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Country United States Published in English 1980 ISBN 0-517-54081-9 Published in english 1980 | 4.3/5 Goodreads Publisher C. N. Potter Media type book Originally published 1980 Genre Humour OCLC 6378996 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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N'Heures Souris Rames (Nursery Rhymes) is a book of homophonic translations from English to French, published in 1980 by Ormonde de Kay. It 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:
Each poem is accompanied by a series of footnotes, ostensibly explaining obscure terms and references in the French, which parody the scholarly footnotes of philological texts.
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