pour le meilleur… et pour le rire

English translation: for good times and for fun times

07:02 Aug 14, 2008
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
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French term or phrase: pour le meilleur… et pour le rire
theme park anniversary - the meaning is clear in French; any ideas on an equivalent fun phrase in English?

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Tamara Salvio
United States
Local time: 00:56
English translation:for good times and for fun times
Explanation:
Just a suggestion ...

Or from another, more imaginative angle ...

"For laughter ...happily ever after!"

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Note added at 2 hrs (2008-08-14 09:03:16 GMT)
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on the wedding theme ... "for better and for mirth" ??? (pretty lame, I know, but to get us thinking !!!)

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Note added at 2 hrs (2008-08-14 09:04:58 GMT)
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I do like your suggestion actually!

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Note added at 1 day1 hr (2008-08-15 08:44:22 GMT)
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Keeping it much more simple... "Come and join us to celebrate 20 years of fun and laughter" ?
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Clair Pickworth
France
Local time: 09:56
Grading comment
Thanks for all your brainstorming efforts, Clair! "for better and for mirth" was a stroke of creative genius - exactly what I was looking for
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Summary of answers provided
5for fun ... and for laughs
Speakering (X)
3 +2for good times and for fun times
Clair Pickworth
3 +1for thrills, spills and laughter
Cervin
3Voir ci-dessous ...
Jean-Claude Gouin


Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
for fun ... and for laughs


Explanation:
that's it

Speakering (X)
Native speaker of: Native in MacedonianMacedonian, Native in Serbo-CroatSerbo-Croat
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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
for thrills, spills and laughter


Explanation:
or 'the best day out and lots of fun....

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Note added at 3 hrs (2008-08-14 10:16:43 GMT)
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>>>Frills, spills and laughter?????..a bit of a naughty ref to those who pronounce 'th' as 'f' in the UK??


Cervin
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:56
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Clair Pickworth: I quite like this !
2 mins
  -> Thanks Clair!
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Voir ci-dessous ...


Explanation:
Quelques suggestions à remanier: Our marriage is like fine wine; it gets better with age/it's better after 20 years.
Our twenty-year old marriage is very happy because ... I'm deaf and she's blind.
Our twenty-year old marriage is still going strong thanks to a mix of truth and little white lies ...

Jean-Claude Gouin
Canada
Local time: 03:56
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
for good times and for fun times


Explanation:
Just a suggestion ...

Or from another, more imaginative angle ...

"For laughter ...happily ever after!"

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Note added at 2 hrs (2008-08-14 09:03:16 GMT)
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on the wedding theme ... "for better and for mirth" ??? (pretty lame, I know, but to get us thinking !!!)

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Note added at 2 hrs (2008-08-14 09:04:58 GMT)
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I do like your suggestion actually!

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Note added at 1 day1 hr (2008-08-15 08:44:22 GMT)
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Keeping it much more simple... "Come and join us to celebrate 20 years of fun and laughter" ?

Clair Pickworth
France
Local time: 09:56
Native speaker of: English
Grading comment
Thanks for all your brainstorming efforts, Clair! "for better and for mirth" was a stroke of creative genius - exactly what I was looking for
Notes to answerer
Asker: for better and for mirth! very clever!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Melissa McMahon: I like 'for better and for mirth'... obviously... :P
2 hrs
  -> Thanks!

agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X): I think, this works really well
14 hrs
  -> thanks!
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