Pariswat, I have to say that you speak and write excellent English. It has to be very hard. I speak English and still have to figure out some abbreviations.

This is what you typed translated:
Do not worry . They not impede any slab that what is written on t -shirts, c'te
Still doesn't make me understand My Dad is Earl.

I think French is one of the hardest languages to speak and so appreciate so many being able to communicate with me when I travel and to give advice on travel forums.

As someone who speaks English and Spanish but just cannot grasp French, I appreciate everyone we met in France and who takes the time to post here for helping us. It's a beautiful language that I have zero hope of mastering. Even my bonjours were messed up this year, yikes.

TPAYT--I hope one day to have a leisurely trip to Paris. Maybe on our 10th we'll relax a bit more! I can't wait to return.

Flpab

My french was totally unintelligible for any non frenchspeaking, mixing old expressions : 'entrave que dalle' means to understand nothing in this only expression, 'kiffer' means to like in teens language. Trouffions means guys, an obsolete expression used first as meaning 'infantrymen'...

So basically the T shirt means nothing, just some people like to have english written on their Tshirts.
This evening my eldest had a Tshirt labelled 'Trash'...
English is 'très chic' in France and Belgium.

My last post in french is first in slang, the second a pale revival of oeveraccented old french. Ker responded in kind...

Anyway, thanks all, have a good night, see some of you tomorrow.
Nice writing to you, even if I may look offended from time to time, I actually like this thread and appreciate that you all like Paris !!

(but honestly I didn't understand the incriminated post full of abbreviations - didn't try too hard, if I may confess it).

... where is my glass of Bordeaux....

Enjoyed your report and apartment link! On our first visit we stayed on I'lle St Louis and also went to Chappelle. Thanks for the memories

I will pass that info on to my husband because he was fascinated by Earl and the Abercrombie store. We didn't go in but saw the line beyond the beautiful gates. A glass of Bordeaux sounds very good right now.

Fuzzbucket, we got a great deal in the 14th with vacationinparis. We eat out but love going to Picard, the fresh markets, the butcher for rotisserie chickens, fresh bread,salted butter, our own bottle of wine. We spend less in Paris than many American cities. Boston is very pricey. I think Paris is a place for people of all types of budgets.

There is a TV show called "My Name Is Earl" and there are lots of tee shirts related to the show. Maybe that's the connection, maybe not?

As far as the abbreviations go, I totally understood you, TPAYT. However, I think the point is, if someone on this forum does not understand, there is a much more polite way to ask the Original Poster to explain the abbreviations, or to ask for help, in a way that is not rude and disrespectful.

I'm sure TPAYT had no intention of excluding anyone with her abbreviations. They are ubiquitous on this forum anyway.

My husband & I have enjoyed wonderful dinners at Sorza, too. I especially liked the appetizer of grilled eggplant drizzled with pesto & balsamic reduction!

On our last trip to Paris, we went to Marco Polo for the first time. Our only disappointment was that we went on our last night. If we had gone earlier in our stay, we could have gone back for another meal! As we left, Albano said, "Good-bye, Lady!" Well, I was charmed!

brubenow---thanks, well said. I see that pariswat is new to this forum and therefore not familiar with Fodorites abreviations such as DH, DD, etc.

Hopefully pariswat will be more positive in their upcoming posts. Maybe there is a Fodors Forum in French that they could join.

I love Albano at Marco Polo. He is so welcoming and I am sure he does not remember us although he always acts as if he does. Chaz and I still laugh over him explaining that the cheese we were ordering was "one for two"...for some reason I totally understood it, but Chaz didn't quite and Albano just playfully toyed with him. Great entertainment and we always enjoy Marco Polo!.

"Hopefully pariswat will be more positive in their upcoming posts. Maybe there is a Fodors Forum in French that they could join."

Which is not at all condescending of course.

TYPAT,
Thanks for the trip report which I enjoyed Glad to hear you had nice weather, as kerouac indicated there are never any guarantees.

All this discussion of the abbreviations and has no one had a go at translating them?

I'm an English speaker living in the US and I have to say I find them pretty confusing too, perhaps I'm slow but I didn't know what DH was for some time (Dear Husband). I guess maybe because I'm not on Facebook these aren't abbreviations aren't familiar? Or perhaps because my husband would run for the hills if I described him this way, even in jest!!!

The two I use most here on Fodors are TR (Trip Report) and OP (Original Poster for the one who started the thread). I now get GD (Grand Daughter) MIL, FIL (Mother-in-Law and Father-in-Law) but much beyond this and I have no idea what's going on. What are all these?

<MDH, BR, LR, BDR, ND (ok this one is easy), GD, BD, LDM, PF and TR.>

If Fodors had anything as useful as a sticky at the top of the Forum this would be a helpful thing to post. I'd also add the curious "Topping", an expression I didn't understand for quite some time - which indicated the person is "topping" a thread.

Anyway enough of this digression, don't let me delay the Paris chat!

Thanks for those nice post.

OP,
I don't think I'm a SOB looking for MILF or even GILF on this forum so thanks to give ASAP give an ETA for a translation of your abbs, unless you go AWOL on this forum ?

Mvg (this one is Flemmish).

Hi TPAYT....I hope you will finish your trip report. Would love to read more.

Thanks for sharing!