Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Where in thunder... ?
French translation:
Où mille tonnerres/diantre se cache-t-il ?
English term
Tunisia
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Where in thunder... ?
| 3 +5 | Où mille tonnerres/diantre se cache-t-il ? |
Alexandre Tissot
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| 3 +3 | Où peut-il bien être, bon sang ? |
Odile Raymond
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| 4 +1 | Où diable... |
Christophe Delaunay
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Non-PRO (2): Odile Raymond, Christophe Delaunay
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Proposed translations
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Où mille tonnerres/diantre se cache-t-il ?
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Note added at 2 mins (2013-06-17 16:06:09 GMT)
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Oú, mille pétards, se trouve-t-il ?
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Note added at 21 mins (2013-06-17 16:24:47 GMT)
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Yes, mille sabords et tonnerre de Brest !
| Ilike it, it fits in the spirit f the text |
| it's like in Tintin, Par mille tonnerres ! |
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Marianne Abdul Wahid
: Mille millions de mille sabords, suis bien d'accord moi aussi! ;-)
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Merci, Marianne, mille bombes ! :)
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Premium✍️
: :)))))
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Merci, MultiPro.
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Kévin Bernier
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Merci, Kévin.
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Anne R
: diantre, c'est bien
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Merci, Anne.
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Odile Raymond
: I would not use this precisely because it is too reminiscent of Tintin. Also, an interjection like "mille...!" would most probably appear at the end/beg. of a sentence with an "!". And "diantre" is quite archaic, so is it appropriate for target audience?
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Well, perhaps we would need more context. :)
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Sandra Mouton
: Option avec "diantre"
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Merci, Sandra.
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France
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Où peut-il bien être, bon sang ?
..., Nom de Dieu !
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Ou bien : mais où diable est-il passé ?
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Christophe Delaunay
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merci, Christophe !
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Christine Correcher
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merci, Christine !
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Premium✍️
: Rien de mal avec cette proposition, seulement Alex a bien gardé l'imagerie du tonnerre, qui heureusement avait son équivalence en frçs !
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merci, Multipro. AMHA, ce "mille tonnerres" colle vraiment trop à la peau du Capitaine Haddock !
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Où diable...
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Note added at 1 hr (2013-06-17 17:19:15 GMT)
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Pardon Odile, votre proposition n'était pas sur mon écran...
Discussion
And did you know that Thunderation is an outdoor steel roller coaster at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri. It was manufactured by Arrow Dynamics and opened in 1993. The third and fifth cars of the roller coaster used to point backwards.
Jesus Christ in Hell, why so many curses?
Don't let's forget that as recently as the late '30s, in 'Gone With the Wind', it was still regarded as daringly shocking to say "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn!"
Il ne manque rien ( : " thunderation"
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/in_thunderation
Qu'est-ce que "ation is he??"?