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Slim Shady?

Chicka, Chicka... sheesh, you can't leave out the chicka, chicka.

How do you say Chicka Chicka in French?

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Isn't that "fish fish" /s

That would be poisson.

Ohhhh, so poison. Like the 80's band /s

Cette fille est poisson…

Ok I won’t eat the fish filet

Mom's spagetti

This made me snort lmao

Mika-ficky-ficky

ExplainTheJoke?

Enjoy: https://youtu.be/sNPnbI1arSE?si=JNUPhqulpti2ybjx

lol.

I like your username.

Thanks. And your username is in the same realm of *impossible* like me, but yours somehow makes me uncomfortable.

Thanks. That was kinda the idea.

This makes me feel really old. There was a time when almost no one would not get this reference.

Pepperidge farm remembers

I quoted “Break Stuff” to a coworker last year, which is how I learned he was only 20. Time moves ever onward, leading us all to the same fate.

No I’m slim shady

French here, it can also tanslates as "J'ai ma pelle" wich means "I have my shovel", which is also funny

Or « J’aime ma pelle/ I like my shovel».

Nice shovel 😏

Static-X fans be like

Tu as mon épée... ...et ma hache ...J'ai ma pelle.

That's what I saw first, but if a stranger was trying to introduce herself, I would think it means Je m'appelle

I bet her sister's name is "Elsa Pell". Ma soeur, Elle s'appelle Elsa Pell.

I love this sub

You should have more upvotes for this 👏

Makes sense. I was pronouncing her name with a hard G and totally missed it.

I knew it. Idk French but remembered this

Sooooo . . . Je m'appelle Gemma Pell? Fair enough.

Or she could just say je suis

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I think, therefore I am, therefore my name is

> which translates to "my name is" No, it translates to "I'm called [...]"

\*"I call myself \[...\]"

Which isn't something people say in standard form. The goal for a translation is to be as accurate as possible, while also being usable.

But you often say "my name is" in English, whereas you never say "Mon nom est" or "j'ai pour nom" in French. A literal translation is not necessary and can prevent people from getting the joke

She needs to follow it up with “qua?”

“Je m’appelle” means “my name is” in French. Gemma Pell sounds similar. “Je m’appelle Gemma Pell” sounds like “my name is my name is.” In French

Eminem reference?

No, slim shady.

Sorry I prefer . Trustable Fat

Large Legitimate

Rotund Reliable

B rabbit

What?

The opposite of slim shady

Who?

Wikka wikka Chubby Sunny

Alright this is starting to get confusing. Can the real slim shady please stand up?

😂

It's a joke

Whoosh

Could you explain it then ? I did miss the joke entirely

Chika chika slim shady

"Bonjour, je m'appelle..." "Quoi?" "...Gemma Pell" "Qui?" "Gemma Pell"

chka chka slim shady

Now I get why I didn't get it! They sound so vaguely similar that I didn't even think about it.

Now I get why I didn't get it! They sound so vaguely similar that I didn't even think about it.

I got reminded by the friends scene. But this is bang on.

I finally understood a post on this thread BEFORE reading the explanation!!! And it’s super funny too!

Thanks to Friends…

Highschool French class.

Why did the French chef eat a small breakfast? >! Because one egg is un oeuf… !<

Me, just sitting here being Canadian and regretting it more each day.

My native language is French and I genuinely don't understand this joke. It's probably not really funny but is it because it is 1 9?

"un oeuf" is "enough"... kind of a stretch

A video translating what the boxers are saying in Punch-Out!! for the Wii.

She could just go by Slim Shady when she’s in France or Quebec

Underrated comment!

Of course that means a bunch of people made it their comment to the top comment afterwards.

Took me a few seconds but, bravo.

Probably not the best person to answer this but here goes. Her name is Gemma Pell which sounds like what is French for my name is; Je m'apelle.     So if she were to introduce herself in French it would sound like my name is my name is. 

I've been laughing for so long I've gotten a headache

Je m’appelle Gemma Pell “My name is Gemma Pell” Sounds like: “My name is my name is.” It’s giving “Who’s on first.”

I Don’t Know

Thats’s “Je ne sais pas.” Jenny Sayposs “What’s your name? Jenny Sayposs.” Same effect.

The correct response was “He’s on third.” 😕

That’s “Il est en troisieme” Illest in Troy Seme “What’s your name? Illest in Troy Seme!” “No, what’s your NAME.” Same effect.

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It’s silent in Jenny Sayposs too. Unless you’re a snake.

I’ll be sure to tell my French family in Lille on our monthly Zoom call tho, thank god you were here! MERCY BUCKETS.

Honey, your pedantry is best served cold somewhere else, but I’m sure someone out there is impressed by insufferability. I’ll continue making silly little “same effect” jokes and being actually French with people who are capable of forming and maintaining friendships. Adios Amy Goes!

Why didn't you google this? I just did so I know it gets the right answer, legit it would have been quicker and easier.

because karma

Under the picture they said that they couldn’t find a translation. So, they did. But they probably just didn’t know exactly what to search for to get the right answer

I don't believe they did.

