Ha ha! That is because you speak good French and know the real meaning of words! Personally I only knew the slang meaning -- and even my husband told me that the "to stack" meaning isn't used that much anymore in everyday French.
I will explain but just let me see if I get any more comments...
Ohhhhh.... I see... one of those is it? Yep my French is definitely the sort out of books rather than of the street... I hope to change that fairly soon though :-)
A native of Olympia, Washington, I've been raising a dual national family and teaching English in France for 28 years. I started this blog in 2005 and am currently sharing my many photos of Aveyron, Occitanie, France.
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Hi Betty - hang on, I speak French, and I still don't get it!! "Do not stack, front face". Is it just too subtle for me? Explanation please!
Ha ha! That is because you speak good French and know the real meaning of words! Personally I only knew the slang meaning -- and even my husband told me that the "to stack" meaning isn't used that much anymore in everyday French.
I will explain but just let me see if I get any more comments...
Ohhhhh.... I see... one of those is it? Yep my French is definitely the sort out of books rather than of the street... I hope to change that fairly soon though :-)
Okay, I hope Paul will come back to this post to find out that "gerber," in the spoken French vernacular, means "to puke!"
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