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nope, Steve — in French pregant wld have been "je suis enceinte." what you said "je suis plein" announced that you were loaded to the gills, drunk out of your skull, wasted. -- Pierre On Mar 27, 2006, at 5:07 PM, Stephen Vincent wrote: >> I just spoke to a friend who's newly pregnant, and I heard myself >> using the phrase "with child." Seems an interesting locution. Unknown >> in latin languages--the French are full when pregnant (and satisfied >> after a meal), for instance. > In my rather intimate experience in this matter, the French either > frown or > laugh at the expression, "Je suis plein", after a good meal. One > formally > says, "J'ai bien mange." (with an accent). > > I learned this first as an exchange student in Normandy - sitting > between my > 16 and 18 year old 'sisters' (already infatuated, as it were) - at > the end > of my first lunch and announcing to one and all, "Je suis plein." > The girls > blushed and the parents looked confused at my whacky French. > Only later to learn from the sisters that I had announced that I was > pregnant. My turn to blush. > > Oh well - all artists - at least occasionally - on some level or > other "are > pregnant." I guess I was precocious! > > Stephen V > ============================================== "Blasphemy is a victimless crime." -- a t-shirt sent to Salman Rushdie in the days of the Satanic Verses fatwa. ============================================== Pierre Joris 244 Elm Street Albany NY 12202 h: 518 426 0433 c: 518 225 7123 o: 518 442 40 85 Euro cell: 011 33 6 79 368 446 email: [log in to unmask] http://pierrejoris.com Nomadics blog: http://pjoris.blogspot.com =========================