Originally Posted by
CDTraveler
And to go utterly OT from the etiquette of address, could one of the French speakers here tell me how one would say "Get lost!" in French? I'm a writer working on a project set in Paris and I think Google translate's suggestion is failing to catch the nuances of what I need: think hoodlum telling someone annoying him to scram.
Say
Laissez-moi tranquille ! if you're by yourself or
Laissez-nous tranquille ! if you're in a group. It means "Leave me/us alone!"