I came across this sign in a Montréal métro station:
Les petites bibittes ne mangent pas les grosses!
The sign is from Montréal’s Insectarium, which is an insect museum.
Une bibitte — maybe you’ll remember — is an informal word used in Québécois French meaning bug.
So what does the wording on the sign mean?
It means little bugs don’t eat big bugs. In other words, you don’t need to be afraid of bugs because you’re a big bibitte. 🙂
Salut! As someone who was born and raised in Quebec (in a majority French-speaking environment) and who has a graduate degree in linguistics, I’ve been enjoying your blog posts tremendously. Québécois French has so many interesting and unique features, it’s great to see someone featuring it on social media. I’m sure you’ll never run out of material. So keep up the great work! Lâche pas la patate!
should have put on my reading glasses.didn’t see the /r\ in the last word.ha ha.