{"id":1795,"date":"2010-03-16T12:24:50","date_gmt":"2010-03-16T12:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/?p=1795"},"modified":"2010-03-01T12:52:12","modified_gmt":"2010-03-01T12:52:12","slug":"dels-top-10-greatest-french-phrases-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/dels-top-10-greatest-french-phrases-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Dels Top 10 Greatest French phrases part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"d7386eeb5bdcd2f43c1295b58ceaf130\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: right; margin:5px 0 5px 5px;\">\n<amp-auto-ads type=\"adsense\"\r\n              data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\">\r\n<\/amp-auto-ads>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Dels Top 10 Greatest French phrase of all time<\/h2>\n<p>A few years ago i was commissioned by the BBC to write a list of Dels Lingo, its still available on<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/comedy\/onlyfools\/lingo\/euro.shtml\"> http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/comedy\/onlyfools\/lingo\/euro.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Today i want to pick the top 10 French phrases.<\/h3>\n<p>Generally there are 4 ways to breakdown a Del french phrase<\/p>\n<p>It will score on how wrong the use of it is<br \/>\nAlso on it popularity &#8211; how often it is used<br \/>\nThe hidden history of how Del may of come about the word (often you can only guess)<br \/>\nFinally the punch the word gives when being used will earn points<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_1797\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/250px-Only_fools_strangers_on_the_shore.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1797\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1797\" title=\"250px-Only_fools_strangers_on_the_shore\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/250px-Only_fools_strangers_on_the_shore.jpg\" alt=\"French Phrases of Del Boy\" width=\"250\" height=\"163\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1797\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Top 10 French Phrases of Del Boy<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<h3>Outside the top ten phrases included<\/h3>\n<p><strong> Mais oui<\/strong> meaning no problem, my pleasure. Del keeps this one for the chicks.<br \/>\nTotal French Phrase Score 23<\/p>\n<p><strong>Voila! <\/strong>Del&#8217;s French words to say it after T-cutting a square inch of the Capri Ghia, it&#8217;s a way of encouraging Rodney to finish the rest of the car off.<br \/>\nTotal French Phrase Score 22<\/p>\n<p><strong> Au contraire<\/strong> &#8211; French for &#8220;hang on a minute&#8221;<br \/>\nTotal French Phrase Score 21<\/p><div class=\"d7386eeb5bdcd2f43c1295b58ceaf130\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:5px 0 5px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ofah2-response -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5593259115\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>Moi<\/strong> &#8211; French and classy way of saying &#8220;me&#8221;.<br \/>\nTotal French Phrase Score 18<\/p>\n<h3>So we now have our top ten<\/h3>\n<p>There was nothing between the first three and therefore are all classed as joint 8th<\/p>\n<p><strong>8=. \u00a0Au revoir<\/strong><br \/>\nau revoir &#8211; French for &#8220;hello&#8221;.<br \/>\nwrong &#8211; 9<br \/>\nPopularity &#8211; 8<br \/>\nHistory &#8211; 5<br \/>\nPunch &#8211; 3<br \/>\nTotal French Phrase Score 25<\/p>\n<p><strong>8=. \u00a0Bonjour<\/strong><br \/>\nbonjour &#8211; French for &#8220;goodbye!&#8221;<br \/>\nwrong &#8211; 9<br \/>\nPopularity &#8211; 8<br \/>\nHistory &#8211; 5<br \/>\nPunch &#8211; 3<br \/>\nTotal French Phrase Score 25<\/p>\n<p><strong>8=. \u00a0Mange tout<\/strong><br \/>\nmange tout- my pleasure, variation to mais oui.<br \/>\nwrong &#8211; 7<br \/>\nPopularity &#8211; 7<br \/>\nHistory &#8211; 5<br \/>\nPunch &#8211; 6<br \/>\nTotal French Phrase Score 25<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. Mon dieu!<\/strong><br \/>\nMon dieu!- exclamation implying, &#8220;you idiot&#8221;.<br \/>\nwrong &#8211; 6<br \/>\nPopularity &#8211; 7<br \/>\nHistory &#8211; 5<br \/>\nPunch &#8211; 8<br \/>\nTotal French Phrase Score 26<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Creme de la menthe<\/strong><br \/>\ncreme de la menthe &#8211; French for the &#8220;very best&#8221;<br \/>\nwrong &#8211; 8<br \/>\nPopularity &#8211; 7<br \/>\nHistory &#8211; 5<br \/>\nPunch &#8211; 7<br \/>\nTotal French Phrase Score 27<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow we will see the second half of this list and reveal what we consider to be dles top French phrase. Of course this is a fans site so please let us know whether you agree\/disgree and what your top 10 would be.<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/dels-top-10-greatest-french-phrases-part-1\/\"><img width=\"125\" height=\"125\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ofah.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/250px-Only_fools_strangers_on_the_shore-150x150.jpg\" class=\"alignright tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"French Phrases of Del Boy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><p>Dels Top 10 Greatest French phrase of all time A few years ago i was commissioned by the BBC to write a list of Dels Lingo, its still available on http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/comedy\/onlyfools\/lingo\/euro.shtml Today i want to pick the top 10 French phrases. Generally there are 4 ways to breakdown a Del french phrase It will score [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[48,68,67,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-characters","category-fun-games","category-news","category-only-fools-and-horses"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dels Top 10 Greatest French phrases part 1<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dels Top 10 Greatest French phrase of all time A few years ago i was commissioned by the BBC to write a list of Dels Lingo, its still available on\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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