Steve's Story-Poems
Viewing comments for Chapter 19 "Pardon My French"A collection of my poems
34 total reviews
Comment from Giddy Nielsen-Sweep
Vive la France! I loved it Steve. Out of all the languages I can't speak, I like French the best, and I hope you won't be insulted when I say you did an excellent job. At least I enjoyed it very much. I like the way you get so much enjoyment out of your poetry. Au revoir... Giddy
reply by the author on 10-Jun-2011
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Vive la France! I loved it Steve. Out of all the languages I can't speak, I like French the best, and I hope you won't be insulted when I say you did an excellent job. At least I enjoyed it very much. I like the way you get so much enjoyment out of your poetry. Au revoir... Giddy
Comment Written 10-Jun-2011
reply by the author on 10-Jun-2011
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Thank you, Giddy! Just a spur of the moment piece of silliness. If it raised a smile then it achieved its purpose.
Steve
Comment from sunnilicious
si villain. je l'aime. mais seulement un homme avec mi.
so naughty. i like it. but only one man with me.
Review time!
You're quite funny. I really like the humor. It must of taken some thought and all. Delightful read. The irony of bi-lingual twist gets a bravo too. Well written. Good work.
:) Sunnilicious
reply by the author on 10-Jun-2011
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si villain. je l'aime. mais seulement un homme avec mi.
so naughty. i like it. but only one man with me.
Review time!
You're quite funny. I really like the humor. It must of taken some thought and all. Delightful read. The irony of bi-lingual twist gets a bravo too. Well written. Good work.
:) Sunnilicious
Comment Written 10-Jun-2011
reply by the author on 10-Jun-2011
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Merci beaucoup - tu est tres gentille....
Comment from honeytree
I am not an expert reading or speaking French.
I guess this person had a good time with these women.
His fiance would be furious if she found out.
I liked what I could understand.
Honey tree
reply by the author on 10-Jun-2011
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I am not an expert reading or speaking French.
I guess this person had a good time with these women.
His fiance would be furious if she found out.
I liked what I could understand.
Honey tree
Comment Written 10-Jun-2011
reply by the author on 10-Jun-2011
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Yes I can see your French is not so good - maybe you could google menage a trois to find out what the fiancee really felt!
Thanks for the generous review.
Comment from dejohnsrld (Debbie)
This must be the reason I took 4 years of French as I haven't benefited from it in the past 25 years. This is hilarious and I so much enjoyed reading it1!! Debbie
reply by the author on 10-Jun-2011
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This must be the reason I took 4 years of French as I haven't benefited from it in the past 25 years. This is hilarious and I so much enjoyed reading it1!! Debbie
Comment Written 09-Jun-2011
reply by the author on 10-Jun-2011
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Thank you, Debbie! Just a spur of the moment piece of silliness. If it raised a smile then it achieved its purpose.
Steve
Comment from the blue pixel
Thanks for the notation Steve. Jackpeg had already read your poem by the time he reviewed mine and let's face it, it is quite amazing. Thi sone is chock a block full of not only French words but a great story line. You worked thsoe words in beautifully and I love the elevation in life that the concierge gives himself and if you hadn't worked in menage a trois, I would have been disappointed. The only little jar in this amazing piece for me, is the use of "pissed upon the piste" as they sound like the same word but it didn't touch my overall enjoyment of your delightful poem. It was definitely a laugh out loud piece and I loved it. xx Pix
reply by the author on 10-Jun-2011
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Thanks for the notation Steve. Jackpeg had already read your poem by the time he reviewed mine and let's face it, it is quite amazing. Thi sone is chock a block full of not only French words but a great story line. You worked thsoe words in beautifully and I love the elevation in life that the concierge gives himself and if you hadn't worked in menage a trois, I would have been disappointed. The only little jar in this amazing piece for me, is the use of "pissed upon the piste" as they sound like the same word but it didn't touch my overall enjoyment of your delightful poem. It was definitely a laugh out loud piece and I loved it. xx Pix
Comment Written 09-Jun-2011
reply by the author on 10-Jun-2011
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You Aussies - pissed and piste sound very different to me!
