Akim Demaille wrote:
> > On Friday 20 April 2001 7:12 pm, Akim Demaille wrote:
> > > >>>>> "Gary" == Gary V Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > >
> > > Gary> Salut Akim!
> > >
> > > Coucou !
> >
> > Qu'est-ce que c'est?
>
> According to my dictionary ``peek-a-boo''. Very hard to describe :)
> It's kind of `salut', but in contexts where you're arrival is somewhat
> unexpected (in a very weak manner, I do not mean ``surprising'').
What you mean is actually the arrival of a cuckoo clock's bird (coucou
is cuckoo in french):
{Cuckoo clock}, a clock so constructed that at the time for
striking it gives forth sounds resembling the cry of the
cuckoo.
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