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wanderful Mar 1st, 2006 12:23 PM

“Blah, blah, blah.” Is there an equivalent in other languages?
 
How do you say it in French? Italian? Spanish? Portuguese? In ... blah, blah, blah?

seetheworld Mar 1st, 2006 12:34 PM

Really? Do people really talk like that? In what language do YOU use "blah, blah, blah?"

When writing, "etc." comes to mind, but I would never write "etc., etc., etc."

nessundorma Mar 1st, 2006 12:49 PM

In Italian you say it "et cetera, et cetera, et cetera"

the "c" is prouncounced like English "ch"

Graziella5b Mar 1st, 2006 01:08 PM

Bla, bla, bla is used in colloquial Spanish.

Dr_DoGood Mar 1st, 2006 01:18 PM

"Bleh, bleh, bleh..." is often heard in french. (At least that's how I'm assuming it's spelt!.... ah, yes it is - Mme DoGood confirms.)

laclaire Mar 1st, 2006 01:24 PM

I don't remember hearing "bla bla bla" in Spain, but my friends and I use the following a lot:

a hand gesture involving imitating a mouth while rolling our eyes.

"tal tal tal" (for example: Y la tia estaba alli hablando. . . tal tal tal. . .ya sabes"

"la la la" (I use this a lot with my host family, particularly my little sister, when they are running on and on)

Three short exhales and a rolling of the eyes is also a big one.


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