Thanks for the kind words - I had menage a trois on my list and couldn't think of a rhyme for it for some time, but it was too good to leave out. I have had one reviewer who clearly didn't get it who said the fiancee would be very annoyed when he came home with this other woman!
Chher.
Enjoy the long weekend.
Steve
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LOL. Are you serious Steve? Me thinks you have one very naive reviewer there my friend. The Kiwi accent is a constant amazement to me Steve and I never actually thought of it when I read that line. It was a great poem. xx Pix
Comment from KathyH
Very cleverly done. This was just fun to read. It flowed well and had a great rhythm to it. Cute use of French phrases throughout. really great job.
reply by the author on 10-Jun-2011
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Very cleverly done. This was just fun to read. It flowed well and had a great rhythm to it. Cute use of French phrases throughout. really great job.
Comment Written 09-Jun-2011
reply by the author on 10-Jun-2011
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Thank you! Just a spur of the moment piece of silliness. If it raised a smile then it achieved its purpose.
Steve
Comment from ameen786
First, regrets for not having a six. You are genius of a poet, what a clever write, full of wits, fun read--granted one will find these words in the dictionary, did you assemble these words to compose the wonderful poem or do you know French? Outstanding job, thanks for the delightful read.
reply by the author on 10-Jun-2011
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First, regrets for not having a six. You are genius of a poet, what a clever write, full of wits, fun read--granted one will find these words in the dictionary, did you assemble these words to compose the wonderful poem or do you know French? Outstanding job, thanks for the delightful read.
Comment Written 09-Jun-2011
reply by the author on 10-Jun-2011
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Yes, I do know some French, albeit a bit rusty now. Howver I googled to get a list and then pruned it down to ones I thought would be better known.
Thanks for the kind review and the virtual six.
Steve
Comment from ulster3
Bon jour, kiwisteveh...
This is very clever and I enjoyed the read very much. I got a few good chuckles from this one. Edith Piaff, the French chanteuse, would have enjoyed it. LOL. Thanks for this fun share.
Warmly, Rebecca
reply by the author on 10-Jun-2011
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Bon jour, kiwisteveh...
This is very clever and I enjoyed the read very much. I got a few good chuckles from this one. Edith Piaff, the French chanteuse, would have enjoyed it. LOL. Thanks for this fun share.
Warmly, Rebecca
Comment Written 09-Jun-2011
reply by the author on 10-Jun-2011
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Merci beaucoup, Rebecca. Non, je ne regrette rien as La Petite Piaf would sing.
Steve
Comment from juliaSjames
Oh why did I choose to review this? It's too hot to roll around on the floor laughing ... and I'm scaring my cat!
I've been tossing around in my mind the thought of writing an ode in praise of cliches. But to compose nine rhyming quatrains in regular (more or less) meter based on French phrases used in English ... this boggles the mind.
I bow to the master, and await the next tour de force with bated breath.
reply by the author on 10-Jun-2011
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Oh why did I choose to review this? It's too hot to roll around on the floor laughing ... and I'm scaring my cat!
I've been tossing around in my mind the thought of writing an ode in praise of cliches. But to compose nine rhyming quatrains in regular (more or less) meter based on French phrases used in English ... this boggles the mind.
I bow to the master, and await the next tour de force with bated breath.
Comment Written 09-Jun-2011
reply by the author on 10-Jun-2011
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Thank you so much, Julia. I have a mental image of you laughing so much you scared the cat!
Cliches poem sounds like a good idea... I'd say give it a go.
Steve
Comment from jackpeg
I haven't read Bluepixel's French Connection Quatern yet, but for now, I'll settle for yours. Terrific use of the French expressions, some of which I'll have to look up. I have a friend who speaks a little French. I show her both yours and B.P.'s. Ver-r-ry nifty.
reply by the author on 09-Jun-2011
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I haven't read Bluepixel's French Connection Quatern yet, but for now, I'll settle for yours. Terrific use of the French expressions, some of which I'll have to look up. I have a friend who speaks a little French. I show her both yours and B.P.'s. Ver-r-ry nifty.
Comment Written 09-Jun-2011
reply by the author on 09-Jun-2011
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Merci beaucoup, Monsieur!