Que sera sera...

[pepronei]

A girl on a message board I frequent recently got the words "cela passera aussi" tattooed on her wrist. She then proceeded to post to the board, saying that she's Italian and she wanted the Italian phrase for "this too shall pass" tattooed on her wrist, and can we please verify that "cela passera aussi" does in fact mean "this too shall pass

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[dropthecrates]

D:

[biscayne]

The Italians are screaming in agony while the French snicker.

[alessandrastarr]

Ce qui la baise??
(I'm not actually sure that's translated correctly, its been a while since French class.)

[xanya]

Haha, is that meant to be "what the fuck"? (I mean, maybe it is. I never learnt how to swear properly in French, except that they say, "putain!" all the time, especially while on their playstations...).

[alessandrastarr]

yeah :) I understood baise as kiss and fuck, so not sure what's right?

[moongazingfae]

Un baiser (noun) is a kiss. I think. Baiser as a verb is to fuck *nods* If you want to be safe, just stick to 'bisou' for the noun 'kiss' and 'embrasser' for the verb 'to kiss'.

[moongazingfae]

*speaks both languages and is sniggering in amusement*

I keep wanting to say something about possibly checking with the rest of her presumably Italian family about the text just in case, but the amusement is clouding my thoughts. XD And the part of me that actually enjoys translation is also sort of whimpering in pain.

[koboldmaki]

Why ask AFTER you got the tattoo?

[chaeri]

i was wondering that too.