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insolite

English translation: Strange but True!

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French term or phrase:insolite
English translation:Strange but True!
Entered by: jerrie

21:21 Jan 31, 2003
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary
French term or phrase: insolite
This is a category in a news page, in French
Robert Artinian
Strange but True!
Explanation:
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http://homepage.ntlworld.com/lemonte/

(A whole online newspaper dedicated to \'strange but true\'......
..also over 6,000 Google hits for this expression (UK)!
Selected response from:

jerrie
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:33
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5Strange but True!
jerrie
4 +3Weird events
William Stein
4 +2odd news
Susana Galilea
4 +2strange (uncommon) items
cjohnstone
4 +2un-news-sual
Jean-Luc Dumont
5Odds and Ends
Alexandru Pojoga
5peculiar news
lien
5Weird 'n' wonderful!
diabolo
4things unheard of
Jonathan MacKerron
4"Somewhere else truth"
Pierre POUSSIN
3 +1And finally...
David Solomons (X)
3Trivia
Pascale Dahan
2unusual news
Sheila Hardie


  

Answers


10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
unusual news


Explanation:
One possibility,

HTH

Sheila

Unusual News | The Skunk Ape | naplesnews.com - [ Traduzca esta página ]
Naples | Naples Daily News ... Also morons in the news, coming up next.". "Give
me some skunk ape noises," MJ said upon return from commercials. ...
www.naplesnews.com/special/skunkape/shealycu.htm - 55k - En caché - Páginas similares
[ Más resultados de www.naplesnews.com ]

Colorado Comments - Unusual News - [ Traduzca esta página ]
Unusual News from the Colorado Comments. North Carolina police say
a naked woman drove off in a patrol car as an officer looked in ...
www.coloradocomments.com/unusual.html - 4k - En caché - Páginas similares




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CPI Unusual News Headlines - [ Traduzca esta página ]
Unusual News Headlines. ...
www.cpinews.net/sections/connect.unusualnews.php - 12k - Ene. 29, 2003 - En caché - Páginas similares

Wee Universe Unusual News - [ Traduzca esta página ]
WEE UNIVERSE. weeuniverse.com Unusual News - Updated Every 15 Minutes Unusual
news, strange news, weird news, odd news The Ultimate Internet ... UNUSUAL NEWS. ...
www.weeuniverse.com/unusualnews.html - 19k - En caché - Páginas similares

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Note added at 2003-01-31 21:32:58 (GMT)
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Or even Strange and Unusual News?

Se buscó unusual news en la Web.  Resultados 11 - 20 de aproximadamente 2,090,000. La búsqueda tardó 0.11 segundos.

Strange and Unusual News - [ Traduzca esta página ]
Strange and Unusual News. Fisherman delivers 85-year-old letter found
in a bottle. May 17, 1999. AUCKLAND, New Zealand -- Private Thomas ...
www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/4162/004.html - 5k - En caché - Páginas similares


Unusual News - [ Traduzca esta página ]
In The News. Pulled From The Sea. Two fire-fighting planes were used
to scoop large amounts of water from some Sea to fight a wild ...
www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/boardwalk/6958/news.html - 2k - En caché - Páginas similares
[ Más resultados de www.geocities.com ]

Unusual News - [ Traduzca esta página ]
Todays Unusual News!! Up to date! ...
lishab.home.mindspring.com/unusualNews.html - 14k - En caché - Páginas similares

CPI News | One of the fastest news services on the web! - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... aid bill -Washington Times, 01-08-2003 More stories... Unusual News.
Police Recover Beatles Tapes -FOX News, 01-10-2003 Huffington ...
Descripción: Headline news filter operated by homeschoolers, with discussion forum and e-mail alerts.
Categoría: Society > Politics > Conservatism > News and Media
www.cpinews.net/ - 31k - En caché - Páginas similares
[ Más resultados de www.cpinews.net ]

Sheila Hardie
Spain
Local time: 18:33
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 683
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
odd news


Explanation:
ODD NEWS - odd news, odd news stories, news of the weird, oddly enough, strange news, stupid people, this is true, urban legends, preplinks.com odd news, OOD NEWS, ODD ...
http://www.preplinks.com/oddnews.htm

