Why do I need to know Chanter en yaourt? Its literal translation means 'sing in yoghurt' but fortunately no actual dairy products are involved in this. The phrase means the process of trying to sing along, but without words. Or if you're the one at the France match singing "Allons, enfants le la Patrie, ne ner ne neer, de de la aaa" you are also singing in yoghurt. Not quite singing, but along the same lines is this clip from the 1998 World Cup, when then-president Jacques Chirac was filmed attempting to shout along with the players' names, while quite clearly not knowing any of their names.

Source: The Local December 23, 2019 10:52 UTC