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Soccer » French Soccer Vocab 101 — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:45:30 +0000

[...] Laurie wrote an interesting post today on French Soccer Vocab 101Here’s a quick excerptFor some reason it made me smile. Even with this depressing introductory paragraph:. On Sunday, 9 July, France lost to Italy in the 2006 World Cup Final. Here is a list of French vocabulary related to soccer and the World Cup. … [...]

By: Inara

Inara — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:01:04 +0000

Thanks for this list, Laurie. Some of them are pretty silly, and just goes to show that some phrases are just lost in translation.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:08:16 +0000

“aile de pigeon” is when a player backheels the ball to another player

By: Shazback

Shazback — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:45:33 +0000

There’s also the lovely “transversale” that translates very well as “cross” (”barre transversale” is the “cross-bar” duh).
Or the “aile de pigeon”… But I’m at a loss to translate it.
But after all, with a little “football champagne”, a few “papinades”, perhaps a “madjer”, and a few “café crèmes” we’ll all be happy. On the other hand, any “bakayokoades” will not be appreciated, nor will any “savonettes”…

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Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:00:50 +0000

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By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:44:10 +0000

“Oh et c’est dans la lucarne/lunette!” -) “Oh, and it’s in the top corner!”
“Il s’est troué!” -) He punctured himself! (He messed up and let a guy get through”

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Daily Dose 1.17.08 - World Cup Blog - African Cup of Nations 2008 — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:53:46 +0000

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By: Doumé

Doumé — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:27:18 +0000

Rami, right on!

The list covers nicely the essential. I’ll one, though:
“Caviar” : a perfect pass or cross which generally leads to an easy goal

By: Laurie

Laurie — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:49:29 +0000

Rami, I think maybe we don’t want to know what a grand pont is.

By: Rami

Rami — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:56:18 +0000

my favorite has got to be the way to say nutmeg, which translates literally to little bridge: Petit pont

So I guess a grand pont is when you put the ball around the player rather than through his legs.