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Can a French speaker please explain...

Le Pére Noel est une Ordure

It is from the film Mixed Nuts, but my business French makes the translation seem non-sensicle?? 
Ordure I always thought meant filth 

Ordure = Garbage

However, in france (hardly in Quebec), when referring to a person "Ordure" can also mean bastard, scum etc.  There wouldn't be a single word english word for it but it generally means a bad person.

Quote from: Touti on December 12, 2007, 07:30:02 PM
Ordure = Garbage

However, in france (hardly in Quebec), when referring to a person "Ordure" can also mean bastard, scum etc.  There wouldn't be a single word english word for it but it generally means a bad person.

So, what would be the translated original title of the book that Mixed Nuts is from?

Father Christmas is a Bastard??

Quote from: richierich on December 12, 2007, 07:43:05 PM

Father Christmas is a Bastard??

He is in Red Dwarf (Backwards, series 3)... 

Quote from: richierich on December 12, 2007, 07:43:05 PM

Quote from: Touti on December 12, 2007, 07:30:02 PM
Ordure = Garbage

However, in france (hardly in Quebec), when referring to a person "Ordure" can also mean bastard, scum etc.  There wouldn't be a single word english word for it but it generally means a bad person.

So, what would be the translated original title of the book that Mixed Nuts is from?

Father Christmas is a Bastard??

That would be a very literal translation.  "Santa Claus is a bastard" would be more like it.

Quote from: Touti on December 13, 2007, 03:06:56 AM

Quote from: richierich on December 12, 2007, 07:43:05 PM

Quote from: Touti on December 12, 2007, 07:30:02 PM
Ordure = Garbage

However, in france (hardly in Quebec), when referring to a person "Ordure" can also mean bastard, scum etc.  There wouldn't be a single word english word for it but it generally means a bad person.

So, what would be the translated original title of the book that Mixed Nuts is from?

Father Christmas is a Bastard??

That would be a very literal translation.  "Santa Claus is a bastard" would be more like it.

Is this from a series of films, similar to the Django films?

It is from this film.
(and boy did i get a nasty surprise when i did image search on 'mixed nuts' on google image    apparently it's also a gay term)





linked to this i guess



and just cos it made me laugh....

Quote from: richierich on December 13, 2007, 01:08:14 PMand boy did i get a nasty surprise when i did image search on 'mixed nuts' on google image