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Deja Q: The feeling I've encountered this entity before.

My wife asked me how to spell 'deja vu' last night. I'm not sure if she knows what it means. Anyone?


Geggs

Is that a Post 21 type question?
I believe the issue was covered on page one of this thread.
Nest paw?

~jwf~

No, I've just got a vague memory that it might be have been addressed in this thread, and wondered if anyone could help my recall more clearly.


Geggs

Literally, "deja vu" means "already seen".

B

I would swear I've seen him post that before!

Really? That is interesting. There ought to be an expression for that kind of experience. No idea what though.


Geggs

Yeah, maybe some sort of French phrase would confer a certain je ne sais quoi?

I don't know what that means.

B

Wow. There's a French phrase that has stumped Mu Beta. I never thought that would happen.


Geggs

He's an enfant terrible, that boy!

Full of joi de vivre...

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-30927102

Apparently it means "squirting warm water into your ears"

Deja vu: TV repeats, I have seen that TV programme several times already.

I certainly hadn't seen this before, but I had to resurrect this thread to draw attention to it.

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170531-my-dj-vu-is-so-bad-i-cant-tell-whats-real

At least, I don't *think* I'd seen it before.....