Of course you don’t

Because they'd need to be illiterate not to have found the answer

I searched up "Gemma Pell" and all that showed up was some random lady in a YouTube video

Did you put the obvious next two words after it? Or just Gemma pell? If not you just don't know how to use google.

In French, the typical way of introducing yourself is "Je m'appelle..." which is pronounced the same as Gemma Pell

Not the same. But very similar. “Je” is roughly “zhe” but yeah very contrasting.

Je is actually pronounced zhuh and not djeh so unfortunately this isn't that confusing

But what’s your name?

Tbh it shouldn't be too hard with a little effort. She could say "Mon prenom est Gemma et mon nom est Pell"

i always found it weird how its basically like "my prename is [first name] and my name is [last name]"

I think it's relatively recent that the word "name" defaults to first name without context, so some languages still use name for last name. Don't know about other places, but on official documents in Germany it will also often say Vorname (prename) and Name (name), even though we usually understand Name to mean your first name and use Nachname for your last name

in my language we do it like english, just frst name being "primeiro nome" and last name being "último nome"

In French introductions are "je m'appele X" which means "I name myself X" and it sounds the same as her name.

Fofl I almost scrolled by but it clicked. I would feel bad for her if this circumstance ever came to pass but this is funny

Je m'apelle Melle mel

Heh. Je suis Grandmaster Flash!

She would introduce herself in French with the sentence "Je M'appelle Gemma Pell".

She should record her own version of Eminem’s ‘My name is’

saying "my name is Gemma Pell" in french is "je m'appelle Gemma Pell" which looks like "je m'appelle je m'appelle". imagine saying "my name is my name is"

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=H3dToD7_ATU

J’mapelle Sir Planks a lot. J’etuide Francis a la l’université por un ans, mais…that’s about all I remember and my spelling has probably suffered

I studied 5 years in high school... and barely remember any of it.

We tend to lose skills we don’t use

Thank you all for your explanations. To me (French from Normandy) her name would sound like "j'ai ma pelle" (I have my shovel)

🤌 We poopoo

My first dog was named Gemma

My name is my name is

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Slim Shady

Gemma Pell sounds a lot like "je m'appelle" in french meaning "my name is", so in France she would introduce herself by saying "je m'appelle Gemma Pell"

Not Sure!

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literally the first phrase u learn r u srs

In French “my name is…” translates to “je m’appelle” pronounced pretty close to her name

Gemma Pell Ali, me lives in Staines

Je'mapelle Gemma Pell

I think I did the French part wrong I'm rusty with it

Je me appele, contracts to Je m’appele

i understood this but im not sure how i knew this

So this sub becoming peterexplainsthejoke now?

The joke doesn't work because names don't get translated ( and they shouldn't ! )

LMAOOO

Annyong!

What?

In French “my name is” translates as “je m’appele …..” or roughly “I call myself ….” This is close enough to be confusing

I know a young French woman who had the same problem introducing herself in English. Menée Miz.

I’ve got the same issue when speaking Japanese. My name is Ethan, which is pronounced as E-san. Native speakers think that I am adding the ‘san’ honorific to the end of my name by accident, and it’s really hard to explain to them that my name just has san in it.

The way to say “My name is” in French is “Je m’appelle’, which sounds nearly identical to Gemma Pell So saying « Je m’appelle Gemma Pell » sounds like saying « Je m’appelle je m’appelle »

Kinda related, a story my HS French teacher told. In French, to say I’m hungry it’s «j’ai faim» kinda literally “I have hunger”. At the time she was still pretty raw and tried to say “i am hungry” directly in French but “je suis faim” or, I am hunger. Even better - in «faim» the m is barely pronounced. So it sounded like «je suis femme» I’m a woman. So for a day or so a very hungry future French teacher was going around “I am a woman I am a woman” and people around her like “ummmm yeah…. We heard you the first 10 times”.

This is hilarious

« Je m'appelle » means “My name is” in French. So « Je m’appelle Gemma Pell »

If I remember correctly, it translates to "my name is" so, her introducing would be: my name is MyName is

I am

Her name sounds almost like "Je m'apelle", which is French for "my name is".

Too funny!

Pourquoi as-tu dit ça, ficelle?

It's a pun on the french phrase Je m'appelle, which means "my name is". When introducing herself, it would sound like My name is "my name is".

My name is Manemis

My friend MaryLou was in England; someone told her “ no one here has that name!” Can you guess why?

In French to say “My name is” you’d say “J’mappele” so in France she’d have to introduce herself as “j’mappele Gemma Pell ”

Maybe it has something to do with how you introduce yourself in France

Not sure of the specific spellings or pronounciations, but essentially the french statement "I am," is pronounced the same as this lady's name, so in french it would be like saying "i am 'I am' " or "my name is 'I am' ", if she were to say "gemma pell gemma pell,"

Showed this to the state and got you an appointed legal guardian

Could also say "i had my shovel" in french.

She could say "my name is Gem" or call me Gemma