Òaï
English translation: chaos
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| 09:13 May 5, 2012 |
| French to English translations [PRO] Music | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Philippa Smith Local time: 14:17 | ||||||
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| 4 +2 | the joyful chaos that is their hallmark |
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| 4 | Mess/shamble/mix-up/chaos |
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| 4 | Òaï Star |
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| 4 | Oaï |
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| dixit Papagena |
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Mess/shamble/mix-up/chaos Explanation: It's a word derived from l'Occitan. See the discussion in the page below referring to an alternate spelling: ouaï. Best, Reference: http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=2198291 |
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2 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2the joyful chaos that is their hallmark Explanation: As per my discussion entry: looking at it again, this suggestion occurred to me... |
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| Reference: dixit Papagena Reference information: http://www.languefrancaise.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=1802 "Papageno06-12-2005 16:45:03 Dilettante Déconnecté De : Antibes Inscrit : 19-11-2005 Messages : 285 Personnellement, je l'emploi très souvent, pour définir l'état de mon appartement, émettre des doutes sur un plan foireux, juger une ambiance un peu trop dynamique, ou un fil qui part dans tous les sens. "C'est le oai" "Foutre le oai" " Fan, qué oai!". Avant, on disait plutôt "bronx" ou "boxon". C'est vrai que ça s'emploi surtout dans le sud-est... Il y a également "Footeuse de Oai", un groupe féminin qui vient de Toulouse, ainsi qu'un collectif de ragga baletti qui s'appelle le Oai Star, issu du Massilia Soundsystem ( pour ceux qui voudraient encore hurler à l'anglicisme sans infos préalables, les membres du soundsystem sont des grands défenseurs de la culture occitane et réinventent depuis plus de dix ans la langue provençale). Dernière modification par Papageno (06-12-2005 16:50:51)" |
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