fremme neppa venette

English translation: It's not French

21:47 Sep 23, 2002

English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]

English term or phrase: fremme neppa venette

i don't know what it means

nikole

Selected answer:It's not French

Explanation:
I presume you mean the phrase from the lyrics in this song. I've never heard of this before but imagine the author just made the words up.

Sorry not to be of more help. Maybe someone else will be able to give you more information.

HTH

Sheila

Missy Elliott - Work It

DJ, please pick up your phone
I’m on the request line

This is a Missy Elliott one-time exclusive (Come on)

Is it worth it, let me work it
I put my bang down, flip it and reverse it
It’s your fremme neppa venette
It’s your fremme neppa venette

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Sheila Hardie
Spain
Local time: 05:33

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5 +4

it nevah happen enuff

cheungmo

2 +4

It's not French

Sheila Hardie

I think it's Verlan - without attempting to decipher it myself, there's a 'rabbit latin'

markmx

Discussion entries: 1

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3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

It's not French

Sheila Hardie
Spain
Local time: 05:33
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 75

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13 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

it nevah happen enuff

Explanation:
Strangely enough, this is the second time someone asks this question in the last ten days (see at the link).

Its not French: If you listen to this part of the song, it sounds like someone playing a song backwards.

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Note added at 2002-09-24 01:01:05 (GMT)
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To solidify my claim, the line that precedes \"fremme neppa venette\" is \"flip it and reverse it\".

Reference: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/271244

cheungmo
PRO pts in pair: 27

1 day 57 mins confidence:

I think it's Verlan - without attempting to decipher it myself, there's a 'rabbit latin'

Explanation:
argot happening in the cités of towns with large Maghreb immigrant populations (Marseille in particular)... I don't how the inversion of the syllables works, but it's a hip, current kind of code which seems to be highly developed, because kids using it are completely spontaneous with it. There was an article about it by Alexander Stille in the New York Times on 17 August this year. Here's a quick snippet:

Thus the standard greeting "Bonjour, ça va?" or "Good day, how are you?" becomes "Jourbon, ça av?" "Une fête" (a party) has become "une teuf"; the word for woman or wife, femme, has become meuf; a café has become féca; and so on. The word Verlan itself is a Verlanization of the term l'envers, meaning "the reverse."

It's become very much part of music in the south of France, and keeps evolving sideways to prevent it from being co-opted into mainstream culture.

I'm sure someone out there can translate it, but it'll be out-of-date and superceded by the time it's listed.

Good luck

markmx
Local time: 05:33
Native speaker of:

English

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