Anyone recall a rather charming French film of the mid-40s called Edouard Et Caroline? They quarrel, of course. At one point, the phone rings, & Caroline, erroneously thinking it's Edouard calling, picks it up & yells "Merde merde merde merde merde!", thoughtfully rendered by the subtitler as "Blank blank blank blank blank!" Later on, she meets the man who was actually calling: "Tu m'as dit 'merde!'" he tells her: subtitled as "You spoke to me in 'blank' verse'!"

Ah, for such innocent days back again! Not!