Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Faire de Ricochets
English translation:
Skimming stones
- The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2012-05-16 07:54:07 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
May 13, 2012 06:50
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French term
Faire de Ricochets
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Paris-Africa : Découvrez le clip des ricochets
Collectif Paris Africa est un groupe de 60 artistes français et internationaux réunis pour l'UNICEF pour la lutte contre la crise nutritionnelle et alimentaire qui frappe 4 pays de la Corne de l’Afrique (Somalie, Éthiopie, Kenya, Djibouti). De ce projet sort un single, un clip intitulé Des ricochets et un double album.
Collectif Paris Africa est un groupe de 60 artistes français et internationaux réunis pour l'UNICEF pour la lutte contre la crise nutritionnelle et alimentaire qui frappe 4 pays de la Corne de l’Afrique (Somalie, Éthiopie, Kenya, Djibouti). De ce projet sort un single, un clip intitulé Des ricochets et un double album.
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| 3 +5 | Skimming stones |
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Cyril B.
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Skimming stones
I used to go skimming stones when I was young. This is what we would say in England at least
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David Vaughn
: or skipping stones - both seem to be widely used. I'm not sure of there is a UK-Murcan divide?
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I'd really avoid 'skipping' as for many anglophones, it has a different meaning (jumping across a river from stone to stone) Also 'skippng stones' can be taken as the noun (the stones used to cross over on by skipping.
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Philippa Smith
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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
: David : 'skipping stones' to cross a stream sounds off to my GB ears. 'Stepping stones' would come to mind first.In my England, we used to say "skipping stones" or "skimming stones".
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yep, you are right. Not skipping stones but stepping stones. Think the last time I was ligth enough to do this, Margaret Thatcher was still in power !!!
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Yvonne Gallagher
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lydiar
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ducks and drakes
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Note added at 19 mins (2012-05-13 07:10:16 GMT)
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to translate 'des ricochets': 'ducks and drakes'.
La chanson parle d'un enfant qui rêve de voir assez d'eau pour pouvoir faire des ricochets.
Mais il faut garder le FR : Des ricochets ("ducks and drakes")
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Note added at 19 mins (2012-05-13 07:10:16 GMT)
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to translate 'des ricochets': 'ducks and drakes'.
La chanson parle d'un enfant qui rêve de voir assez d'eau pour pouvoir faire des ricochets.
Mais il faut garder le FR : Des ricochets ("ducks and drakes")
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David Vaughn
: ducks and drakes is an expression which means to waste ones life away - not really the mssage here. // Yes, Cyril, it is a name for "skipping stones" - but the phrase immediately evokes another image which will color the way it is heard - see your url.
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Hmm. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ducks_and_drakes
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philgoddard
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Merci Phil
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