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Old 08-29-2007, 02:13 PM   #23839
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Originally Posted by Jat316sob View Post
I don't know about the French, I copied it from a t-shirt. The phrase popped up a few times when I googled it, so that's good enough for me. After all, we are talking about a dead language here.
Well, "making love" is an idiom that I believe is unique to the English language. In French, it sounds as though you're trying to Build Your Own Love™ or something unintentionally silly like that.

I dunno. Are there any native French speakers around, or have they all died?

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Originally Posted by Jazhara7 View Post
Deirdre? Do you mean Squinky? Because I'm pretty sure she's called "Deirdra", unless she doesn't know how to spell her own name.
I spell my name as it appears on my birth certificate. Hence, any mistake therein should be blamed on my parents, not me.

That said, "Deirdra" does indeed appear to be a valid alternate spelling of the name, according to Google.
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