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Une Vache Espagnole
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"Parler
français
comme une vache espagnole"
literally means "to speak
French
like a Spanish cow." Less
literally
, it means to speak French poorly. While Spanish cows probably don't speak French too well, it seems a little
cruel
to pick on them for their lack of
linguistic
ability; surely
American
cows are much worse. In fact, the phrase is an example of
evolved nonsense
-- several French websites pointed to its origins in the phrase
"parler français comme un basque l'espagnol."
(In English, "to speak French like a
Basque
speaks Spanish.")
More fun French cow phrases found at http://www.lavache.com/infos/proverb/proverb.htm.
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