I know just a little French, but my girlfriend is trained in French linguistics and I mentioned the phrase, “Antisemitic canard.” She just looked at me for an eternity. Finally, we played Questions:
“What?!”
“What what?”
“An antisemitic what?”
“An antisemitic canard?”
“What’s an antisemitic canard?”
“That Jews start all the wars?”
“How is that a duck?”
“How is that a what?”
“A duck, how is that a duck?”
“What the hell are you talking about?”
“What the hell are you talking about?”
“WHY ARE YOU ASKING ME IF AN ABSTRACT CONCEPT IS A DUCK?!”
etc.
Best. Conversation. Of my life.
