<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@>
> wrote:
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk"
> > <shempmcgurk@> wrote:
> > >
> > > > She shrugged and said, "Oh, the Quissacois...yes, we've
> > > > had to deal with them for some time."
> > > >
> > > > Quissac is the next village, ten kilometers away.
> > >
> > > When I first read the word "Quissacois" above, I thought: what
a
> > > cute term that lady is using for "foreigner" because "Qui ca"
> > > although grammatically not perfect means in French "Who is
> that".
> > > And the suffic "ois" as in "Quebecois" means "from" as
> > > in "Quebecer" or "New Englander".
> > >
> > > So I thought: Hey, "Quissacois" is a cute way of referring to
> > > someone who is unknown and from somewhere else. She is
> > > calling a
> > > foreigner the English equivalent of "who-is-that-er".
> >
> > Exactly.
> >
> > > So I was surprised when, in the next line, you say there is a
> > > village called "Quissac".
> >
> > It's classic French wordplay, far more sophisticated
> > than simple punning. What she said is true whether
> > you interpret the word your way, or hers.
>
> Cute...especially since there IS such a village:
>
> http://www.quissac.com/
Well, duh. :-)
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