Cohérent, le cassoulet
Thunder and beans - a perfect match.
Le Mot - the original
“En regardant le JT, j'ai appris qu'à Castelnaudary il y a eu des orages et du tonnerre pendant la fête du cassoulet. Ce qui me paraît plutôt cohérent.”
Sens - the meaning
While watching the news, I learned that there had been storms and thunder in Castelnaudary during the cassoulet festival. Which seems quite fitting to me. The joke links thunder and storms with the digestive effects jokingly associated with cassoulet; cohérent is mock-serious understatement.
Décryptage - the breakdown
Vocabulary
- le JT - the TV news (journal télévisé)
- un orage - a thunderstorm
- il y a eu - there was/were
- plutôt cohérent - quite fitting
Grammar
- En + present participle expresses 'while doing' (en regardant - while watching).
- JT abbreviates journal télévisé.
- Il y a eu is passé composé of avoir for 'there was/were'.
- Ce qui means 'which/that', and me paraît means 'seems to me'.
Slang & style
- Le JT is the everyday abbreviation for the news.
Cultural context
- Cassoulet is a hearty bean-and-meat stew from Castelnaudary; it has a reputation for being heavy on the digestion, which is the joke.
Why it's funny
- The joke links thunder and storms with the digestive effects jokingly associated with cassoulet; cohérent is mock-serious understatement.
À retenir - takeaways
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Quick practice
Quick practice
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