Friday, May 11, 2007

Comme ci comme ca

Pronunciation : "Kohm See Kohm Sah"

Meaning : not too good, not too bad; like this, like that; so-so or OK laaaa.

Definitely French in origin but has been widely used in English. Probably popularized by American Soldiers coming back from service in France after World War II.

If I remember correctly, first time RTPC participants heard this word was from Mr. Johann Human (the moo cow can lecturer) and like "nomenclature", Phab from Lao PDR was the one who popularized this word and use it the most.

Example on how to use it:

Professor : You back there from Lao, do you understand what is prime commodities?

Phab : Comme ci comme ca (ha ha ha ha ....)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Good post.