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| 2 MAY 2005 at 11:16pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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All French people have a French accent. It's obligatory.
Susan,
mszv has never posted a picture neither will she confirm her gender. She said quite specifically that she keeps it under wraps deliberately.
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 12:43pm |
MorgausePrivate Detective
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Status : Online | I will have to try that accent thing sooner or later then. Hmm, I should be able to go in Ireland or England in a couple of years. We shall see then if there's any truth to your words!
And speaking of gender, how do we know if the declared gender of someone is actually the correct one? I mean, for all we know, you could have picked the name "Caroline" just to mislead us, and the same reasoning goes for your picture.
From now on, I will consider that the little gender picture is always wrong, in an effort to avoid deceptions... and to create more confusion, of course. Disorder is always fun! Except when you have to find that thing lost somewhere in your bedroom I guess.
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 1:43pm |
AnneGuild Master
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Status : Online | Mon Deau.Wot eeze it that you `ave lost?
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 1:54pm |
MorgausePrivate Detective
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Status : Online | So, isn't that just charming Anne? Caroline said so, and she is always right... at least when it suits my purposes, but don't go and tell her *that*, will you? I'd much rather keep my skin on my back... most of my skin at any rate.
Of course, French spoken by the ones from Albion gives something quite similar, but I must admit I like the sound of some French words when pronounced "the English way".
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 2:08pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | Isn't French with an English accent:
"HEY GARKON! AVVAY-VOO A CUP OF TEA?"
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 2:10pm |
AnneGuild Master
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Status : Online | No.It is `Who won Agincourt`
The longbows were as good as modern tanks.
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 2:18pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | Anne, you're being a bit selective there. France's military losses: http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/france.html
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 2:18pm |
MorgausePrivate Detective
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Status : Online | Agincourt was such a battle the French and the English cannot agree on a spelling of the name: it is spelt Azincourt in French, while it is Agincourt in English. They can't even agree on the name of the place where they fought! How confusing.
"And who won at Castillon? The cannon!"
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 2:29pm |
AnneGuild Master
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Status : Online | Oh well.Les bloody Gascons.
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 2:32pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | I wouldn't trust their pronunciation, they can't even say Paris properly! They miss off the "s"!
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 2:50pm |
MorgausePrivate Detective
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Status : Online | Isn't Bordeaux part of Gascony? If so, they actually welcomed the English troops when they launched an expedition to retake their holdings in Aquitaine. Bloody Gascons indeed, they have betrayed both France and England!
And speaking of "S", why do the English add "S" everywhere at the end of the name of our towns? In French, Lyons is Lyon, Marseilles is Marseille, and Rheims is Reims. Odd that... but then London is Londres in French, Dover is Douvres, and Edinburgh is Edimbourgh (I think).
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 2:52pm |
AnneGuild Master
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Status : Online | Oh but the food.Les truffles.
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 2:54pm |
AnneGuild Master
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 2:58pm |
MorgausePrivate Detective
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Status : Online | The bloody Scots are just part of the bloody English. There, you can remove the "might" from your previous post Anne.
I like to know where I stand, so I want to offend the Scots: that way, I will *know* the Scots are crossed with me, and be very cautious with them. Otherwise, I could let my guard down when I see a Scot, and if I have indeed offended them, I will be in deep trouble then.
Can you say "twisted, barely decipherable logic?"
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 3:03pm |
AnneGuild Master
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 3:13pm |
MorgausePrivate Detective
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Anne (3 MAY 2005 3:03pm)
I invented it.
I see. Well, I guess I have been using Anglish all along, without even realising what was really going on. *Grumbles*
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 3:33pm |
AvakaJourneyman
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Status : Online | Was the ''itch thing'' ever resolved?
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Myst IV - Never finished it. Got frustrated with it.&&Myst V - Did not finish it either. Very disappointing.&&ATTWN - BORING!!! Never finished it. Kept falling asleep.&&Paradise - So far .... not so good&&Voyage - Not on my favorite list
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| 3 MAY 2005 at 3:39pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | How dare you hijack my thread!
Yes, the mysterious rash disappeared by itself, thanks.
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| 4 MAY 2005 at 1:17pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Alneyan (3 MAY 2005 2:58pm)
The bloody Scots are just part of the bloody English.
Geography not your strong point there I think. History a bit shaky too. The French and the Scots were always united against the English.
I like to know where I stand,
dans the merde profund, I'd say. or is that merde profunde? what gender is merde anyway?
Can you say "twisted, barely decipherable logic?"
Yes. can you? what does is sound like in French?
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| 4 MAY 2005 at 1:23pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Caroline (4 MAY 2005 1:17pm)
dans the merde profund, I'd say. or is that merde profunde? what gender is merde anyway?
We were taught at school to say "dans le chocolat", but that's probably the polite way of saying it.
I prefer a good old German "Scheiße" myself (feminine).
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| 4 MAY 2005 at 1:30pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Status : Offline | In my french class our teacher refused point black to tell us the 'rude' words. In fact, when we were reading our French novels out loud and she came across one, she'd skip that word. I guess standards have changed...
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| 4 MAY 2005 at 1:43pm |
Chris.Schattenjger
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Status : Online | Well it was actually our music teacher that taught us that, he said he spoke fluent French, so being a class of 11-year-olds we instantly asked for some swearwords. He also taught us one I can't quite remember... "en couler de poulet"?
Our German teacher, however, had no problems with cursing in German. I don't think he's a good example of modern teachers' morals though... he married a 16-year-old (an ex-pupil) when he was in his 50's, and he was fired for making racist remarks to pupils. :
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| 4 MAY 2005 at 2:02pm |
MorgausePrivate Detective
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Status : Online | If you said "dans le chocolat", we would probably ask you what, in the name of the nine hells, you are doing. The only link between chocolat is merde (feminine) is the colour brown... usually.
And the French and the Scots weren't always united: it was more like of a "we hate the English more than we hate you, so let's bash them" thing. However, I have read that some provisions of the Auld Alliance sticked all the way to the early 20th century... while the alliance was no longer applicable since Scotland and England becamed united. I couldn't find any reference of this on the French side though.
Of course, it isn't any sillier than England claiming the title of "King/Queen of France" until 1805 or so: it had been quite a while since England had lost all possessions in France, and France had become a Republic and an Empire since then. How can you claim to be the King of a Republic or an Empire? How odd.
I *am* aware Scotland and Albion isn't quite the same thing, but I merely sought to make sure I crossed the Scots, and that was my best bet to reach that goal. Perhaps I should keep doing that too: from now onwards, all inhabitants of Canada, the United States, Australia, Ireland, Wales or New Zealand will be known as being "the English", since you cannot tell them apart. Voilà! We already do that in France, as we almost claim dominion over Belgium, Switzerland and Québec: I'm sure some in France would gladly offer to annex Québec if they became independent. Somehow, that's not too likely to work though.
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| 4 MAY 2005 at 2:07pm |
MorgausePrivate Detective
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Status : Online | Not sure what "en couler de poulet" could be: perhaps it is linked to "cul" (ass), but "you have the ass of a chicken!" isn't exactly the best insult in the world.
Alternatively, it could be something more like "enculer", slightly more offensive (that would be one of the translations for your F four-letter word)... but it isn't widely used either. That, or I am out of touch with the finer insults available in the French tongue. "Insults for the connoisseur! Order your own succulent insult from our services today, and save a fiver off! Grontan, insulter extraordinaire!"
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