Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
radio-cocotiers
English translation:
grapevine
Added to glossary by
Catharine Cellier-Smart
Mar 12, 2016 15:33
8 yrs ago
French term
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Laudable Lady Linguist
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 3 more.
radio-cocotiers
French to English
Art/Literary
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
In An Autobiography
Contexte (French Polynesia):
Elle dispose d'un véritable réseau d'espionnage. Dans notre quartier, c'est Tere, une boiteuse, qui lui transmit les ragots de radio-cocotiers.
Merci,
Barbara
Elle dispose d'un véritable réseau d'espionnage. Dans notre quartier, c'est Tere, une boiteuse, qui lui transmit les ragots de radio-cocotiers.
Merci,
Barbara
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +6 | grapevine |
Catharine Cellier-Smart
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| 3 +6 | bush telegraph |
Wendy Streitparth
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Change log
Mar 18, 2016 02:56: Catharine Cellier-Smart Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Catharine Cellier-Smart
Reunion
Reunion
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Works in: French to English, Creoles & Pidgins (French-based Other) to English, English
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grapevine
It's just a way of saying something's been heard 'on the grapevine', as hearsay or a rumour.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
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Wendy Streitparth
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Germany
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45 years experience
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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16
bush telegraph
Another way of putting it.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2016-03-12 17:50:28 GMT)
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http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/george-osbornes-steamy-...
And Tory MPs may not be quite so pleased with him as they hear the news over the Bush Telegraph.
http://www.stmg.org.uk/stephen_thomas/busht/index.html
Bush Telegraph is the weekly service sheet for St Stephen & St Thomas
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2224743/Better-use-b...
Better use the bush telegraph! Sign of the times as working red telephone box is completely overgrown by ivy
(Picture of above telephone box is worth looking at!)
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Note added at 2 hrs (2016-03-12 17:50:28 GMT)
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http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/george-osbornes-steamy-...
And Tory MPs may not be quite so pleased with him as they hear the news over the Bush Telegraph.
http://www.stmg.org.uk/stephen_thomas/busht/index.html
Bush Telegraph is the weekly service sheet for St Stephen & St Thomas
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2224743/Better-use-b...
Better use the bush telegraph! Sign of the times as working red telephone box is completely overgrown by ivy
(Picture of above telephone box is worth looking at!)
Peer comment(s):
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Carol Gullidge
: this is what we called it all over Africa, and it sounds less sophisticated and perhaps therefore more appropriate for Polynesia. On the other hand perhaps bush telegraph is specific to Africa…?
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Thanks, Carol. Have to admit I didn't realise we were talking about Polynesia! IMO its a fairly common expression not specifically related to Africa.
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Katherine Rutter
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Thanks, Katherine
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Verginia Ophof
: coconuts instead of grapes convey more of a tropical image
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Thanks, Verginia
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Victoria Britten
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Thanks, Victoria
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katsy
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Thanks, Katsy
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B D Finch
: What is most amazing about the picture of the ivy-covered phone box is that they actually found a working phone box.
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Thanks, Barbara - must've been years ago!
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