Showing posts with label dog. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dog. Show all posts

Thursday, 18 February 2021

Deep and profound brain things inside my head

La meilleure façon de se venger d'un ennemi, c'est de ne pas lui ressembler. // The best revenge is not to be like your enemy 


I am sure Marcus Aureluis meant something much more profound than the lack of resemblance between the cat and a chihuahua, but well, it serves as an illustration, n'est-ce pas?

Two observations:

 --  A chihuahua en face looks very much like Yoda. Same goes for fennec fox

-- As you probably know, chihuahuas are "hate and tremble" type of dogs. I first read this definition in Russian - "дрожь и ненависть". Now, just for the heck of it, let's translate it into French. Google Translate comes up with "haine et tremblement" as one of the possibilities. But a search on these words plus "dog/chien" doesn't bring up photos of chihuahuas, as it does with Russian and English versions. So I probably got the translation wrong. Surely the French have made the same observation. 

Well, three observations, actually. The word "chihuahua" replaces but perfectly the first line in the chorus of "Que sera, sera".

 

Monday, 21 October 2019

Trésor

Y at-il quelqu'un là-bas? // Is there anybody out there?
Today's prompt is Treasure/Trésor. Made me remember that one of the popular names for a dog in Russia used to be "Трезор". Looked it up and yes, it seems the most likely origin is from French Trésor. There is another version, about some three-eyed guarding semi-deity, but it seems less likely, at least to me.

Now, why is the cat in the doghouse, I am not sure. He's probably jut squatting there, waiting, but not wanting, for the owner to come back.

Saturday, 6 October 2018

Drooling

Le bouledogue est une bonne race. Il y a juste un problème // The bulldog is a good breed. There is just one problem
Today's Inktober prompt is "drooling" which kinda confirms my hungry prompter theory.

Drooling is "baver" in French, if you are interested.