June 12, 2024
Unlike the French spoken in France, Quebec French uses the names of holy items as swear words. The French Canadian word for “tabernacle” (where the Eucharist is kept in a Catholic church) is a popular profanity roughly equivalent to an English f-bomb. Tabarnouche and tabarouette are milder variations, similar to “fudge.”
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7 Everyday English Idioms and Where They Come From
An idiom is a phrase that is common to a certain population. It is typically figurative and usually is not understandable based solely on the words within the phrase. A prior understanding of its usage is usually necessary. Idioms are crucial to the progression of language. They function in a
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