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| dr_seth_l Newbie United States myspace.com/dr_seth_ Joined 5828 days ago 8 posts - 8 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, French | Message 1 of 2 28 October 2008 at 11:58am | IP Logged |
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I know I'm a beginner and probably shouldn't concern myself with it, but could someone give a good explanation of french verlan and how it came about?
I know with some words you take the last syllable and put in front. Could anyone offer me any more information about verlan? 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| ExtraLean Triglot Senior Member France languagelearners.myf Joined 5805 days ago 897 posts - 880 votes  Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: German | Message 2 of 2 28 October 2008 at 12:21pm | IP Logged |
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I give you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verlan. It explains it pretty well.
Though you might run across it on TV (rare), in music (not so rare depending on your genre of choice), or in conversation with someone(not so rare depending on the type of person), it isn't something that I as a learner of French here in Paris have been overly exposed to, or found to be too bothersome. That being said, we had a little session in class about it, and I have picked up some of what has filtered into the mainstream language, but that is about it. I suppose it all depends on where you go and who you talk to. It is interesting, and probably not a bad way to kill a few minutes. Thom. Edited by ExtraLean on 28 October 2008 at 12:32pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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