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To: bruinbirdman
Too bad Charles De Gaulle is no longer around--he could visit Brussels and proclaim "Vive la Wallonie libre!"

I don't know if you can really call the Walloons' language "French"--they say octante rather than quatre-vingt for "80." For "90" they say nonante instead of quatre-vingt-dix. How can that be considered French?

21 posted on 04/23/2010 6:28:11 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

Don’t the Swiss French do the same? Mais, alors, je suis d’accord avec vous.


22 posted on 04/23/2010 6:29:55 AM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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