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#1 Post by rabbit »

With the grand kids coming over I thought I’d buy a cricket set on Amazon France. It was described as une chauve-souris et balle

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#2 Post by MAD87 »

:lol:

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Cruelty in motion.

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:lol:

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Seems like an ad for laundry detergent. Not moving much and all dressed in white.
On my headstone it will say: Please switch off mobile phones. I'm trying to get some sleep.

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:lol:
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#7 Post by Trelawney »

I had to use a translator before I understood the humour. Surely a cricket bat has a correct French term. How else can all the cricket teams in France play the game.

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#8 Post by Polly »

DeepL translates it as une batte de cricket.

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#9 Post by Blaze »

Polly wrote: Fri Aug 01, 2025 2:23 pm DeepL translates it as une batte de cricket.
So does Google translate. But I think Rabbit's translation is much nicer !! :lol:

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#10 Post by Polly »

Blaze wrote: Fri Aug 01, 2025 3:28 pm
Polly wrote: Fri Aug 01, 2025 2:23 pm DeepL translates it as une batte de cricket.
So does Google translate. But I think Rabbit's translation is much nicer !! :lol:
Me too, I think it’s very sweet!

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