I just saw a bumpersticker that I do not understand??

[kentuck]

It said "Fermez le Bush".. What does that mean?

[Inland]

1. French.

Fermez le bouche is close your mouth.

[tocqueville]

8. it would be "Fermez la bouche" but...

even if it is an accurate translation of "close your mouth" it is never employed even in polite French.

You normally say "Taisez vous" ou tais-toi" (be silent)

in most case you say "Ta gueule", which is like STFU.

[Inland]

9. Ah, I first used the feminine, then edited to change it!

But it doesn't matter if it's used, politely, or not. It's a weak attempt at some sort of pun.

[maxsolomon]

2. close the bush

fermez le bouche means shut your mouth. in french.

[progmom]

3. fermez la bouche means shut your mouth

so i assume it's a play on words meaning shut Bush, or shut Bush's mouth...

[ernstbass]

4. Fermez means close in French

bush means mouth - "close the mouth" is the literal translation - so it says "shut Bush up"

[Melodybe]

7. Ha Ha, I love intelligent, bilingual dems.

Progmom, your smilie makes me jealous. I want my smilies to party, but since I am computer illiterate I must choose from the lovely smilies provided by the mods.

[dogday]

5. Close Bush or maybe he was meaning End Bush

[pacalo]

6. Fermez = close. Close the Bush?

[carnie_sf]

10. stfu

Shut the Fuck Up in layman's parlance, although the phrase I'm thinking of is actually fermez la bouche

[applegrove]

11. That is too polite. Fermez is the second person plural which is

a sign of respect of a decent way of saying "you". To say "you" singular is really an insult. This is "you" plural.

Fermez should be changed to Fermes (or something) in order to make it more insulting. You would only use second person singular in French on someone you consider to be like a cockroach. Fermez shows too much respect for Bush.

We need to "tutoiler" this slogan. "Tu" Fermes ta Bush! (And you don't pronounce the es like you do with the ez).

[MissMarple]

12. I saw that on a car on I-25 last week.

Yup, in Colorado Springs.

[ArkDem]

13. It's French, why do you think it has that crazy accent-a!!