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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

les totons

English translation:

T & A

Added to glossary by lizziec
Feb 19, 2007 12:26
17 yrs ago
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French term

les totons

May offend French to English Marketing Slang
"La biere qui vend les totons" is the full answer (possible spelling/grammar mistakes) given by someone in a survey about what they didn't like about a beer commercial they'd just watched (haven't seen the commercial myself). I think it's Quebec slang, possibly a reference to a type of person?
Change log

Feb 19, 2007 14:28: NancyLynn changed "May Offend" from "Not Checked" to "Checked"

Discussion

NancyLynn Feb 19, 2007:
Sorry, guys, this question is one for the Québécois.
Bourth (X) Feb 19, 2007:
La bière quE vendENT les Teutons??? There are so many possibilities!
Tony M Feb 19, 2007:
I just wondered if it was a transctription error for "totems"? Doesn't make much more sense either, though, I'm afraid!
Andreas THEODOROU Feb 19, 2007:
Perhaps it's France slang "tontons" which means uncle . Not sure that it fits the context though..

Proposed translations

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T & A

Hi lizziec,
I'm going to change your question to "possibly offensive"...

Les totons, au Québec, means "tits". This person doesn't like beer ads that sell sex, or T & A. (what other kind of beer ad is there ??) ;^)
Peer comment(s):

agree Jean-Claude Gouin
30 mins
10-4, 1045!
agree Bourth (X) : Tétons, totons, makes sense.
2 hrs
I never understood why it's spelled tétons; totons is the way it's pronounced, backed by an old joke about a dirty old man's favourite lunch: tuna-tuna sandwiches!
agree sporran : absolutely!
3 hrs
thanks - I didn't like marking this page with so much red, but the truth rang out...
agree Valérie Madesclair : Totons (seins) existe bien aussi dans mon dico, mais ne faisait pas sens pour moi jusqu'à ce que je lise ta réponse.
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Jerk (quebec) / Jerry (French misprint)

Si le texte est québécois un toton est un idiot, un abruti, un con: jerk, idiot, twit, etc.

Si le texte est français, je penche pour un festival de fautes, et la personne essaie de parler de bière allemande: Kraut, Hun, Jerry , German, etc.
Peer comment(s):

disagree NancyLynn : no error here, totons is very commonly used to describe a woman's mammary glands
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33 mins

the Kraut

Je pense qu'il y a une erreur car "toton" est une sorte de toupie. Par contre, "Teuton" est un mot ancien pour désigner les Allemands" et aussi péjoratif que les "Boches"
Peer comment(s):

disagree NancyLynn : not here
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19 mins

winkers' beer

toton (m)
niais
nut, dope, idiot

In a glossary of Quebec slang at
http://www.geocities.com/philipsfo/hostie/glossaire/t.html

Still doesn't solve the grammatical problem!

The sort of beer drunk by guys who go so far as to make eyes at girls, but go no further.

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Nancy Lynn has it, I think.

les "totons" : c'est deux choses...soit des seins, une fille avec des gros totons, comme la nana à moitiénue se dandinant derrirère Ardison - soit des épais, comme le public ensalle chez Ardison qui applaudit en cadences programmées. Lepage a sansdoute voulu donner le ton à son émission en parlant des totons de chezArdison qu'il ne veut pas voir.
houblog.net/article/601-tout-le-monde-en-parle-quebecois

Totons (des) : des seins; Totton : imbécile, con; Toune : chanson (de l’anglais tune) ...
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joual

I'm still wondering if beer sells tits or if tits sell beer. This might require a long period of field research ...
Peer comment(s):

agree Valérie Madesclair : J'ai rédigé plus lentement ou adsl plus lent.
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agree Assimina Vavoula
1 hr
disagree NancyLynn : not here, my European friend.
2 hrs
You're quite right, I think.
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