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Saturday, 25 May 1996 |
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The following were winners in a New York Magazine contest in which
contestants were to take a well-known expression in a foreign
language, change a single letter, and provide a definition for the new
expression.
- HARLEZ-VOUS FRANCAIS?
- Can you drive a French motorcycle?
- EX POST FUCTO
- Lost in the mail
- IDIOS AMIGOS
- We're wild and crazy guys!
- VENI, VIPI, VICI
- I came, I'm a very important person, I conquered.
- COGITO EGGO SUM
- I think; therefore I am a waffle.
- RIGOR MORRIS
- The cat is dead.
- RESPONDEZ S'IL VOUS PLAID
- Honk if you're Scottish.
- QUE SERA SERF
- Life is feudal.
- LE ROI EST MORT. JIVE LE ROI
- The king is dead. No kidding.
- POSH MORTEM
- Death styles of the rich and famous
- PRO BOZO PUBLICO
- Support your local clown.
- MONAGE A TROIS
- I am three years old.
- FELIX NAVIDAD
- Our cat has a boat.
- HASTE CUISINE
- Fast French food
- VENI, VIDI, VICE
- I came, I saw, I partied.
- QUIP PRO QUO
- A fast retort
- ALOHA OY
- Love; greetings; farewell; from such a pain you should never
know.
- MAZEL TON
- tons of luck
- APRES MOE LE DELUGE
- Larry and Curly got wet.
- PORTE-KOCHERE
- Sacramental wine
- ICH LIEBE RICH
- I'm really crazy about having dough.
- FUI GENERIS
- What's mine is mine.
- VISA LA FRANCE
- Don't leave your chateau without it.
- CA VA SANS DIRT
- And that's not gossip.
- MERCI RIEN
- Thanks for nothin'!
- AMICUS PURIAE
- Platonic friend
- L'ETAT, C'EST MOO
- I'm bossy around here.
- Cogito, ergo spud
- I think, therefore I Yam (ok, more than one letter...)
- Veni, Vidu, Velcro
- I came, I saw, I stayed...
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