*high fives you* Way to go on the remembering high school languages!
(And, how amusing that I had *no* idea how to spell those... *g*)
I asked because I want to use them in an SN fic:
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"There isn't anything wrong, Dana. It's just... June. The weather's lousy and the pollution counts up and there's a Republican in the White House," Casey whined, waving his hand loosely as he spoke.
"Hmph." Dana watched them carefully. "It's just a general malaise?"
Dan nodded. "It's a general malaise."
"A vague apathy," Casey added.
"An overwhelming ennui."
"A general mal..." Casey frowned. "Wait, we've used that one."
Dan grinned. "A certain feeling of comme ci, comme ça."
He raised an eyebrow at Dan. "Maybe, maybe not?"
Dan blinked. "What?"
"That's what you said," Dana explained, smiling.
"Comme ci, comme ça. Maybe, maybe not," Casey translated.
"Oh." Dan paused. "Maybe I meant je ne sais quoi?"
"A certain feeling of I don't know what?" Casey asked doubtfully, and Dan's brows lowered in thought.
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Date: 2004-03-23 11:38 pm (UTC)(And, how amusing that I had *no* idea how to spell those... *g*)
I asked because I want to use them in an SN fic:
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"There isn't anything wrong, Dana. It's just... June. The weather's lousy and the pollution counts up and there's a Republican in the White House," Casey whined, waving his hand loosely as he spoke.
"Hmph." Dana watched them carefully. "It's just a general malaise?"
Dan nodded. "It's a general malaise."
"A vague apathy," Casey added.
"An overwhelming ennui."
"A general mal..." Casey frowned. "Wait, we've used that one."
Dan grinned. "A certain feeling of comme ci, comme ça."
He raised an eyebrow at Dan. "Maybe, maybe not?"
Dan blinked. "What?"
"That's what you said," Dana explained, smiling.
"Comme ci, comme ça. Maybe, maybe not," Casey translated.
"Oh." Dan paused. "Maybe I meant je ne sais quoi?"
"A certain feeling of I don't know what?" Casey asked doubtfully, and Dan's brows lowered in thought.
"Maybe not."
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