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| lMIlk |
| i thought it was white card :thepirate |
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| mr_sick |
| It is White card ;) And Dumonde in french = Du monde = From World or "Lots of people" ;) |
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| Miss Proximus |
| a card with nothing on it can be white too yea :p |
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| Nicke |
| quote: | Originally posted by kr00t0n
Carte Blanche |
Sounds like some wine.. |
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| Renegade |
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. ;) |
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| Strike |
how bout Martin Eyerer??
I have the Martin part down
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| Cobalt |
| 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. |
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| lMIlk |
| hiver and hammer is it hive(er) and hammer or hiver like HIV er and hammer |
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| EldamRy |
Cobalt is totaly right !
french is my firts language !
edit :
when someone give you "carte blanche "
you can do wathever you want .... |
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| b i n k u n |
| wutabout Schiller? pronounced 'shiller', 'skiller', something else?? |
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| EldamRy |
thats not french....
pronunce 'shiller' |
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| lMIlk |
| quote: | Originally posted by lMIlk
hiver and hammer is it hive(er) and hammer or hiver like HIV er and hammer |
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