What do you call that moment when you get back in the car and before you drive off, you check back in with your phone to see what you missed in the world of email, texting and cyber communication? How about le petit voyage? This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Le Petit Voyage”
Grant, it happened again the other day. I went to an event with a friend of mine and we parked in separate cars and then we both got in our cars and I started checking my email on my phone.
And I looked up and my friend in the car next to me was checking email on her phone and we realized that here in car culture, there should be a word for that moment when you get in the car and you always check back in with your phone.
Right, because you’re going to drive, and you don’t want to check the phone while you’re driving, but you don’t want something important to have to wait.
Exactly.
It could be a text message, an email. Maybe you’ve been offline for an hour or two hours in a movie or something.
And my friend speaks French, and she suggested Le Petit Voyage.
Oh, the little voyage. Nice.
Nice.
A little trip before your trip.
Oh, okay.
What do you think?
I think that works.
A little petit voyage.
I like it.
A little pretentious maybe, but we just call it the little trip.
I’m going to take a little trip.
The little trip.
Kind of sounds like a euphemism for going to the restroom.
Or other things.
Other things, yes.
What would you call that?
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Hi. It can’t be le petite voyage, as petite is feminine and voyage is masculine. It should be le petit (no e at the end) voyage.
Jazyk, I’ve fixed the error. Thanks!
My recommendation for the phenomenon is CCD which is the acronym for Compulsory Communication Disorder. CCD can occur any time any where.