In the movie Amélie, there’s a scene where the shopkeeper’s assistant and the artist are making up funny insults for the shop owner, whose name is Collignon. Can you look up what those actual insults are, say them in French, and tell me the English translations?

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They’re little rhymes aimed at Collignon.

Collignon, crêpe-chignon comes from se crêper le chignon, literally “to backcomb each other’s buns,” meaning to get into a hair-pulling fight. As a nickname it’s roughly “Collignon the squabbler.”

Collignon, face de fion means “Collignon, arse-face.” Fion is vulgar slang for the backside.

Collignon, tête à gnons means “Collignon, a punchable face.” A gnon is a punch or a knock, so literally it’s a head for punches.

Collignon mange des oignons simply means “Collignon eats onions.” An ordinary sentence becomes a childish taunt because it rhymes.