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Geek test #12

Posted: July 22nd, 2021, 11:48 pm
by laladonny
Cynthia: Will we be seeing "The Circus"* at the Louvre?
Warren: I don't know. Que sera sera.
Cynthia: You make a very good point!*
Cynthia and Warren: Hahahaha!

Re: Geek test #12

Posted: July 24th, 2021, 12:06 am
by laladonny
"The Circus" is a painting by the pointillist Georges Seurat, whose name is pronounced "sera."

Re: Geek test #12

Posted: July 24th, 2021, 1:08 am
by mc2fool
laladonny wrote:"The Circus" is a painting by the pointillist Georges Seurat, whose name is pronounced "sera."

Not in British English, American English, or French.

"Georges Pierre Seurat (UK: /ˈsɜːrɑː, -rʌ/ SUR-ah, -⁠uh, US: /sʊˈrɑː/ suu-RAH,[1][2][3][4][5] French: [ʒɔʁʒ pjɛʁ sœʁa];"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Seurat

Oh, and The Circus is at the Musee d'Orsay, not the Louvre.