Au revoir
Au revoir noun - An expression of good wishes at parting.
Bonjour
Both terms in one sentence
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He even mixes up bonjour and au revoir.Del: They're trying to kill me.
Source: Series / Only Fools and Horses - Subverted in Only Fools and Horses, wherein Del Boy tries to use French to seem intelligent, but constantly, CONSTANTLY gets it wrong... to the point of saying bonjour to mean "goodbye" and au revoir to mean "hello".
Source: Gratuitous French -
Gratuitous French: Subverted, wherein Del Boy tries to use French to seem intelligent, but constantly, CONSTANTLY gets it wrong... to the point of saying bonjour to mean "goodbye" and au revoir to mean "hello".
Source: Series / Only Fools and Horses
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