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Offline midnight Target

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« Reply #15 on: December 30, 2002, 09:45:58 AM »
You wouldn't believe the number of "multilingual" idiots I have met. They do possess the uncanny ability to say stupid things in more than one language though... they should be proud.
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« Reply #16 on: December 30, 2002, 10:29:16 AM »
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Tumor - you are a fool, but at least you made my point for me. And that was that the picture was concocted for an audience. :)  Might have been funny if it had been in French, but in English it looks idiotic. Says a lot for the intended audience. :rolleyes:


So your saying it should have been printed in French so most of the intended audience couldn't read it?   Who's the tard bleat1e? :D
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« Reply #17 on: December 30, 2002, 10:35:36 AM »
No, Tumor, you missed his elitist remark about Americans being monolingual. We're just not above it all enough to get it.

Edit: insert "not"
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« Reply #18 on: December 30, 2002, 10:37:15 AM »
beet1e...Truth hurts..two wars, two surrenders.. Keep up the good work protecting your citizenry
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« Reply #19 on: December 30, 2002, 11:22:20 AM »
JBA - I am not French. Britain beat France in the Napoleonic wars, 1815, and in the Revolutionary war 1789-92.

OK, perhaps the "intended audience" does not know that France has its own language? Sorry to labour the point, but I live in a culture of multilingualism.  If you don't know what that is, come to the next Eurocon in Holland. For the benefit of the Americans who have never been beyond their own shores (ie most of them - LOL) Holland is also known as The Netherlands, and is one of 15  member states of the European Union. You can't drive there, but you can fly there. It's right of the North Sea, and left of Germany - lol. You will need a passport - a sort of booklet with your personal details and photograph, with a lot of blank pages for visas - those are permits to allow to to stay in the country you are visiting. The vast majority of con-goers will be fluent in at least two languages, many in three, and some in four or more. It seems that most Americans who post here struggle with one. LOL  So I'm used to seeing things in the appropriate language. Excuse the hell out of me for not being a truck driving redneck.
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« Reply #20 on: December 30, 2002, 11:24:40 AM »
Que Lastima!
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« Reply #21 on: December 30, 2002, 12:04:23 PM »
Multilingualism is the sign of a conquered nation.
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« Reply #22 on: December 30, 2002, 12:13:49 PM »
The French just caught another terrorist...a baggage handler at Charles DeGaull airport.

Seems like they are the ones doing more to combat terrorism recently than anyone else.
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« Reply #23 on: December 30, 2002, 12:15:08 PM »
I prefer truck driving American rednecks who only speak one language over smug, superior acting Brits who can insult me in any of several languages.
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« Reply #24 on: December 30, 2002, 12:15:25 PM »
Beetle, for the sake of curiosity, why did you spend time in America? Obviously you were here long enough to develop a rather nasty noodle envy, but was employment so good in the UK you intended to spread the wealth to America, or was it the other way around?

All that aside, you're seriously playing the elitist Euro-tard to the hilt.
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« Reply #25 on: December 30, 2002, 12:21:20 PM »
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Multilingualism is the sign of a conquered nation.


Really?

The Swiss are known for speaking lots of languages.  There are 3 official Swiss languages...French, German and Italian.

Please let me know who has EVER conquered them?  I'll help you...NOONE.
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« Reply #26 on: December 30, 2002, 12:29:00 PM »
ra -
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Multilingualism is the sign of a conquered nation.
It might also be a sign of countries with different languages living harmoniously side by side. Now here's a true story. I was driving around an industrial estate on Touhy Avenue, Chicago, and needed directions. So I stopped to ask one of about eight guys taking a break outside their place of work. But I was unable to get directions as none of them spoke English :eek:, and I do not speak fluent Spanish.

Kieran - I had a job offer, and saw it as a stepping stone to better things.  I should play down the noodle envy card if I were you. Over here, we get to keep the whole thing, whereas you guys (even those of you who are not Jewish) tend to get clipped at birth thanks to your nanny doctors who believe it's better that you don't have a foreskin. Maybe that's why the word "banana" is not in common use in America?  But wait a moment... I refuse to believe that America does not have an equivalent word for "banana". After all, there's enough of them out there - LOL!!! :D:p:D
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« Reply #27 on: December 30, 2002, 12:31:47 PM »
Not having the experience of seeing the number of American noodlees that you obviously have (or European noodlees, for that matter), I'll have to take your word for it.
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« Reply #28 on: December 30, 2002, 12:34:48 PM »
I think it's time for a quote from Lasz...

"Beetle...you still suck"

Thank you, that's concludes our reading from the great American Classics
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« Reply #29 on: December 30, 2002, 12:37:27 PM »
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The Swiss are known for speaking lots of languages.

The Swiss were never conquered because they have such a good navy.
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But I was unable to get directions as none of them spoke English , and I do not speak fluent Spanish.

So they were monolingual?  BTW, how many of the 15 Euro languages do you intend to learn?
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