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Posted by nekholm on Jul-17-2002 16:00:

quote:
Originally posted by kr00t0n
Carte Blanche

Sounds like some wine..

Posted by Renegade on Jul-18-2002 07:10:

Carte Blanche is French for white card,but actually means something along the lines of "full power", as in:

"I am the president of the Congo Republic, therefore I have carte blanche to kick you in the balls".

So yeah, think full and unrestricted permission or power. Kinda hard to explain, but hope you get my drift.

Good to see those 4 years of French at high school paid off eh.

Posted by Strike on Jul-19-2002 22:13:

how bout Martin Eyerer??
I have the Martin part down

Posted by Cobalt on Jul-22-2002 15:36:

quote:
Originally posted by kr00t0n
Halcyon = Hal - see - on. it means something in another language

Carte Blanche = Cart - Blaan (as in Baa Baa Black Sheep) - ch
It means 'For the People' in french.

No, Halcyon is an english word. It has several different meanings so you should look it up, but it's a beautiful term. One of my favorites.

Carte Blanche is a phrase in english that was imported from french. It means literally to give the "white card" or "blank card," meaning a blank or unwritten order. In speech it means freedom to act as one will, usually as part of a military or from a superior, as in:

The general was given carte blanche to invade the city, with no specified orders from HQ.

or more casually

Mom gave me carte blanche to decorate for the party. She just left it up to me to do as I wanted.

Posted by lMIlk on Jul-25-2002 02:30:

hiver and hammer is it hive(er) and hammer or hiver like HIV er and hammer

Posted by EldamRy on Jul-25-2002 09:25:

Cobalt is totaly right !

french is my firts language !

edit :

when someone give you "carte blanche "
you can do wathever you want ....

Posted by b i n k u n on Jul-25-2002 17:20:

wutabout Schiller? pronounced 'shiller', 'skiller', something else??

Posted by EldamRy on Jul-25-2002 19:09:

thats not french....

pronunce 'shiller'

Posted by lMIlk on Jul-25-2002 21:43:

quote:
Originally posted by lMIlk
hiver and hammer is it hive(er) and hammer or hiver like HIV er and hammer

Posted by Strike on Jul-26-2002 05:31:

how bout eyerer?!?!

Posted by Miss Proximus on Jul-26-2002 07:23:

I'd say eyerer..eye-rer

Posted by elena on Jul-26-2002 15:05:

i was curious to how satoshi tomiiee was pronounced, e or no e sound at the end?

Posted by JohnSmith on Jul-27-2002 19:30:

quote:
Originally posted by kr00t0n
Halcyon = Hal - see - on. it means something in another language

I always thought Halcyon was prounouced Hay - Lon

but, i think you are right Kr00t0n

Posted by TimeportE on Jul-27-2002 22:45:

i see now that it really is handy to be dutch, as i can speak dutch, english, french and german..
most dutchies have less difficulty in pronouncing stuff (except Arabian or something )

Posted by Lira on Jul-31-2002 00:55:

To: TranceGiant
Danny Tenaglia:
10 - nah - llia ("gl" sounds as "ll" in the word million, not as in lake...it's a soft "l")
To: Strike
Souvenir de Chine:
Soo - vay - NEER d' ShEEn' (It means "a memory from China". I mean, something you have to keep the memory - a statue or a vase, not the thought itself). Get it?
To: Miss E
It's japanese, right? If it is, you do pronounce the "e" in the end of "tomiiee"
(I'm not an expert in Jap. lang., but I know you pronounce the "e" in the word "iie" which means "no" and "ie" which means house - not the music, but the place you live in )
To: anyone dutch
What about Geert huinink? By the way, is dutch "g" similar to (french/german) "r" (then "gielen" would sound like "rielen")? Cheers

Posted by Hybrid Junkie on Jul-31-2002 01:27:

carte blanche

wow I always thought it was a derivitave from the latin (I think..) "tabula rasa" <- or similar spelling which meant a clean slate. So if you've been bad whatever you are now given a clean slate to start over, and I figured white card, = clean slate y'know?

but it probably means the permission to do something...

just my thoughts

Posted by afastest on Aug-12-2002 20:10:

most of you are americans?
it is funny to read your questions and answers.
i dont mean i knew all of those how to pronounce them.
but, about ibiza, i think it is eebeetsa
z is not like usual z in zero,
it is like ts in "its".
but this is not t and s separately, it is like to say it quick.
and in italian z in pronounced also as ts in "its".

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