Re: [OT]Re: Genealogical Society meeting

"Denis Beauregard" <denis.b-at-francogene.com@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Le Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:40:02 -0500, "Henry Brownlee"
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> >> Le Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:56:11 -0500, "Henry Brownlee"
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> >> >> Le Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:31:53 -0500, "Henry Brownlee"
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> >> >> >And please pardon my pseudo-Francais!
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> >> >> As large as you care not lecturing my simili-Anglish !
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> >> >Ow! C'est comique!
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> >> Mais qu'est-ce qu'on se bidonne ici :-)  À s'en péter les
> >> grelots...
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> >I must confess I don't understand the last part about - - breaking
little
> >bells ?!?
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> Actually, I'm not sure about the expression.  I think it should mean
> something like "we are laughing a lot here, enough to break our nuts
> (or balls)".  Even in my native language, there are expressions I
> almost never use, so I am not sure about them.  You have probably
> something similar in English.
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>
> Denis

Aha! A misinterpretation on my part! Sure, we have an expression here
about
laughing our "bells" off.  Should've known! (Blush!)

Henry