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Lanarcam
Aug 31, 2012, 8:31:00 AM8/31/12
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I have posted the sentence below in another NG (aue) and
got interesting answers.
An example could be the jargon often seen in sociology.
http://www.cf.ac.uk/socsi/undergraduate/introsoc/jargon.html
What they say and what they mean: a guide to the language
The sentence in French is:
L'enflure des mots masque le vide de la pensée.
Translations:
The prolixity of the language (the turgidity of the words) masks the
emptiness of the thoughts.
The fluffy wording hides the empty thoughts
Empty vessels make the most sound
Too many words, too little substance
If you can't dazzle them with your footwork, baffle them with your bullshit.
English can be brief; that French phrase translates as 'waffle' (verb
and noun).
Are you inspired to find other ones?
got interesting answers.
An example could be the jargon often seen in sociology.
http://www.cf.ac.uk/socsi/undergraduate/introsoc/jargon.html
What they say and what they mean: a guide to the language
The sentence in French is:
L'enflure des mots masque le vide de la pensée.
Translations:
The prolixity of the language (the turgidity of the words) masks the
emptiness of the thoughts.
The fluffy wording hides the empty thoughts
Empty vessels make the most sound
Too many words, too little substance
If you can't dazzle them with your footwork, baffle them with your bullshit.
English can be brief; that French phrase translates as 'waffle' (verb
and noun).
Are you inspired to find other ones?
Lanarcam
Sep 12, 2012, 9:56:43 AM9/12/12
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perhaps it was destined at the group, I hide the name of
the author:
>
> Empty vessels make the most sound
>
> Too many words, too little substance
Alike in Dutch: Veel geschreeuw, weinig wol (much shouting, little wool)
> Too many words, too little substance
>
> If you can't dazzle them with your footwork, baffle them with your bullshit.
I heard that one a bit stronger, I think:
> If you can't dazzle them with your footwork, baffle them with your bullshit.
If you can't dazzle them with brillance, baffle them with bullshit.
>
> English can be brief; that French phrase translates as 'waffle' (verb
> and noun).
Sh.Mandrake
Sep 13, 2012, 4:29:38 AM9/13/12
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Le 12/09/2012 15:56, Lanarcam a �crit :
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Hakuna matata,
Le Magicien
> I have received the response below in my personal mailbox,
> perhaps it was destined at the group,
J'aurais dit for ou to the group. Mais pas at.
> perhaps it was destined at the group,
--
Hakuna matata,
Le Magicien
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