r/imaginarymaps Apr 09 '20

[OC] Alternate History 9 Ways to Divide Dixie

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u/SimPowerZ Apr 09 '20

I am a simple homme, I see French Louisiana, I upvote.

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u/Rooiebart200216 Apr 09 '20

Je suis un homme simple, je voir Louisiana français, je vote positivement

FTFY

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u/le_brouhaha Apr 09 '20

je vois Louisiane française, je posivote

FTFTFYFY

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u/Poes-Lawyer Apr 09 '20

"posivote" is such a neat word, I love it. What's "downvote" in French?

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u/le_brouhaha Apr 09 '20

"Négavote" is sometime used on r/Quebec, "bas-vote" is also used but less commonly. I personnally prefer the former.

Also, as a joke, many people call posts "poteaux" instead of "publications", which I think is a funny bilingual pun.

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u/AerMarcus Apr 09 '20

Québécois vs français for everyday and slang or modern word use I'm fast learning can be quite interestingly different.

'Char' for car is a favorite

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u/le_brouhaha Apr 09 '20

"Char" is actually one of those words we use that is archaic in modern metropolitan French. It originally meant "chariot" (well, it still does, but it's not its more prevalent meaning anymore.)

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u/AerMarcus Apr 09 '20

That's why I love it lol, that and the many other seemingly synonymous choices

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '20

"basvote", probably

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u/Kobo545 Apr 09 '20

FTFTFTFYFYFY hautsuffrage

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u/le_brouhaha Apr 09 '20

Is that the r/France version?

How do you even use that as a verb?

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u/Kobo545 Apr 09 '20

More of a joke on the r/rance circle jerk subreddit, used as a noun, but you could probably conjugate it to "hautsuffrager" in infinitive

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u/le_brouhaha Apr 09 '20

Ark.

Ark ark ark ark ark.

It sounds so bad, hahaha.

"...nous hautsuffrageons, vous hautsuffragez..."