turnip query

vincent yann janilta at YAHOO.FR
Fri Sep 15 18:53:38 UTC 2006


Hello,

Yes, my excellent 'dictionnaire des canadianismes' has
'un naveau' for 'un navet'.
Funny (but unrelated to our CW), whereas 'un navet'
means 'a turkey (lousy film)' in standard French
slang, 'un naveau' is apparently 'a moron' in Quebec
slang.

Cheers, Yann


	

	
		
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