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N'heures souris rames : the Coucy Castle manuscript Author(s) Ormonde de Kay Country United States Subject(s) homophonic translation, English to French Genre(s) Humor Publisher C. N. Potter Published in
English1980 Media type book ISBN 0517540819 OCLC Number 6378996 N'Heures Souris Rames (Nursery Rhymes) is a book of homophonic translations from English to French, published in 1980 by Ormonde de Kay.[1] It includes contains some forty nursery rhymes, among which are Coucou doux de Ledoux (Cock-A-Doodle-Doo), Signe, garçon. Neuf Sikhs se pansent (Sing a Song of Sixpence) and Hâte, carrosse bonzes (Hot Cross Buns).
Below is de Kay's Georgie Porgie in the original English with the translation into French:
- Georgie Porgie, Pudding and Pie,
- Kissed the girls and made them cry.
- When the boys came out to play;
- Georgie Porgie ran away.
- Georgie Port-régie, peu digne en paille,
- Qui se dégeule sans mais. Dame craille.
- Où haine de bouées ce qu'aime a tout pilé:
- Georgie Port-régie règne. Ohé.
See also
- Anguish Languish (1956)
- Mots d'Heures (1967)
References
Categories:- Nursery rhymes
- Homophonic translation
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