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French · 5 phrases

Sports & the Stands

Terrace diplomacy. The same words that would start a fight on the street are standard-issue in a football ground — "l'arbitre, enculé !" is practically the national anthem of a bad refereeing decision. "Allez les Bleus" keeps it clean; everything else, save for the crowd.

Allez les Bleus ! a-LAY lay BLUH Go France! / Come on France! Hors-jeu, mon cul ! or-ZHUH mohn KOO Offside, my ass! Il joue comme une merde ! eel zhoo kom oon MEHRD He's playing like garbage! On les a niqués ! ohn lay za nee-KAY We destroyed them! / We smashed them! L'arbitre, enculé ! lar-BEETR ahn-koo-LAY The ref's a f***ing bastard! (stadium chant)