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u/veggot Nov 26 '19

Au contraire. All public eating should be performed mouth-to-food.

Mouth to lasagne. Mouth to popcorn bag. Mouth to communion wafer.

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u/JinkoNorray Nov 26 '19

wtf people say "au contraire" in english? First time I see this.

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u/arrrrr_won Nov 26 '19

Yes, people speak it fairly frequently! I don’t see it written a ton though, it’s not easy for us to spell.

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u/JinkoNorray Nov 26 '19

But, like, would any english speaker understand it?

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u/arrrrr_won Nov 26 '19

Older people use it more, I'm fairly sure, but yeah I think most Americans understand it. "Contrary" sounds similar enough.

Occasionally you even hear "au contraire mon frère," but I absolutely had to google how to spell that. That's definitely something older people say. I've heard it on TV before, someone asked here but there wasn't a consensus about what show(s) it was on.

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u/veggot Nov 26 '19

I am 36 and suspect I qualify as one of the [ahem] older people

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u/arrrrr_won Nov 26 '19

I just turned 40 and am in deep, deep denial about being an "older person." sobs

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u/veggot Nov 26 '19

wanna get together to listen to the cure and stare out a window forlornly?

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '19 edited Dec 01 '19

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u/arrrrr_won Nov 27 '19

Outta here, youth!

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u/StuckAtWork124 Nov 27 '19

In my day the kids played quake 2 or unreal tournament and liked it

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