Author Topic: The French Were Right (Read 15943 times)

Kieran · « **Reply #315 on:** November 30, 2003, 05:11:07 PM »

Bett.

Gscholz:
Fragen Sie Englisher!

Kieran · « **Reply #316 on:** November 30, 2003, 05:20:32 PM »

Ask an Englishmen. They don't think we speak English.

Ah, anyway, our French posters think they are the only ones that are bi-lingual. Many of us Americans are, we just don't have a pressing need to flaunt it.

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #317 on:** November 30, 2003, 05:31:43 PM »

I can speak Croatian and English fluently, though my English is much better now than my Croatian. I stuidied French and German extensively but I have forgotten much of them through non use. Of course I could get them back fairily quickly if need be. It is my intention to learn Japanese at some point as well.

So this evil insular american xenophopbe has 4 languages available to him...

Holden McGroin · « **Reply #318 on:** November 30, 2003, 06:21:37 PM »

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Originally posted by straffo
Je ne suis pas d'accord, une lois qui a été appliquée pour la derniere fois en 2001 peut pas être qualifiée de désuète à mon avis.

(btw I can translate if you want ... but tomorrow)

So I have to go to jail if I kick the head off a rattlesnake?

Holden McGroin · « **Reply #319 on:** November 30, 2003, 06:23:16 PM »

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Originally posted by GScholz
English, nicht Americanisch. Americanisch existiert doch nicht.

Ever heard of the Cherokee language?

Holden McGroin · « **Reply #320 on:** November 30, 2003, 06:30:54 PM »

Cherokee is an american language, not The American language, but an american language.

-Bill Murray, paraphrased from 'Groundhog Day'

straffo · « **Reply #321 on:** December 01, 2003, 01:37:19 AM »

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Originally posted by Holden McGroin
So I have to go to jail if I kick the head off a rattlesnake?

Depend when last time this law was applied.
(btw it won't be really smart to try to kick the head of a snake

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Ping · « **Reply #322 on:** December 01, 2003, 03:31:32 AM »

I will put in my support of Habu's statements.
I will also add that there is a lot of Hatred towards those draconian Quebec Language laws.
I was born and raised in Aylmer Quebec Slo, I think I could be considered qualified to comment on the Language issue there, do you think?
Any law that violates human rights is wrong, Why try to defend it Straffo? Quebec is trying by whatever means necessary to abolish English out of the Province, Yet, at the same time Demands the rest of the Country follow Bilingualism.
Now even against popular opinion There is a definite push to make the city of Ottawa officially bil.

straffo · « **Reply #323 on:** December 01, 2003, 03:49:21 AM »

Je défend cette lois de la même façon que je défendrais une lois équivalente dans l'autre sens.

Le fait que vous ne vouliez pas d'une minorité et que celle-ci puisse exister n'est pas non plus en accord avec les droits de l'homme.

C'est tous simplement le droit à la resistance a l'oppression que vous voulez annihiller(*).

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1 - La résistance est un moyen ultime. Elle implique que la démocratie doive jouer.Ainsi le Préambule de la Déclaration Universelle de l'ONU proclame " qu'il est essentiel que les droits de l'homme soient protégés par un régime de droit pour que l'Homme ne soit pas contraint suprême recours, à la révolte contre la tyrannie et l'oppression"

L'article 28 précise que chaque homme a droit à un ordre tel que les droits et libertés puissent être rendus effectifs.

D'ailleur si la premiére version était contraire à la charte la deuxiéme ne l'est pas non ?

(*) que ce soit conscient ou non.

Ceci dit c'est une richesse que d'avoir des ou une minorité , le renier serait perdre une partie de votre identité.

Ping · « **Reply #324 on:** December 01, 2003, 03:59:55 AM »

And its always been considered impolite to start spewing in another language other than the one that is being used in conversation.

Hortlund · « **Reply #325 on:** December 01, 2003, 04:07:01 AM »

Why are you posting in french all the time Straffo? If you want to write something that no one will understand, why write something at all?

I dunno, is that just some new way to backtrack out of the argument just say so. I mean last stuff you said in english in this thread you were defending the Quebec law, then you were getting critizised for that position, and your respons is to post in french? That is both rude and kinda childish.

straffo · « **Reply #326 on:** December 01, 2003, 04:13:13 AM »

Steve I'll give a private answer on C6.

@Ping : You're supposed to be bilingual no ?
How come you can't do the minimal effort to translate my post ?
I undertand I use the language of a minority you can't stand but I'm just giving you a feeling of your onw medecine.

Ping · « **Reply #327 on:** December 01, 2003, 04:14:39 AM »

I "did" translate your post. But there is a reason I moved out of that province a long time ago.
And it is still impolite to reply in anything other than the language used in the original conversation.

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #328 on:** December 01, 2003, 04:15:43 AM »

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Originally posted by Ping
And its always been considered impolite to start spewing in another language other than the one that is being used in conversation.

But staffo is french, he is supposed to be rude (and smelly)..

Yea straffo cut out the french, I'm trying to forget it here.

straffo · « **Reply #329 on:** December 01, 2003, 04:24:13 AM »

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Originally posted by Ping
I "did" translate your post. But there is a reason I moved out of that province a long time ago.
And it is still impolite to reply in anything other than the language used in the original conversation.

Certainly but my prose is a lot less subtil in English (and I'm smelly rude yadayada like the usual cliché ..

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Reading your first sentence it look like the Quebecois have an attitude problem with the Englo-Canadian , but I've no ideas of this : I'm not Québécois.
I don't think like a Québécois, I've no knowledge of your internal troubles, I'm just defending the right of existence of a minority.

eeekkkk this post looked truly better when wrote(isn't "written" more grammaticaly correct in this case ?) in French

I switched to French also because I'm a lazy bastard and translating is boring ,especially when knowing that half of or more of the savour of my post will be lost.
I'm weird in English but not as weird as in French