When-same

It's hard to search for a word when you can't spell what you're looking for. In the case of quand-même (which I thought was "quoi-même," but also tried "con-même," "ka-même"...), it took five months before I remembered to ask the school's English assistant, Rebecca, the only other American I knew of in Burgundy, what the hell this word that I heard everywhere meant. Or was.

quand-même = all the same; anyway; even so; still

Everything came together.

• Mon beignet a tombé par terre, mais je l'ai mangé quand-même = my donut fell on the ground,  but I ate it anyway.
• Quand-même, Hitler a envahi en juin 1941 = All the same, Hitler invaded in June of 1941.

Should've abided by that nonaggression pact, Hitler.

He probably thought it meant when-same.