Jenny Agutter (was went walkabout ) (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Cohen, Gerald Leonard]

No I wasn't messing with Wilson.  I was just wondering how the French term he used could have acquired the meaning "something really excellent." I know that Wilson didn't invent the term or its varied usage.
 
Anyway, please consider my question merely musing.  
 
G.

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Message from Wilson Gray, Thu 6/25/2009 9:02 PM

G, I don't think that total command of the dialect is required. Of
course, I could very well be leaping to an unwarranted conclusion. You
never know. Or are you just messing with me?

<snip>

-Wilson


On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 9:20 PM, Cohen, Gerald Leonard<gcohen at mst.edu> wrote:
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> On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 7:28 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Â <snip>
> Â That movie is - if y'all will pahdn ma Fraynch - a muthafukka!

> And how does this French term describe something favorable?
>
> Gerald Cohen
>

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