[lbo-talk] Rêve Générale

brandelune at gmail.com brandelune at gmail.com
Wed Oct 13 18:40:13 PDT 2010


On 14 oct. 10, at 10:22, 123hop at comcast.net wrote:


> I could always be wrong, I often am. But I think the other word play here is on
>
> Greve Generale
>
> A "greve" is a strike -- une greve generale (f)
>
> A "reve" is a dream -- un reve general (m)

You're not wrong at all. In addition to that, the fact that they left the feminine when reve is masculine added another "depth" to the word play, in my opinion.

JC



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