Are there any ways of expressing sarcastic thanks in French?

Question

In English, for instance, one might say "Thanks for nothing". Is there anything like this in French - would it even be the same?

Just a side note: I have heard a term which I cannot spell and have not seen written; it sounds something like "jour merci", but of course that would make no sense. I considered 'dieu merci', but in the context it did not make much sense either.

In this prank video, for instance, at around 7:19 I hear this phrase and although the captions are heplful for the translation I would like the French words to go along with it.

Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

In the video, he says "Je vous remercie pas, Camille".

Remercier means "to thank", "je vous remercie" is an alternative way to say "merci", it's more polite, a little more formal. It could be translated by "you have my thanks".

So literally, "je (ne) vous remercie pas" would be "you do not have my thanks". It's not that common, saying it is a way of telling people you don't like their behavior while still being polite.

Answer 2

In this dictionary of expressions, you can compare between french and English the meanings and sens of:

je ne vous remercie pas.

If one wants to "focus on sarcasticity", old french may be used:

je ne vous remercie point.

Google translation gives the same result for both expressions:

I do not thank you

Answer 3

You can say a standard word with some sarcastic addition, like "je vous remercie, vous êtes bien brave".

Answer 4

So as Teleporting Goat wrote, "je ne vous remercie pas" in the video is a way of not saying thank you by saying something. "Je ne vous dis pas merci" is another possibility.

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Note that it can be used friendly to... indeed... say thank you... yes, I know...

Like if someone helps you and you say "je ne te dis pas merci" because saying thank you would mean nothing compared to what he did for you. Or because you are so good friends that you don't need to say thank you (but you need to say that you don't need to say thank you, to thank them, still).

Answer 5

Dans la langue parlée il existe une façon à la fois très simple et très compliquée qui présuppose une grande versatilité du locuteur avec la prononciation. Cela consiste à prononcer seulement le mot « merci », mais d'une manière très anormale, en exagérant le volume de la première syllabe et en lui imprimant une intonation très spéciale qu'il faut avoir apprise par l'écoute répétée de personnes à l'aise avec la langue parlée. Un des moyens les plus simples de coder cela dans la langue écrite est « MEERR…ci ».