Comments on: terms of endearment http://petiteanglaise.com/2004/10/06/terms-of-endearment/ Mon, 10 Oct 2011 07:58:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: del4yo http://petiteanglaise.com/2004/10/06/terms-of-endearment/#comment-321 Tue, 12 Oct 2004 21:45:39 +0000 http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2004/10/06/terms-of-endearment/#comment-321 Ma puce, is because the animal is little,and quick…it’s cute, the nickname existed before microscope is think.
And mon chou is not the vegetable, it’s the sweet cake with cream in it and caramel on top…Mon chou stand for honey, sweetie, I guess.
Nothing weird to this, maybe just a little loss in translation… I’m having quite the same experience here in SF, being french. Miel? Sucre? Miel Lapin? C’est pas des surnoms ca!

Find your blog delightful, by the way.:smile:

]]> By: witho http://petiteanglaise.com/2004/10/06/terms-of-endearment/#comment-320 Thu, 07 Oct 2004 09:43:03 +0000 http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2004/10/06/terms-of-endearment/#comment-320 My ex Frog (yes, I used to have one!) used to call me “ma chérie” all the time – he hardly ever called me by my name at all!

]]> By: petite anglaise http://petiteanglaise.com/2004/10/06/terms-of-endearment/#comment-319 Thu, 07 Oct 2004 09:26:16 +0000 http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2004/10/06/terms-of-endearment/#comment-319 I stand corrected.

]]> By: V. http://petiteanglaise.com/2004/10/06/terms-of-endearment/#comment-318 Thu, 07 Oct 2004 07:31:28 +0000 http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2004/10/06/terms-of-endearment/#comment-318 Actually I think “ma mie” doesn’t refer to the bread, but is a short, out-fashioned version of “mon amie”, my friend, or someone close to your heart in the Middle-age meaning of the term.

]]> By: petite anglaise http://petiteanglaise.com/2004/10/06/terms-of-endearment/#comment-317 Wed, 06 Oct 2004 19:05:56 +0000 http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2004/10/06/terms-of-endearment/#comment-317 nul points

you’ll never guess, it’s not even in the dictionary

]]> By: vitriolica http://petiteanglaise.com/2004/10/06/terms-of-endearment/#comment-316 Wed, 06 Oct 2004 16:41:10 +0000 http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2004/10/06/terms-of-endearment/#comment-316 nothing so poetic here, just the obvious like pretty little thingy…. except the ever-present “coitadinho/a” which means “poor little thing” which makes you feel like poo when someone says it to your child infront of you.

(was I the only emailer? golly!) ;)

]]> By: zed http://petiteanglaise.com/2004/10/06/terms-of-endearment/#comment-315 Wed, 06 Oct 2004 16:09:57 +0000 http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2004/10/06/terms-of-endearment/#comment-315 another term of endearment that i hate is ‘mon coeur’.

don’t tell us that the Frog calls you “chérie” ?

]]> By: Chninkel http://petiteanglaise.com/2004/10/06/terms-of-endearment/#comment-314 Wed, 06 Oct 2004 16:03:05 +0000 http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2004/10/06/terms-of-endearment/#comment-314 Let’s try to guess.

Mon lapin (bunny), mon chou (cabbage), mon petit oiseau des iles (small bird from the islands), ma petite cochonne (my little piggie), mon chaton (kitten), mon canard (duck), ma loutre (otter). So many possibilities!

I think that the “puce” thing comes because of it’s small and jumps on you. Which would explain the comparison with a girlfriend. But I should not go there. ;-)

]]> By: Watski http://petiteanglaise.com/2004/10/06/terms-of-endearment/#comment-313 Wed, 06 Oct 2004 14:32:58 +0000 http://www.petiteanglaise.com/archives/2004/10/06/terms-of-endearment/#comment-313 I’m sure he would call you something pretty special after receiving a zillion emails castigating him.

He’s revelling in his notoriety, like any self respecting gallic male would.

Its a dangerous game you play.

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