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From strangecosmos.com:

For more than 30 years, New York magazine has run a contest in which contestants take a well-known foreign language expression, change a single letter, and provide a definition for the new expression. Here are some favorites.

Harlez-vous francais? CAN YOU DRIVE A FRENCH MOTOCYCLE?

Cogito Eggo Sum: I THINK; THEREFORE I AM A WAFFLE.

Rigor morris: THE CAT IS DEAD.

Repondez-vous s'il vous plaid: HONK IF YOU'RE SCOTTISH.

Que sera serf: LIFE IS FEUDAL.

Posh mortem: DEATH STYLES OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS.

Pro Bozo publico: SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL CLOWN.

Apes Moe le deluge: LARRY AND MOE GOT WET.

Haste cuisine: FAST FRENCH FOOD.

Veni, vidi, vice: I CAME, I SAW, I PARTIED.

Mazel ton: TONS OF LUCK.

Aloha oy: LOVE; GREETINGS; FAREWELL; FROM SUCH A PAIN YOU SHOULD NEVER KNOW.

Visa la France: DON'T LEAVE YOUR CHATEAU WITHOUT IT.

L'etat, c'est moo: I'M BOSSY AROUND HERE.

Cogito, ergo spud: I THINK, THEREFORE I YAM. (OK, more than 1 letter.)

Veni, vidi, velcro: I CAME, I SAW, I STUCK AROUND. (OK, another exception.)




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