A Quick Question for Francophones

Discussion in 'Linguistics' started by Cellar_Door, Jul 6, 2009.

  1. Cellar_Door Whose Worth's unknown Registered Senior Member

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    Whilst reading through [French] Cosmopolitan, I got a bit stuck.

    Does the phrase 'une paire de palmes' have another, less obvious, meaning? Because it doesn't really make sense in the context I found it in.

    Lisa Legrand

    Officiellement, Lisa est maquilleuse. Mais si, au milieu des poudres et pinceaux, vous voyez une paire de palmes, c'est normal, elle ne les quitte jamais, des fois qu'une piscine passerait par là.


    This is what I got:

    Officially, Lisa is a make-up artist. But if, in the middle of her powders and brushes, you see a pair of palms, that's normal. She never leaves them, there might be a swimming pool nearby.

    Perhaps armbands or something?
     
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  3. Enmos Valued Senior Member

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    Palm trees ? lol
     
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  5. tuberculatious Banned Banned

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    I believe it means that you have ambidexterity when it comes to the art of masturbation, or masturbation as the french call it.
     
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  7. Oli Heute der Enteteich... Registered Senior Member

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    Also means "flippers".
    Presumably swim fins.
     
  8. Enmos Valued Senior Member

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  9. Oli Heute der Enteteich... Registered Senior Member

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    I dunno, a couple of lighting fixtures, a swimming pool full of water...
    Could be fun.

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  10. Enmos Valued Senior Member

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    Yea, I deleted that because it was just plain dumb

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  11. Cellar_Door Whose Worth's unknown Registered Senior Member

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    Thanks Oli, knew it must be something along those lines

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