Sinister: Pastie

[Matthew A. Neimark]

I am so friggin' annoyed with this Pastie thing.

Pastie is not a word in the French language.  It just simply does not exist.  Even a French lad posted to the list guaranteeing this.  People have suggested that it means apathy.  It does not!  It simply does not.  Apathy in French is your standard cognate, apathie.  So the apathy in French is l'apathie.  Now, for somebody with a lisp and who does not know their differences between their genders, this could sound like, l'apathie (even though the stresses are a bit off).

BTW, bourgeoisie absolutely means middle class albeit upper middle class.  It was the class in the French revolution who were not part of the nobility per se, but who made money through business practices.  I believe in French, however, it's spelled bourgeousie (although I don't have my dictionary in front of me). 

Matt

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