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English translation: my aunt's pen

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16:04 Oct 4, 2004

French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Linguistics

French term or phrase: La plume de ma tante

What does this actually mean?

Dawn Anderson

English translation:my aunt's pen

Explanation:
is on my uncle's desk

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Note added at 3 mins (2004-10-04 16:07:51 GMT)
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une plume means quill in this case (the old quill pens)

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writeaway
Local time: 02:11

Grading comment

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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +7

my aunt's pen

writeaway

5 +3

My tailor is rich

xxxpkb

3 +4

vieille expression, ayant servi de titre à pièce de théâtre, ...

Francis MARC

4 +1

My aunt's quill

enaiviv00

my aunt´s pen

newcomer

My aunt's writing style

Genevieve Tournebize

Answers

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +7

my aunt's pen

writeaway
Local time: 02:11
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

Grading comment

Thank you

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

My aunt's quill

Explanation:
Actually "plume" refers to what they used to write with in old ages. But it can also mean the writing abilities, depending on context.

enaiviv00
Native speaker of:

Arabic

8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

vieille expression, ayant servi de titre à pièce de théâtre, ...

Explanation:
...revue, film

expression complète "la plume de ma tante est sur le bureau de mon oncle" from an old sentence to learn french (literally: the pen of my aunt is on the desk of my uncle)

Francis MARC
Local time: 03:11
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 16

15 mins confidence:

My aunt's writing style

Explanation:
In French we say la plume to express the writing skill or style of a person

Genevieve Tournebize
Local time: 19:11
Works in field
Native speaker of:

French,

English

24 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

My tailor is rich

Explanation:
"La plume de ma tante" is a meaningless English phrase used to suggest that the speaker knows French (but doesn't really mean to be serious !). The equivalent expression used by the French is "My tailor is rich".

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Note added at 13 hrs 15 mins (2004-10-05 05:19:34 GMT)
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The French expression has been referred to in the advertising campaign of a car manufacturer (who shall remain anonymous) that has been running, I think, from 1970 and is still going strong: \"My Toyota is fantastic\".

xxxpkb
Local time: 01:11
Native speaker of:

English

1 day1 hr confidence:

my aunt´s pen

Explanation:
it depends.plume can refer to a pen or a feather,it depends on the context

newcomer
Local time: 02:11
Native speaker of:

French

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