le deuxième degré ?
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le deuxième degré ?
Will there be a lesson covering «le deuxième degré» usage of French?
I ran across this in an article that I was reading and had not heard the phrase previously. It seems that there is also «le troisième degré».
premier degré = au pied de la lettre
deuxième degré = humour
troisième degré et plus = humour capillotracté, paludoludiverbisme, voire céphalocaptation…
Merci en avance.
Asked 7 years ago

Bonjour Ron !
I must admit I knew about "premier degré" and "second degré", but your reference to a "troisième degré" puzzled me :)
For me they're simply vocabulary expressions used as follows:
À bientôt !
I must admit I knew about "premier degré" and "second degré", but your reference to a "troisième degré" puzzled me :)
For me they're simply vocabulary expressions used as follows:
Tu prends tout au premier degré !
You take everything at face value!
C'est à prendre au second degré !
It's to be taken with a pinch of salt!
Il aime beaucoup l'humour au second degré.
He loves tongue-in-cheek humour.
J'espère que cela vous sera utile !You take everything at face value!
C'est à prendre au second degré !
It's to be taken with a pinch of salt!
Il aime beaucoup l'humour au second degré.
He loves tongue-in-cheek humour.
À bientôt !
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