Except that it doesn't feel good when it comes off.

I'm guessing I'm not designed to be a scab picker. I hate the feeling when they come off. It's the fidget I enjoy -- the actual pick I regret.

Neither here nor there, and I've grossed myself out.

I have cousins who'd pick scabs on their shins until they got close to bone.

ICK. No picky, no picky, no picky.

(Modern) French imperative for "Get out of here": «Va t'en !»

Usually accompanied by an epithet of some sort -- I don't have a 19th-century French equivalent for "varlet" handy, however.

«Aller» (to go) is not only irregular, as ita states, but its imperative formation is even more irregular: Its singular imperative is «va», not «vas».

Something I just don't get is that he had to spend hundreds of hours watching the last two movies in the editing bays, right? How could you be exposed to that much Jar-Jar and not want to kill him in the most grisly fashion conceivable?

its imperative formatiion is even more irregular: Its singular imperative is «t;va»t;, not «vas».

Actually, it's normal/regular for informal imperatives (of verbs ending in -er, at least) to drop the final S.

Why yes, I really am this boring and pedantic, why do you ask?

Ha! Score one for amych -- -er verbs do indeed drop the -s in the singular imperative, except when followed by en or y, as in «vas-y !» or «Manges-en»

Reference: [link]

(search on the phrase "go away" in that page to get to an answer to Susan's original question)

Dude, I have to deal with French teachers every day. It's about time there was some benefit in it.

So one might shoo with "Va!" or "Vas-y!"

Timelies all!

We're playing hooky from dance group tonight so we can finish cleaning the condo before my folks arrive. Whee...

I recall allez-y! from french classes oh,um..15 years ago?

Amych, you are eminently more qualified to answer than I am, in that case -- I'm remembering university French from 1986.