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this one is specially for [livejournal.com profile] lather2002. it's called 'imperialism and all reactionaries are all paper tiger'. gosh, how true!



stolen from http://www.maopost.com

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Date: 2005-10-24 10:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vriad-lee.livejournal.com
ouch! you know my soft spots, tigre de papier

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Date: 2005-10-25 09:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sylys.livejournal.com
Linguistic remarks,

a. It seems in english one doesn't say "it's called ..."
about a written sign but "it reads ...". Which is completely
stupid since it's not the sign that reads, it's actually the reader,
but oh well.

b. To denote something is of crappy quality,
the french idiom is "en carton" (paperboard) instead of
"en papier", so that ugly dog would rather be, un tigre en carton :)

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Date: 2005-10-26 04:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vriad-lee.livejournal.com
well, i didn't mean something of crappy quality, i actually meant paper tiger (http://www.onelook.com/?w=paper+tiger&ls=a). and of course you're right, a poster 'reads'

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