CHAT D'Oh! (was: Re: Multilingual translation exercise, part 1)

Kou wrote:


>Roger Mills indulges in a little Schadenfreude with:
>
>>Have you ever seen "Mots de Gousse Rhames" ?  (snip)
>Aargh! I've been carrying around "Un petit d'un petit, s'étonne aux
>Halles....(et al.)" (which I memorized in toto as a kid) in my head
>for *years*. I've asked and accosted native speakers since Junior
>High about what the hell it means and have gotten rien from personne
>except blank stares. I can die peacefully now, but it will only be
>because, grâce à Roger, I can beat my head mercilessly on an anvil
>about my own utter cluelessness.

Or, if I know my Frenchmen (caution: stereotype ahead),  they probably
answered you _in English_ :  what on earth are you talking about?  :-)