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| ''E'sui cosineuer, solement'' | | ''E'sui cosineuer, solement'' | ||
| ''Ich bin nur Koch'' | | ''Ich bin nur Koch'' | ||
| Coined by Yonderian comedy duo [[ | | Coined by Yonderian comedy duo [[de Beauregard and Évêsque]] from the [[1935]] [[Yonderian cinema|film]] "''[[Pastries, stockings and machineguns]]''" in which the character played by Évêsque utters the phrase when asked about his opnion on the on-going [[Second Great War]] and the rationing that has occured in [[Yonderre]] as a result of it | ||
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| My horse has bolted and yet my heart smiles | | My horse has bolted and yet my heart smiles | ||
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| ''Das ist Schnee von gestern'' | | ''Das ist Schnee von gestern'' | ||
| Medieval [[East Goths|Gothic]] | | Medieval [[East Goths|Gothic]] | ||
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| We take the Golden Road to [[Bayen]] | |||
| Used to express determination or that something is about to happen, particularly that the person speaking is about to act | |||
| ''Nous prenons la Route d'Or jusqu'à Bayen'' | |||
| ''Wir nehmen den Goldweg nach Bayen'' | |||
| From the poem "''The Golden Journey to Bayen''" | |||
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| Why am I the pink one? | | Why am I the pink one? | ||
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==Idioms about Yonderre and Yonderians== | ==Idioms about Yonderre and Yonderians== | ||
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| | | The Yonderian is the only man who can follow you into a revolving door and come out first | ||
| Referring to the stereotype of the tenacity of [[Yonderian people]] and/or their refusal to accecpt how things may seem to work | | Referring to the stereotype of the tenacity of [[Yonderian people]] and/or their refusal to accecpt how things may seem to work | ||
| ''Le Yonderesc est le seul homme qui peut vous suivre dans une porte tournante et en ressortir le premeuer'' | | ''Le Yonderesc est le seul homme qui peut vous suivre dans une porte tournante et en ressortir le premeuer'' | ||
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==Metaphors about Yonderre and Yonderians== | ==Metaphors about Yonderre and Yonderians== | ||
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| ''Grüner Mann'' | | ''Grüner Mann'' | ||
| [[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]], attested to in a sixteenth century manuscript, in reference in part to the [[Green Knight]] of Yonderian folklore and in part to the green colours typically worn by soldiers of the period from [[Kubagne County|Kubagne]] | | [[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]], attested to in a sixteenth century manuscript, in reference in part to the [[Green Knight]] of Yonderian folklore and in part to the green colours typically worn by soldiers of the period from [[Kubagne County|Kubagne]] | ||
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| [[Jean Vollard]] | |||
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| A stereotypical person from the [[Vollardic mountains]] | |||
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| First printed in the seventeenth century | |||
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| Land of the second son | | Land of the second son | ||
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| ''Land des zweiten Sohnes'' | | ''Land des zweiten Sohnes'' | ||
| Referring to the [[Conquest of Joanusterra]] where many second sons, unlikely to inherit in Burgundie, travelled to [[Gothica]] to win land; also referring to Yonderre standing in the shadow of [[Burgundie]] | | Referring to the [[Conquest of Joanusterra]] where many second sons, unlikely to inherit in [[Maritime Dericania]] (modern day [[Burgundie]]), travelled to [[Gothica]] to win land; also referring to Yonderre standing in the shadow of [[Burgundie]] | ||
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| [[Yonderian volunteers to Burgundie in the Great Wars|Volonderre]] | | [[Yonderian volunteers to Burgundie in the Great Wars|Volonderre]] | ||