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Seeking information: WWI German General called the French Army a derogatory term.
9/10/2016
| By Laz A. Mataz
Posted on 09/10/2016 6:05:37 AM PDT by Lazamataz
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posted on
09/10/2016 6:05:37 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
To: LS
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posted on
09/10/2016 6:05:56 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(Every word the "News Media" prints these days are a lie, including "and" and "the".)
To: Lazamataz
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posted on
09/10/2016 6:08:12 AM PDT
by
oblomov
(We have passed the point where "law," properly speaking, has any further application. - C. Thomas)
To: oblomov
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posted on
09/10/2016 6:09:05 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(Every word the "News Media" prints these days are a lie, including "and" and "the".)
To: oblomov
I love this place. Everyone is an expert on SOMETHING, here. :)
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posted on
09/10/2016 6:10:22 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(Every word the "News Media" prints these days are a lie, including "and" and "the".)
To: Lazamataz
“surrender monkeys”
“cheese eaters”
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posted on
09/10/2016 6:12:45 AM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
( Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
To: Lazamataz
To: Lazamataz
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posted on
09/10/2016 6:19:20 AM PDT
by
OKSooner
(She was practiced at the art of deception, you could tell by her bloodstained hands.)
To: Lazamataz
Don’t forget that the Devil Dogs got their name the same way.
And Yankee Doodle.
And Francis Marion, the “Swamp Fox.”
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posted on
09/10/2016 6:22:54 AM PDT
by
Chad N. Freud
(FR is the modern equivalent of the Committees of Correspondence. Let other analogies arise.)
To: OKSooner; oblomov
I tell ya, this place is so filled with experts that if I wanted to mate with a giraffe, someone could tell me the height of the ladder I’d need.
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posted on
09/10/2016 6:27:35 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(Every word the "News Media" prints these days are a lie, including "and" and "the".)
To: Lazamataz
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posted on
09/10/2016 6:27:47 AM PDT
by
imardmd1
(Fiat Lux)
To: Lazamataz
Over on DU, if you wanted to mate with a giraffe
there would be someone who would tell you that
it’s ok to be transpecied, and someone else would
tell you how THEY do it.
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posted on
09/10/2016 6:30:11 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Lazamataz; oblomov
So it was General French of the British Expeditionary Force, the word was contemptible not some bleeped word, that was supposed uttered by Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany, and not a German General.
LOL, no wonder it was impossible to find.
Freeper oblomov must know his WWI or British history, or both very well.
To: oblomov; Lazamataz; carriage_hill; Chad N. Freud
lazmataz:
"The German General said something like, "Let us roll over the ######'s," speaking of the French. The French turned around and adopted the term with pride. "oblomov: "The Old Contemptibles"
Close, but not quite.
"Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany, who was famously dismissive of the BEF, allegedly issued an order on 19 August 1914 to 'exterminate ... the treacherous English and walk over General French's contemptible little army'.
Hence, in later years, the survivors of the regular army dubbed themselves 'The Old Contemptibles'.
No evidence of any such order being issued by the Kaiser has ever been found."
So:
- It was the Kaiser, not just some German general, who is said to have issued the order.
- The reference to "the French" was actually to British General French and his "contemptible" expeditionary force.
- No such actual order has ever been found, meaning it's likely just a very charming myth.
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posted on
09/10/2016 6:37:59 AM PDT
by
BroJoeK
(a little historical perspective...)
To: imardmd1; Lazmataz
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/poilu page says "Difficulty index for poilu":
Few English speakers likely know this word
Actually, anyone who has read Hemingway ought to, or any other author of works on WWI. The term came into play 1910-1915, maybe your general. If not, he was early on in yhe use of it.
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posted on
09/10/2016 6:38:41 AM PDT
by
imardmd1
(Fiat Lux)
To: Lazamataz
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posted on
09/10/2016 6:39:22 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
To: Lazamataz
...not taking the bait...;-)
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posted on
09/10/2016 6:43:46 AM PDT
by
logi_cal869
(-cynicus-)
To: carriage_hill
Sorry, we’re discussing WW1. That’s the war when the French held-off the Huns. We arrived late to the party.
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posted on
09/10/2016 6:46:10 AM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: Lazamataz
It kinda depends on how tall you are, and the giraffe.
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posted on
09/10/2016 6:47:18 AM PDT
by
OKSooner
(She was practiced at the art of deception, you could tell by her bloodstained hands.)
To: Lazamataz
Three meter, Laz.
Not saying how or why I would know, but...just in case you really need the info...
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posted on
09/10/2016 6:49:12 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
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