De-Americanizing the forum

[Godlovesmetwo]

am your authority I under?

 

[Godlovesmetwo]

sorry but which post are you referring to?

 

[Godlovesmetwo]

It is only the Lord to me that is above

 

[Godlovesmetwo]

Do unto others before they to you do it ,unto

 

[Mountain_Girl406]

Yoda!

 

[Godlovesmetwo]

are you of the alcoholic influence under?

 

[Mountain_Girl406]

are you of the alcoholic influence under?

Been drinking wine I have not
http://www.yodaspeak.co.uk/index.php

 

[Godlovesmetwo]

Been drinking wine I have not
http://www.yodaspeak.co.uk/index.php

doth remember now that thee is of a medieval bent, right not am I?

 

[Godlovesmetwo]

sheer coincidence is it ,that I should speaketh Yoda -nese

 

[Vicomte13]

Könnten wir Esperanto die offizielle Sprache der TLT. Das würde ein langer Weg, das Forum weniger Amerikanischen und mehr kosmopolitischer

nur so ein Gedanke.....

Bonne idee! Mais, je ne crois pas que ton precedent etait en Esperanto, Mein Herr.

 

[Vicomte13]

I strongly suspect that the Messrs Merriam and Webster (of American dictionary fame) are, for their sins, currently paddling across a Lake Of Fire bare-ass nekkid in a copper canoe.

No Lake of Fire before the end! You meant PURGATORY (This is the CATHOLIC forum, apres tout...)

 

[Vicomte13]

I've no qualm with English being Germanic and acting like Danish (nothing wrong with imitating our Scandinavian brothers & cousins). However, I concur with respect to not acting like 'Romans'; let English be 'English' (which would entail it letting it be 'Germanic' once more).

Well, except that the southern neighbors jumped the ditch back in '66 and gave the language a head transplant. So let's French it up as much as possible.

 

[Shiloh Raven]

Bonne idee!

Good idea.

Mais, je ne crois pas que ton precedent etait en Esperanto, Mein Herr.

But I do not think your precedent was in Esperanto, sir.

Learning more about foreign languages, such as German, fascinates me.

 

[tadoflamb]

Bonne idee!

That's pronounced 'boney day'.

As in, 'have a boney day'.

 

[Vicomte13]

That's pronounced 'boney day'.

As in, 'have a boney day'.

Merci beaucoup!

(That's pronounced "Mercy buckets"...in Louisiana (which is pronounced "Loozy-anna"))

 

[Vicomte13]

Good idea.



But I do not think your precedent was in Esperanto, sir.

Learning more about foreign languages, such as German, fascinates me.

Greek happens.
Latin is what happens when Celts learn Greek.
French is what happens when Gauls are forced to speak Latin.
English is what happens when Germans are forced to speak French.

 

[tadoflamb]

Merci beaucoup!

(That's pronounced "Mercy buckets"...in Louisiana (which is pronounced "Loozy-anna"))

We have a real French person visit here from time to time. It's hard to tell, because she doesn't write with an accent.

 

[Paidiske]

*Ponders the possibility of an ocker font.*

 

[Vicomte13]

We have a real French person visit here from time to time. It's hard to tell, because she doesn't write with an accent.

"Real" French is an interesting concept. Does that mean a "French citizen"? Does it mean somebody who was born and raised in France? Does France, for that purpose, include the French West Indies or la Reunion? It should, because these are integral parts of France.

What about Tahiti and the Marquesas? These are French territories.

Of course, people grow up speaking French as a native tongue in places that used to be French colonies, are they French?

What about Americans of French origin? How far off the boat must one be to stop being Italian, or Greek. How about French?

It's an interesting discussion I have with my French native wife.

 

[Paidiske]

Vicomte, sometimes I think French is an attitude as much as anything else. (Says she who inherited a share of that attitude on her mother's side!)