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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Is "Guy de Mopassong" a man's French name? If not, what does it mean?

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"Oh, I ain't no Guy de Mopassong," he said, cheerfully. "I'm giving it to you in straight American. Well, she says something like this: 'Mr. Gold Bonds is only a ...
  

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org/wiki/Guy_de_Maupassant

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It's an uneducated person's pronunciation of the name of the French write : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_de_Maupassant
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It's probably a play on the name of the French writer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_de_Maupassant. The person speaking is boasting that his language is not complicated, but rather "straight American." It is ironic because "American" isn't a language.
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Thanks.
Is the word undeccated in your reply the misspelling of uneducated?
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Sorry, I didn't spot the typo. I've corrected it now.
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