Hi-U; another French question
David Robertson
ddr11 at COLUMBIA.EDU
Sat Aug 6 21:37:12 UTC 2005
In Ephrata, Washington, I noticed a Hi-U Motel the other day. Kind of a
tossup whether that's related to Chinuk Wawa, is based on the informal
English "hiya", or both or neither.
I've got another question for you fluent French speakers: In trying to
decipher some shorthand inscriptions which I think include French, I find a
recurring phrase used by a priest in reference to certain of his
parishioners. It looks to be "[name of person] s'est pas tres bien formule
(e)". Could that be good French? I'm guessing this note refers to
people's performance when quizzed on the catechism.
--Dave R
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