Show me your tablet of chocolate

In America when a man has some good looking abs we say he has got a 6-pack. When he is a bit too heavy in the belly, we say he has a beer belly or beer gut. I never thought Americans were so into beer until I heard what the French called these two. When a man has some washboard abs they call it a bar of chocolate. When he has a bit too much fat, they call it fondue. I guess it makes sense since the French are into their chocolate and other goodies.

We were talking about music and David Guetta came up. I have no idea who she was talking about as she pronounced it Daveed Gata. Sounded a bit like alligator without the r and a bit like geetar (accented guitar). It was just as well since they laughed when they heard my pronunciation. Anyway, David Guetta worked with Flo Rider (Ryder?) on an album. I was very impressed that I realized she was talking about him when she said Florida.

At dinner I was trying to explain something to Patrice (who I try to speak French too, but am often discouraged). Anyway, I needed a word and they told me what it was. I could not help but to laugh as it sounded like “fart.” Now, it really is not that funny of a word, but you know in middle school it is the word to say, perhaps that rubbed off on me with the fact that they kept saying it, one at a time, together, looking it up in the dictionary, saying it again and again. It was just humorous. I refused to finish my sentence after that. This did lead to the conversation about “excited” in French. If a person says “Je excite” it is basically saying that they are horny. When Americans go around saying they are excited to meet you and all sorts of things, it makes the French look at them with one eyebrow up.