made (before it became my potential entree). Or in my Mom's case (love you Mom) it's an easier way to describe the dish you want for dinner (even though we now know French ducks say Coin and not Quack...) So I have compiled a list to compare the sounds that French and US animals make. I though this would take me forever but you would be surprised by the amount of info you can find by googling animal noises!! 


 You may find it interesting to know that bee’s are the only bug/animal that won’t need to take lessons to communicate with their relatives overseas.  

Matelas Gonflable

I made my first French purchase on-line. Now this doesn't seem like a big deal BUT when everything on the website is in French and everything in the check-out is in French it is a bigger accomplishment then one would think. I will be having some visitors next week a little couple I like to call Ma and Pa - woohoo - and after thinking about how heavy carrying an air mattress over here via luggage and a plane, I decided to take matters into my own hands. After a little direction on where to look on-line (Thanks Michael!!) and a few conversions from centimeters to inches and using my notes from my cours de francais (ok.. maybe I used Google Translate once OR twice too, but there are just some words I have not yet been introduced to!!) I made the purchase. When I arrived home today there was a lovely box waiting for me in my flat. We Have Success.... so now the test will be to make sure it inflates and really can fit two people - or I guess I am giving up my bed next week ....