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Scientists urge people to stop using English terms
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| 04/07/03
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Posted on 04/07/2003 11:50:14 AM PDT by bedolido
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To: bedolido
RRRiiiggghhhttt! Has anyone, as a general rule, ever known teens to listen to adults (even scientists) in creating their own expressions? BTW what happens if the people refuse to use the french terms? Public execution or whipping with a noodle?
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To: Mr. K
This guy is very unformidable.
To: bedolido
Diese Deutschen sint Schweinhunden!!!
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posted on
04/07/2003 12:18:42 PM PDT
by
ZULU
To: bedolido
Thats riduCULOus
45
posted on
04/07/2003 12:19:18 PM PDT
by
Minty
To: bedolido
Kissez-vous, mon Clymer, Monsewer Burkhardt.
To: bedolido
I nearly laughed my kiester off when I read this article on Bloomberg today. I work at a French Company (in Germany though) so I've got a French guy sitting to my left and a German guy on my right. Actually they are both pretty cool, er, make that for-mee-DAH-bluh.
Anyhoo, since this article hit the ticker I've been taking every single opportunity I can to use some sort of ridiculous French word or phrase in the ordinary course of doing business. I told them it was the least I could do for the Axis. I wouldn't be exaggerating if I said I'm driving all of them up the wall with this routine.
47
posted on
04/07/2003 12:20:15 PM PDT
by
12B
To: bedolido
48
posted on
04/07/2003 12:22:00 PM PDT
by
razbinn
(I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America,and to the republic for which it ...)
To: B-Chan
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49
posted on
04/07/2003 12:22:01 PM PDT
by
Willie Green
(Go Pat Go!!!)
To: bedolido
To honor this protest, please consider using one of the following alternates to "cheese eating surrender monkey":
(in German) Affe iBt Kase und gibt uber == Ape eats cheese and hands over
(in French) Le singe mange du fromage et succombe == The monkey eats cheese and succumbs
50
posted on
04/07/2003 12:22:35 PM PDT
by
weegee
(McCarthy was right, fight the Red Menace.)
To: bedolido
How old are these guys? We used to play "word of the day" in grade school. Idiots (I'm sure they have a new word for that, too).
To: BillyBoy
The name "Old English", used to refer to the language of England prior to the Norman invasion of 1066, is an ultra-modern creation. In the past the language of Beowulf was not called "Old English", but Saxon.
Places such as Essex, Wessex, and Sussex all share this root. Essex = East Saxony, Wessex = West Saxony, and Sussex = South Saxony.
52
posted on
04/07/2003 12:23:21 PM PDT
by
jae471
To: bedolido
53
posted on
04/07/2003 12:24:52 PM PDT
by
weegee
(McCarthy was right, fight the Red Menace.)
To: bedolido
He is also calling for "formidable" to replace "cool" and "bonvivant" to replace "playboy".
Maybe we can replace "A-hole" with Burkhardt.
54
posted on
04/07/2003 12:26:30 PM PDT
by
aruanan
To: bedolido
"Nazi bastard" translates to "bâtard de nazi."
To make it simple for the Hitler Youth of Germany and France.
Verpisst Dich!
How's that instead of saying "go jump in the river".
To: bedolido
Armin Burkhardt is full of merde.
57
posted on
04/07/2003 12:30:14 PM PDT
by
isom35
To: bedolido
"But it is meant to show that the political line of the French president and the German chancellor on Iraq have the support of the majority of the public."Just not the majority of the Iraqi public. Here's another French term for ya: "primates capitulards et toujours en quête de fromages."
58
posted on
04/07/2003 12:30:34 PM PDT
by
xm177e2
(Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
To: BillyBoy
Love that! Thanks for the laugh of the day!
59
posted on
04/07/2003 12:32:37 PM PDT
by
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(Ready to go?)
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posted on
04/07/2003 12:35:21 PM PDT
by
mhking
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