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Et tous les franco-Americeine...
Teerrrezza's Speech | 7/29/2004 | Self

Posted on 07/29/2004 11:19:58 AM PDT by Positive

I'm sorry that this is a couple of days old.

Did anyone here make mention of the start of terrorrazor's speech greeting folks in four different languages?

One of the greetings was in frog. It is the title of this post. In English it of course means "and all french-americans."

I wonder what political genious decided that this phrase, meant no doubt to show off her multi-lingual skills, was a good idea? Don't you?


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1 posted on 07/29/2004 11:20:02 AM PDT by Positive
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To: Positive

She's obviously clueless about American history- the vast majority of Americans with French ancestry stopped using the language a couple of generations ago. Even the most isolated Cajuns speak English fluently.


2 posted on 07/29/2004 11:25:12 AM PDT by Squawk 8888 (Earth first! We can mine the other planets later.)
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To: Positive
Et tous les franco-Americaines...
3 posted on 07/29/2004 11:26:30 AM PDT by Petronski (Edwards threatening al Qaida is like Pee Wee Herman threatening Lucca Brazzi.)
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To: Petronski

Actually, to be inclusive it should be "Tous/toutes les franco-américain(e)s". /nitpick


4 posted on 07/29/2004 11:28:55 AM PDT by Squawk 8888 (Earth first! We can mine the other planets later.)
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To: Positive
Doesn't that means "You are a can of Spaghetti-O's".
5 posted on 07/29/2004 11:32:38 AM PDT by dinasour
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To: Squawk 8888

Sorry, but I don't do the "s/he" thing in English either.


6 posted on 07/29/2004 11:33:58 AM PDT by Petronski (Edwards threatening al Qaida is like Pee Wee Herman threatening Lucca Brazzi.)
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To: dinasour

Yes. I'm beefaroni.


7 posted on 07/29/2004 11:34:33 AM PDT by Petronski (Edwards threatening al Qaida is like Pee Wee Herman threatening Lucca Brazzi.)
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To: Squawk 8888
I'm 100% Cajun. My last name is in the lyrics of Hank William's song "Jambalaya." Of course if you are familiar with the history of "Cajuns" (a colloquialism for Acadian spoken in french) you know that Cajuns left france due to religious persecution.

A large minority of Cajuns still speak Cajun french, I spoke french before I learned English. My Dad was an interpreter for General George Patton in WWII, he told me that french folks laughed at his pronunciation (accent).

Cajuns are not generally fond of france.

8 posted on 07/29/2004 11:53:36 AM PDT by Positive (There's nothing sadder than seeing a group of great ideas being murdered by a bunch of brutal facts!)
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To: Squawk 8888; Petronski

Thanks for the spelling/grammar lessons you two. As I pointed out in an earlier reply I was fluent in french as a youngster, but I never learned to spell or write french.


9 posted on 07/29/2004 11:57:15 AM PDT by Positive (There's nothing sadder than seeing a group of great ideas being murdered by a bunch of brutal facts!)
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To: Positive

Don't take me too seriously, I might not be right. ;O)


10 posted on 07/29/2004 11:58:23 AM PDT by Petronski (Edwards threatening al Qaida is like Pee Wee Herman threatening Lucca Brazzi.)
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To: Positive
Cajuns are not generally fond of france.

Until recently, neither have most French-Canadians (I'm Acadian myself, my ancestors were the ones who took the oath instead of heading south). During the two world wars, many Québecers were resentful of Canada's participation because they saw it as Europe's war, not ours. Many people don't realize that there is a huge difference between us and the French in virtually every aspect of our culture. Even our language is different enough that when Québec-made films are shown in France they have French subtitles.

11 posted on 07/29/2004 11:59:47 AM PDT by Squawk 8888 (Earth first! We can mine the other planets later.)
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To: Positive
I was fluent in french as a youngster, but I never learned to spell or write french.

I'm just the opposite- I can read and write with no problem but can barely speak the language. Must be all those years of reading the "wrong" side of the cereal box on the breakfast table.

12 posted on 07/29/2004 12:02:54 PM PDT by Squawk 8888 (Earth first! We can mine the other planets later.)
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Enjoyed your responses.

The only Nova Scotians I've ever communicated with before were MicroSoft tech support personnel.

Only about 10 years ago, I contacted a Professor at University of Louisiana, Lafayette and was referred to three books about the Cajuns who were deported to Alabama, (mostly) Louisiana and Texas.

Until that time I actually believed that Longfellow's epic Poem "Evangeline" (I was born and reared in Evangeline Parish in Louisiana) was the true story of the "Cajuns."

13 posted on 07/29/2004 2:09:16 PM PDT by Positive (There's nothing sadder than seeing a group of great ideas being murdered by a bunch of brutal facts!)
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To: Positive
The only Nova Scotians I've ever communicated with before were MicroSoft tech support personnel.

Small world! I have a cousin in Sydney who works in the call centre that MS uses.

14 posted on 07/30/2004 6:22:44 AM PDT by Squawk 8888 (Earth first! We can mine the other planets later.)
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