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Pieanne Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

"décalé"

0 I've been trying to find the equivalent of French "humour décalé" in English. 02br
00It may be a vain question, for it's hard to define the kind of humour. I'd say you find that in the Mounty Pythons films, or " a fish called Wanda" (no wonder), and in French "RRRrrrr"... 02br
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0I have no idea how 'decale' fits in, but I would call Monty Python 'zany'. 0-

— Mister Micawber

  • 0I have no idea how 'decale' fits in, but I would call Monty Python 'zany'.
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0I have no idea how 'decale' fits in, but I would call Monty Python 'zany'. 0-
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0 offbeat humo(u)r? 0-
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0 Pythonesque? 0-
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0 I don't know "zany" (will have to look it up); in my mind "décalé" had to be odd- something (my best guess was "offtune", so I'll go for "offbeat", Thanks to all!!! (f) (f) (f) 0-
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0 zany means 'dingue' 0-
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0 Thanks, Amandine, that's what I saw when I checked. The Monty Pythons'humour is surely "dingue", but I'd say it is more than that. Have you seen 'RRRrrrr"? 0-
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0 No, I haven't seen Rrrr (I don't know how many 'r'!!), because all the opinions i have heard of it weren't tempting and the trailer didn't attract me much. 0-
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0 I think there are 7 r's 02br
00I know about the opinions & critiques, but I find it very refreshing... My young son likes it too, so we watch it and have a laugh together. 02br
00If you're feeling blue one night, it's a good move... 0-
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0 ok, it's noted down on my list of movies to watch back in france!! 0-
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0 OK. You'll tell me what you think of it. 0-
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