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zealous thornBOT Dec 3, 2024, 6:52 AM

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vagrant wren Dec 3, 2024, 6:53 AM

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It could not be that, no

stark jackal Dec 3, 2024, 6:54 AM

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What could it be?

vagrant wren Dec 3, 2024, 6:54 AM

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No idea, doesn't sound like anything I can think of

stark jackal Dec 3, 2024, 6:55 AM

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Could quoi de croire be phrase at all?

vagrant wren Dec 3, 2024, 6:55 AM

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No

stark jackal Dec 3, 2024, 6:55 AM

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Or croire de quoi?

vagrant wren Dec 3, 2024, 6:56 AM

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Neither could exist on their own

stark jackal Dec 3, 2024, 6:56 AM

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Does either have any meaning in a sentence?

vagrant wren Dec 3, 2024, 6:57 AM

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They could, but you'd have to add context into them

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So the meaning would rely on what's around it

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"croire de quoi" I can't think of a way to fit into a sentence but there's probably a way

west ravine Dec 3, 2024, 6:58 AM

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Where did you hear the phrase?

stark jackal Dec 3, 2024, 6:58 AM

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in my childhood, it was a nickname

vagrant wren Dec 3, 2024, 6:58 AM

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"quoi de croire" can definitely exist in a larger sentence tho

stark jackal Dec 3, 2024, 6:58 AM

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i was called 'kwa'

vagrant wren Dec 3, 2024, 6:59 AM

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But yeah more context would help

stark jackal Dec 3, 2024, 6:59 AM

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sometimes my family would say 'kwa de kwa'

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i have been suggested that the nickname may be croire

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either 'croire' or 'quoi'

vagrant wren Dec 3, 2024, 7:00 AM

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Your family is french speaking?

stark jackal Dec 3, 2024, 7:03 AM

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it was said in a playfully 'french' way, but i don't know where it was from, my mom does not speak french

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trying to find out the meaning of the nickname since someone brought it up to me that it may be 'croire'

vagrant wren Dec 3, 2024, 7:05 AM

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It honestly sounds more like babbling stuff that doesn't really mean anything in french

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I could imagine "quoi de quoi" being interpreted like "whaaaat"

west ravine Dec 3, 2024, 7:07 AM

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Yeah it sounds like babbling. TBH if it's a childhood nickname it may not even mean anything

abstract matrix Dec 3, 2024, 7:07 AM

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vagrant wren I could imagine "quoi de quoi" being interpreted like "whaaaat"

I occasionally see people express their surprise with 'what the what'. Could just be a literal translation of that, perhaps?

west ravine Dec 3, 2024, 7:08 AM

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Or the pronunciation might be butchered so far from its original meaning

vagrant wren Dec 3, 2024, 7:08 AM

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abstract matrix I occasionally see people express their surprise with 'what the what'. Could jus...

Yeah that's what I was thinking but couldn't find the english expression thanks lol

abstract matrix Dec 3, 2024, 7:08 AM

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chatsalut

west ravine Dec 3, 2024, 7:08 AM

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Oh that's a good answer

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Closest thing it sounded like to me was 'pas de quoi'

vagrant wren Dec 3, 2024, 7:09 AM

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Yeah

stark jackal Dec 3, 2024, 7:10 AM

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hm, so if it did have meaning, do you think 'quoi' or 'croire' makes more sense to give as a nickname?

vagrant wren Dec 3, 2024, 7:10 AM

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I mean neither make much sense but considering it's a nickname people can kinda just use whatever

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Croire sounds pretty different though

stark jackal Dec 3, 2024, 7:11 AM

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different, in what way?

vagrant wren Dec 3, 2024, 7:11 AM

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Krwar vs kwa

stark jackal Dec 3, 2024, 7:12 AM

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i looked at a video 'Croire (to believe)' by learn french with alexa and it sounded like my nickname

vagrant wren Dec 3, 2024, 7:13 AM

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stark jackal Dec 3, 2024, 7:14 AM

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at 0:24 in the video by learn french with alexa, is she using correct pronounciation?

abstract matrix Dec 3, 2024, 7:14 AM

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Could also be 'croix' (cross). Who even knows with nicknames.

stark jackal Dec 3, 2024, 7:15 AM

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oh, does 'croire de croix' have meaning?

abstract matrix Dec 3, 2024, 7:16 AM

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No, but nicknames are hard to decipher without context.

vagrant wren Dec 3, 2024, 7:16 AM

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"croire de" doesn't really mean anything in general so most combos with that won't work

abstract matrix Dec 3, 2024, 7:16 AM

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'Croix de' would be 'cross of', but that doesn't work much either.

stark jackal Dec 3, 2024, 7:17 AM

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is it accurate to say 'croire de croix' means believe in the cross?

vagrant wren Dec 3, 2024, 7:17 AM

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No

abstract matrix Dec 3, 2024, 7:17 AM

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No.

vagrant wren Dec 3, 2024, 7:17 AM

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Like I said, "croire de" doesn't mean anything

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Croire takes different prepositions

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en & à iirc?

abstract matrix Dec 3, 2024, 7:20 AM

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Can't think of any others right now.

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'De croire'. right
'Croire de'. wrong

stark jackal Dec 3, 2024, 7:22 AM

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hmmm, googling 'croix de croire' seems to be 'cross of belief'

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or 'cross of faith'

abstract matrix Dec 3, 2024, 7:23 AM

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Cross of faith: 'Une croix de (la) foi'
Cross of belief: 'Une croix de (la) croyance'

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'Croix de croire' makes no sense.

stark jackal Dec 3, 2024, 7:27 AM

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thanks for the help, everyone, it was worth a shot

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one last question, could there be anything with 'croire de croire'?

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could it even be a way to say 'just believe'?

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