As to Ma ch\ufffdre / Mon cher - (and aside from the rotate-90\ufffd)
Well.. cher can also connote 'expensive' - non?
And a deliberate sub-tle substitution has been known to really bring the wry into that
[As Shrub is said to have said - but is clearly too dense ever to have conceived - Is there a French word for nuance?]
..idea of nuanced repartee.
Indubitably is (are) there nuance(s) I shall never assimilate (did I mention sloth?)
(And had I said it Too Well - ummm I dunno how Big that Critter-guy might Be! y'know? :-0)
..but I'd like to see ya as Guest Speaker for the annual Multilingual Scholars' Beer Bust and Elimination Round (likely still held in Intercourse PA, I'd suppose).