Pas De Trois

[Bobbie]

My husband and I recently saw a sculpture we liked entitled "Pas de Trois".
He thinks that there is an idiomatic meaning rather than the literal
translation of "not three."

Can anyone help us out?

Thanks,

Bobbie & Al

[S. Kurlej]

Post by Bobbie
My husband and I recently saw a sculpture we liked entitled "Pas de Trois".
He thinks that there is an idiomatic meaning rather than the literal
translation of "not three."
Can anyone help us out?

Almost all about "Pas de trois" on these three Web sites :
http://www.bartleby.com/61/40/P0094000.html
http://www.webref.org/dance/p/pas_de_trois.htm
http://www.dressagedaily.com/2002/dd_200203/dd_20020308.html

[JClark]

Post by S. Kurlej

Post by Bobbie
My husband and I recently saw a sculpture we liked entitled "Pas de Trois".
He thinks that there is an idiomatic meaning rather than the literal
translation of "not three."
Can anyone help us out?

http://www.bartleby.com/61/40/P0094000.html
http://www.webref.org/dance/p/pas_de_trois.htm
http://www.dressagedaily.com/2002/dd_200203/dd_20020308.html

See the sites above posted by s.kurlej. It actually is not literally
translated "not three". You are mistaking the negative "pas" for the
noun "pas" meaning "step".
Literally: A dance of three. As in "pas de deux", a ballet term.

Jack

[Jim Heckman]

Post by JClark

Post by S. Kurlej

Post by Bobbie
My husband and I recently saw a sculpture we liked entitled "Pas de Trois".
He thinks that there is an idiomatic meaning rather than the literal
translation of "not three."
Can anyone help us out?

http://www.bartleby.com/61/40/P0094000.html
http://www.webref.org/dance/p/pas_de_trois.htm
http://www.dressagedaily.com/2002/dd_200203/dd_20020308.html

See the sites above posted by s.kurlej. It actually is not literally
translated "not three". You are mistaking the negative "pas" for the
noun "pas" meaning "step".
Literally: A dance of three. As in "pas de deux", a ballet term.

Depending on what the sculpture is, though, I wonder if it
couldn't also be a play on words, along the lines of « (Il n'y
a) pas de Troie » = "(There is) no Troy".

[Ozzy]

Post by Jim Heckman
Depending on what the sculpture is, though, I wonder if it
couldn't also be a play on words, along the lines of « (Il n'y
a) pas de Troie » = "(There is) no Troy".

But IMHO not in this case if Bobbie as correctly spelled the word :
trois, refering to 3, without any doubt. :)

[chief-mike et non big-mac]

Le "pas de trois" est une danse ..... la valse ,
1-2-3, 1-2-3 , ...... etc
Mike

On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 17:57:08 -0500, "Bobbie"

Post by Bobbie
My husband and I recently saw a sculpture we

liked entitled "Pas de Trois".

Post by Bobbie
He thinks that there is an idiomatic meaning

rather than the literal

Post by Bobbie
translation of "not three."
Can anyone help us out?

Almost all about "Pas de trois" on these three
http://www.bartleby.com/61/40/P0094000.html
http://www.webref.org/dance/p/pas_de_trois.htm

http://www.dressagedaily.com/2002/dd_200203/dd_200
20308.html

[laurent.debelloni]

Cela signifie que le pas de danse se fait en trois temps.

Post by chief-mike et non big-mac
Le "pas de trois" est une danse ..... la valse ,
1-2-3, 1-2-3 , ...... etc
Mike

On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 17:57:08 -0500, "Bobbie"

Post by Bobbie
My husband and I recently saw a sculpture we

liked entitled "Pas de Trois".

Post by Bobbie
He thinks that there is an idiomatic meaning

rather than the literal

Post by Bobbie
translation of "not three."
Can anyone help us out?

Almost all about "Pas de trois" on these three
http://www.bartleby.com/61/40/P0094000.html
http://www.webref.org/dance/p/pas_de_trois.htm

http://www.dressagedaily.com/2002/dd_200203/dd_200
20308.html

[curiosity]

Post by Bobbie
My husband and I recently saw a sculpture we liked entitled "Pas de Trois".
He thinks that there is an idiomatic meaning rather than the literal
translation of "not three."
Can anyone help us out?
Thanks,
Bobbie & Al

well 'pas de deux' is a 'dance for two' - a ballet term......now, a simple
extrapolation...

[Bobbie]

Thanks so much to you all. This has been very helpful!

And yes, I did spell it correctly -- "trois"

Bobbie

Post by Bobbie
My husband and I recently saw a sculpture we liked entitled "Pas de Trois".
He thinks that there is an idiomatic meaning rather than the literal
translation of "not three."
Can anyone help us out?
Thanks,
Bobbie & Al