"quel fromage"

[Victor]

It might have been a joke, an ironic comment, possibly in a film, that
took on a life of its own. There are a number of businesses and events
that now use it as a name

George Thompson wrote:
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> Isn't it a joke, upon "quel domage" -- "how terrible"?
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> George A. Thompson
> Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern Univ. Pr., 1998, but nothing much lately.
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> From: Benjamin Zimmer <bgzimmer at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU>
> Date: Friday, February 20, 2009 1:58 am
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>> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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>>> I am totally lacking in French phrases as adopted into English.  Can
>>> "quel fromage" mean "what a mess"?
>>>
>> I've heard it used to mean "How cheesy!" (in the tacky/corny sense of
>> "cheesy").
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>> --Ben Zimmer
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