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October 09, 2019, 08:28 PM
a1abdjMembers Fluent In French?
If I wanted to call somebody a Wiggle Worm, or Wiggly Worm as a proper noun, what would it be in French? Male.
October 09, 2019, 08:32 PM
MikeinNCI think Blaze is married to a French woman....
but wouldn’t it be ”ver wiggle”?
Sorry but it’s been 31 years since high school and we had a real live French girl in our class, and she was tres belle
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MillironLe ver tortillant.
(Who isn’t terribly fluent anymore but who does have a degree in the subject)
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October 09, 2019, 08:51 PM
r0gueJallen would have known.
October 09, 2019, 08:57 PM
0-0I agree with Milliron.
It sounds quite weird as an expression.
Vers gigotant / gigoteur, also works.
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October 09, 2019, 09:03 PM
ensigmaticThing is: A wiggle worm has a specific meaning in American English. A word-for-word translation, transliteration, into French probably not the same meaning. So the question is: Does the OP want a translation or transliteration? Sounds like he wants the former.
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Sig2340Try
Se déhancher ver
Ver = worm
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October 09, 2019, 09:12 PM
a1abdjquote:
Thing is: A wiggle worm has a specific meaning in American English. A word-for-word translation, transliteration, into French probably not the same meaning. So the question is: Does the OP want a translation or transliteration? Sounds like he wants the former.
New dog's name on AKC registration. My 3 year old wanted to call him Wiggle Worm as his English name, which was obviously vetoed. Gunner will be what he goes by, but I figured we could work in the name she wanted somehow.
October 09, 2019, 09:26 PM
Balzé HalzéI'll ask my wife tomorrow if there is an equivalent French version of Wiggle Worm and how it might be written as a proper noun.
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tacfoleyI am a French speaker from the age of three, but I wouldn't have the foggiest idea how to translate that. What does it mean in English? Is it a sexual expression? An insult? A gangster term?What?
October 10, 2019, 09:04 AM
a1abdjquote:
What does it mean in English? Is it a sexual expression? An insult? A gangster term?What?
Usually a young child that won't stop moving. Children's toys and songs have also been modeled around it.
October 10, 2019, 10:09 AM
ensigmaticquote:
Originally posted by tacfoley:
I am a French speaker from the age of three, but I wouldn't have the foggiest idea how to translate that. What does it mean in English? Is it a sexual expression? An insult? A gangster term?What?
wiggle wormThat's the problem to which I was earlier referring. Transliterated it might be "ver wiggle." But that's probably meaningless in French.
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Balzé HalzéSo in France they'd likely just say "
un ver."
"Bouge comme un ver."
But there may also be another expression more commonly used but doesn't compare to a worm. My wife actually can't think of it right now, but she's reaching out to her family for any ideas. Her mom says they just say: c'est un petit ver de terre. So basically a little worm. "It's a little worm."
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DJ_Bostonquote:
Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
So in France they'd likely just say "un ver."
"Bouge comme un ver."
But there may also be another expression more commonly used but doesn't compare to a worm. My wife actually can't think of it right now, but she's reaching out to her family for any ideas.
Bouger = to fidget. Booger the dog
just don't ask Tac for another alliteration of bouger...
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October 10, 2019, 10:31 AM
egregorequote:
Originally posted by a1abdj:
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What does it mean in English? Is it a sexual expression? An insult? A gangster term?What?
Usually a young child that won't stop moving. Children's toys and songs have also been modeled around it.
Puppies - and kittens - sometimes like to twist and wriggle out of your grasp when you hold them.
October 10, 2019, 11:19 AM
Johnny 3eaglesHow about something in English: Saint Charles Sir (or Miss) Wiggles
Or Mister (or Miss) Wiggles of Saint Charles
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October 10, 2019, 11:48 AM
0-0Un ver inquiet.
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