ODD NEWS - A collection of Odd/Weird/Funny news articles from ... - Odd News is a collection of Odd/Weird/Funny news articles from around the world. The site also has hillarious pictures, laws, jokes, and quizes. ... ODD NEWS. ...
http://www.angelfire.com/on2/oddnews/

Odd News - ... See Pictures. Reuters Odd News • Inept Car Thieves Couldnt Drive. • Boy Who Posed as Officer Faces Charges. ... More Odd News. CNN Offbeat News, ...
http://channels.netscape.com/ns/news/ns/odd.j


Susana Galilea
United States
Local time: 11:33
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 319

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  cjohnstone
9 mins
  -> merci bien
agree  marycb: or "Odds and Ends" to give a twist
2 days 20 hrs
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44 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
strange (uncommon) items


Explanation:
NA

cjohnstone
France
Local time: 18:33
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 1632

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Peter Coles
1 hr
  -> thks Peter
agree  Shog Imas
18 hrs
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46 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Weird events


Explanation:
or
Bizarre Happenings
Stranger than Fiction
Believe it or not!

I think it's best to use some kind of catchy title for a newspaper section.

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Note added at 2003-01-31 23:39:20 (GMT)
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Cathy: I realize that this was a very insensitive thing to say within earshot of a talking horse and I hope you will accept my apologies...

William Stein
Costa Rica
Local time: 10:33
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 1737

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  cjohnstone: can be unusual or odd without being weird
1 min
  -> Like a talking horse, for example?
agree  Susana Galilea: I had thought of "Believe it or not" as well
1 hr
  -> I don't believe it.
agree  verbis: also agree with "believe it or not"
1 hr
agree  Elisabeth Toda-v.Galen
11 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Odds and Ends


Explanation:
At least it has the word 'odd' in it.

Alexandru Pojoga
Romania
Local time: 19:33
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian
PRO pts in pair: 25
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
things unheard of


Explanation:
an esoteric approach

Jonathan MacKerron
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 963
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
peculiar news


Explanation:
"Telecom Personal introduces the new free information service "Kepasa" (what’s going on), with the latest info about restaurants, bars, outings, movies, parties and the most peculiar news"

"Welcome to one of the more peculiar news archives: Wired News' "Furthermore." Here are the items that have delighted us, surprised us and shocked us."

The limited number of pages in the paper, poor quality of the printing and sometimes peculiar news agenda were once perceived as part of the regional charm of the paper.


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insolite is not weird, it is just something out of the ordinary.

lien
Netherlands
Local time: 18:33
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 80
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
un-news-sual


Explanation:
just for fun

or "oddities"

Jean-Luc Dumont
France
Local time: 18:33
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in pair: 1108

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Shog Imas: Formidable
12 hrs
agree  lien: oddities is good
15 hrs
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Weird 'n' wonderful!


Explanation:
For the negative/positive aspects ...

diabolo
Local time: 18:33
PRO pts in pair: 2
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
"Somewhere else truth"


Explanation:
Says David Duchovny!

Pierre POUSSIN
France
Local time: 18:33
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 400
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
Strange but True!


Explanation:
*

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Note added at 2003-02-01 13:00:47 (GMT)
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http://homepage.ntlworld.com/lemonte/

(A whole online newspaper dedicated to \'strange but true\'......
..also over 6,000 Google hits for this expression (UK)!

jerrie
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:33
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 77
Grading comment
Graded automatically based on peer agreement. KudoZ.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mary Worby: This was was I was thinking as I scrolled down the answers! ;-)
12 mins
  -> Hi, Mary! Thanks
agree  cmwilliams (X): exactly what I was thinking!
5 hrs
  -> Thanks
agree  Pascale Dahan
6 hrs
  -> Thanks
agree  HelenY: yes, this is great!
7 hrs
  -> Thanks
agree  Yolanda Broad: Works for the US, too.
4 days
  -> Thanks
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22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Trivia


Explanation:
Although not sure if this is commonly used as a newspaper heading, of if it is, whether it matches the content.

A suggestion.

Pascale Dahan
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:33
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 81
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1 day 10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
And finally...


Explanation:
Found as a header in some newspapers in England, emulating the "and finally" section of television news broadcasts, which is set aside for news items of a frivolous or unusal nature

David Solomons (X)
Local time: 17:33
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yolanda Broad: also known as "fller"
3 days 10 hrs
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