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Word of the Week: "Plaie"

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By C'est la vie
Host Bernard St-Laurent and Word Lady Johanne Blais discuss plaie, which means wound, sore and cut. It also means plague.



"Plaie", 18/01/154:00
Here are the usages of plaie you hear in Bernard and Johanne's conversation:

J'ai eu une plaie : I had a wound

Cette personne est une plaie : That person is a pain

Une plaie émotionnelle : (fig.) An emotional wound

Une plaie qui guérit, ou ne guérit pas : A wound/sore/cut that heals, or doesn't heal

J'avais une plaie : I had a cut

Ça a rouvert ma plaie : It reopened my wound

Rouvrir une plaie : (fig.) To reopen an old wound

Remuer/retourner le fer/le couteau dans la plaie : To rub salt into the wound

Mettre le doigt sur la plaie : To put your finger on the problem

Tu viens de mettre le doigt sur la plaie : You just found the source of the problem

Thomas wrote:

Speaking of English by the way, you can tell a US-American made this list because it doesn't contain any Canadian slang terms that are French.

some of the terms - like toque - are neither English nor French - they're just Canajun - used in English and French-speaking Canada

Some resourceful bum actually dug out some of the Carbide teeth in the face of a boring machine. They figured they could sell em.

Myth #7: Everything in Canada must be written in both English and French. Mythe #7 : tout au Canada doit être écrit en français et en anglais.

Okay, well, maybe that’s not a myth, come to think of it. Très bien, peut-être que ce n’est pas un mythe, à bien y penser.

For goodness sake, that’s really annoying. Pour l’amour de dieu, qui est vraiment ennuyeux.

Ok, just cut it out. It’s not funny anymore.

Ok, tout simplement pour réduire les dépenses. Il n’est pas plus drôle.

****. Merde.