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radio-cocotiers

English translation: grapevine

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French term or phrase:radio-cocotiers
English translation:grapevine
Entered by: Catharine Cellier-Smart

15:33 Mar 12, 2016
French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / In An Autobiography
French term or phrase: radio-cocotiers
Contexte (French Polynesia):

Elle dispose d'un véritable réseau d'espionnage. Dans notre quartier, c'est Tere, une boiteuse, qui lui transmit les ragots de radio-cocotiers.

Merci,

Barbara
Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 13:14
grapevine
Explanation:
It's just a way of saying something's been heard 'on the grapevine', as hearsay or a rumour.
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Catharine Cellier-Smart
Reunion
Local time: 21:14
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6grapevine
Catharine Cellier-Smart
3 +6bush telegraph
Wendy Streitparth


  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
grapevine


Explanation:
It's just a way of saying something's been heard 'on the grapevine', as hearsay or a rumour.

Catharine Cellier-Smart
Reunion
Local time: 21:14
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 79

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  John ANTHONY: Also referred to as "radio corridor"...!
26 mins
  -> never heard that one!
agree  Francois Boye
52 mins
  -> Thanks
agree  Katherine Rutter
54 mins
  -> Thanks
agree  Verginia Ophof
3 hrs
  -> thanks
agree  writeaway: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumeur
3 hrs
  -> Thanks
agree  katsy
6 hrs
  -> Thanks
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
bush telegraph


Explanation:
Another way of putting it.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2016-03-12 17:50:28 GMT)
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http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/george-osbornes-steamy-...
And Tory MPs may not be quite so pleased with him as they hear the news over the Bush Telegraph.

http://www.stmg.org.uk/stephen_thomas/busht/index.html
Bush Telegraph is the weekly service sheet for St Stephen & St Thomas

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2224743/Better-use-b...
Better use the bush telegraph! Sign of the times as working red telephone box is completely overgrown by ivy

(Picture of above telephone box is worth looking at!)



Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Local time: 19:14
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carol Gullidge: this is what we called it all over Africa, and it sounds less sophisticated and perhaps therefore more appropriate for Polynesia. On the other hand perhaps bush telegraph is specific to Africa…?
16 mins
  -> Thanks, Carol. Have to admit I didn't realise we were talking about Polynesia! IMO its a fairly common expression not specifically related to Africa.
agree  Katherine Rutter
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Katherine
agree  Verginia Ophof: coconuts instead of grapes convey more of a tropical image
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Verginia
agree  Victoria Britten
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Victoria
agree  katsy
5 hrs
  -> Thanks, Katsy
agree  B D Finch: What is most amazing about the picture of the ivy-covered phone box is that they actually found a working phone box.
1 day 21 hrs
  -> Thanks, Barbara - must've been years ago!
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