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| stout Senior Member Ireland Joined 5370 days ago 108 posts - 140 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 9 of 14 24 May 2010 at 11:39pm | IP Logged |
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I think that the French word draguer means in English.To pick somebody up or chat somebody up or hit on to somebody or give somebody the come on.That's what I think.
A form of seduction I think... Edited by stout on 24 May 2010 at 11:41pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Andy E Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 7102 days ago 1651 posts - 1939 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French | Message 10 of 14 25 May 2010 at 12:27pm | IP Logged |
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Surely someone else remembers le dragueur from French In Action...
...a hugely unsuccessful pick-up artist. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| g.polskov Triglot Newbie Canada Joined 5251 days ago 37 posts - 50 votes Speaks: French*, English, Spanish Studies: Portuguese | Message 11 of 14 09 July 2010 at 8:46pm | IP Logged |
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Definitely not as innocent as "flirt" to me (we use flirt as an anglicism anyway), more openly going for it. Once again, I could be wrong, as someone else said, we do not use it in Québec.
Another anglicism I have heard a lot, mainly with my father's generation, is troller, from "trolling" (nothing to do with internet forums!). I thought this was more relevant to its fishing use, and that it was a funny way to look at what flirting is! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| zerothinking Senior Member Australia Joined 6371 days ago 528 posts - 772 votes Speaks: English* | Message 12 of 14 10 July 2010 at 2:50am | IP Logged |
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It simply means 'to chat up'
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| GLDFSH Diglot Newbie United Kingdom Joined 5347 days ago 13 posts - 14 votes Speaks: English*, French | Message 13 of 14 17 July 2010 at 2:08am | IP Logged |
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Yeah it's much more forward than a flirt.. It's the kind of word only guys use and has
slightly sleazy connotations, more than 'chat up', might be closer to the American expression to 'hit on' someone.. Edited by GLDFSH on 17 July 2010 at 2:09am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Adamdm Groupie Australia Joined 5436 days ago 62 posts - 89 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin, Japanese, Dari, German, Spanish, Russian, Arabic (Written) | Message 14 of 14 19 July 2010 at 6:40am | IP Logged |
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An excellent analysis of the concept is given by Jennifer Yee - a most observant and articulate commentator on inter-cultural differences - at http://danny.oz.au/jennifer/visitor/7.courtship.html
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