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  • Hi there! I'm so glad you guys enjoyed learning French in one word, I hope you took something with you.

  • Obviously French is much more than that, but it's just one of those words that I felt needed to be shared with the world.

  • At the same time, I got a ton of comments saying, yeah but there's a word in English that means the same thing

  • But for me, it's not quite the same. I don't know if it's because French isn't my native language, but for me I don't

  • walk around going, "oh my god, that's f***in awesome, f***in cool, f***in wow you're the f***in man. Actually maybe I do

  • ...maybe you guys are totally right about that one. But in any case, being here in New York. Oh yeah! I'm in NYC for a week!

  • It made me remember that actually there's an expression in English that is far more magical. It doesn't have unicorns

  • exploding from it, but it does have puppies and kittens and sugar bonbons exploding from it. Now really, this is for anyone

  • that is not from the south U.S. All you have to do to speak English really "interestingly" is just adopt a southern accent

  • and put the words "bless his heart" or "bless her heart" and anything you say automatically becomes positive.

  • Because you blessed their heart afterwards. Just to give you an example : Oh shell never get married, she's uglier than

  • a rats ass, bless her heart. See? I just called her uglier than a rat's ass, but it's totally OK because I blessed her heart.

  • There are just so many possibilities with this expression. Oh, that baby weight just will never go away, she’s doomed forever

  • bless her heart. It's like the most horrible thing that you can say to someone that just had a baby. But it's OK. Because you

  • blessed her heart. If he were any dumber, no I guess he couldn’t be any dumber, bless his heart. Why she looks just like

  • a prostitute, bless her heart. Why he couldn’t get a girl if he tackled one down, put her in a bag, and stored her away,

  • bless his heart. They keep that stereo up til 3 am again, I’m gonna shove this phone where the sun don’t shine

  • bless their hearts. See? You can just say the most horrible things and "bless her heart" afterwards and you're totally good

  • to go. You're welcome. Now remember what I said about magical phrases, You can't use this ALL the time, or

  • it will come back on you and people will think you're a d***. And I realize it can be difficult to speak with a souther accent

  • but give it a shot, trust me. People will love you if you say this phrase. Bless your heart. I'm sure there are way better

  • expressions that need to be said with this, so if you know them, please put them down below. And like and subscribe

  • to share with your friends, right? Bless your heart.

  • Like I said, I'm here for the #140Conf so I put some of the info down below, it's Wednesday and Thursday

  • If you're in NYC, GO to it! Thanks to Jeff Pulver for organizing everything. I'm excited to finally meet you in person

  • I'm talking about hugs and serendipity.

Hi there! I'm so glad you guys enjoyed learning French in one word, I hope you took something with you.

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