thankkkssss!!

fyi, it is a song that i hear a lot on mtv by zaho.. and like the music.. so was trying to figure out wat it means :)

thanks again.. 
kimerton, May 2, 2008 @ 12:31

We may add it is part of the 'verlan' language, meaning 'reverse', where syllables are inverted.



Louche = Lou + che = Che + lou = Chelou



Exemple:

C'est relou !

Relou = Re + lou = Lou + r = Lourd (means that sucks)



I don't really know if my explanation is clear...
toma, May 8, 2008 @ 16:54

In fact a lot of words are used in reverse nowadays:



reum = mère = mother

reup = père = father

keusse = sac = bag

chanmé = méchant = great (Elles sont chanmé tes baskets!)

foncedé = défoncé = high or drunk

zarbi = bizarre = bizarre

téma = matte = look at this (usually a cute lady)

zyva = vas-y = not really able to translate this one

keuf = flic = policeman

meuf = femme = lady (usually associated with "téma" surprinsingly ;) )



And so many more!

Here is an interesting page on Wikipedia:


toma, May 8, 2008 @ 17:11

Ah sorry missed the link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verlan
toma, May 8, 2008 @ 17:12

My grandfather used to tell me about louchebem, the slang spoken by butchers. It's a bit similar to verlan, but more complicated. To make a louchebem word, take a word (for example "Suisse" and:

1) Displace the first letter at the end of the word  (Uisses)

2) Put a "L" at the beggining of the word (Luisses)

3) Add "em", "oc", "much" or another suffix at the end of the word (Luissesem or Luissesoc)

Here we are, Switzerland can be Luissesem or Luissesoc.

At leat one louchebem word made it to the common French langage, it's "loufoque", the louchebem word for "fou" (mad or crazy), which now means goofy or haze-brained.
Bustan_A, May 8, 2008 @ 21:38

Ah... It's good to see people that know about Louchébem...



Another louchébem word used commonly is "en loucedé" ("en douce" - to do something behind one's back, or to do something secretly).



Lalorem lonneboc lournéjem làlem loussetoc!



Lydéssem - er - Syd.
Syd_Brown, May 9, 2008 @ 16:21

americans have been doing this for years with what they call "Pig Latin"

they place the the last syllable at the begining and add "ay" at the end of the word.

i.e. Radio = odioray

every radio plays music = eryvay odioray aysplay umsicay

sounds like what you learn in latin class, ightray?
epicure, May 9, 2008 @ 18:46

Wow, I didn't know about the French variations... thanks for the explanation :cool:



Being kind of bad with language, it blows me away that people can modify a language like that - eek!
KirstyW, May 12, 2008 @ 13:21

Thank you soo much, this is brilliant, cause I had exactly the same question! :D

Hey Toma!

Great explanation ... helps us foreigners understand better
your language :cool:

got any more of these?

thanks and all the best!

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sandymaya, Dec 30, 2008 @ 21:53