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Scientists urge people to stop using English terms
Ananova ^ | 04/07/03 | Ananova

Posted on 04/07/2003 11:50:14 AM PDT by bedolido

German scientists are telling the public to stop using words derived from English and use French terms instead.

Armin Burkhardt, who heads the working group on language in politics, calls the project a way of "peaceful linguistic protest".

He is a professor at the German department at Magdeburg University.

In an appeal published by the committee, Burkhardt suggests Germans should buy billets not tickets, go on a rendezvous instead of a date and agree by saying d'accord rather than okay.

He is also calling for "formidable" to replace "cool" and "bonvivant" to replace "playboy".

French expressions have long been part of German, whereas most English expressions only entered the language after World War II.

The group lists about 30 French replacements for English expressions.

Yet, Burkhardt insists the project isn't directed against English-speaking countries.

"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."

Story filed: 19:04 Monday 7th April 2003


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To: Publius6961
Hey...aundoulli is good with chicken gumbo...yums.
61 posted on 04/07/2003 12:38:16 PM PDT by chemicalman (Rid the country of the vast liberal conspiracy)
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To: B-Chan

Ei du schöne, ei du schöne
Ei du schöne Schnitzelbank!

Ist das nicht eine Schnitzelbank?
Ja das ist eine Schnitzelbank!

Ist das nicht eine Kurz und Lang?
Ja das ist eine Kurz und Lang!

Kurz und Lang? Schnitzelbank?

Ei du schöne, ei du schöne
Ei du schöne Schnitzelbank!

Ist das nicht eine Hin und Her?
Ja, das ist eine Hin und Her!
Ist das nicht ein Schießgewehr?
Ja, das ist ein Schießgewehr!

Schießgewehr? Hin und Her?
Kurz und Lang? Schnitzelbank?

Ei du schöne, ei du schöne
Ei du schöne Schnitzelbank!

Ist das nicht ein Wagenrad?
Ja, das ist ein Wagenrad!
Ist das nicht eine Krumm und Grad?
Ja, das ist eine Krumm und Grad!

Wagenrad? Krumm und Grad?
Schießgewehr? Hin und Her?
Kurz und Lang? Schnitzelbank?

Ei du schöne, ei du schöne
Ei du schöne Schnitzelbank!

Ist das nicht ein großes Glas?
Ja, das ist ein großes Glas!
Ist das nicht ein Ochsenblas?
Ja, das ist ein Ochsenblas!

Großes Glas? Ochsenblas?
Wagenrad? Krumm und Grad?
Schießgewehr? Hin und Her?
Kurz und Lang? Schnitzelbank?

Ei du schöne, ei du schöne
Ei du schöne Schnitzelbank!

Ist das nicht ein langer Mann?
Ja, das ist ein langer Mann!
Ist das nicht ein Tannenbaum?
Ja, das ist ein Tannenbaum!

Langer Mann? Tannenbaum?
Großes Glas? Ochsenblas?
Wagenrad? Krumm und Grad?
Schießgewehr? Hin und Her?
Kurz und Lang? Schnitzelbank?

Ei du schöne, ei du schöne
Ei du schöne Schnitzelbank!

Ist das nicht ein Hochzeitsring?
Ja, das ist ein Hochzeitsring!
Ist das nicht ein gefährliches Ding?
Ja, das ist ein gefährlliches Ding!

Hochzeitsring? Gefährliches Ding?
Langer Mann? Tannenbaum?
Großes Glas? Ochsenblas?
Wagenrad? Krumm und Grad?
Schießgewehr? Hin und Her?
Kurz und Lang? Schnitzelbank?

Ei du schöne, ei du schöne
Ei du schöne Schnitzelbank!


62 posted on 04/07/2003 12:41:54 PM PDT by Willie Green (Go Pat Go!!!)
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To: Sapper26
I believe the word you're searching for is Chirac.

You can call him "Superliar" just like most of the people in France do.

63 posted on 04/07/2003 12:42:02 PM PDT by jpl
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To: bedolido
I was assigned with the U.S. Army in France in 1961-62; even then, some of the French always got their panties in a wad when they had to use an English word for which there was no French equivalent.....like "refrigerator".
64 posted on 04/07/2003 12:47:51 PM PDT by Ben Hecks (Fry Mumia.....then fry Ramsey Clark)
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To: Theophilus
What is French for "schadenfreude"?

Das is prima!

65 posted on 04/07/2003 1:01:00 PM PDT by CatoRenasci (Ceterum Censeo Mesopotamiam Esse Delendam)
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To: Ditto
I wonder how you say "Bite Me" in Frog?

According to BableFish "Mordez-Moi"

66 posted on 04/07/2003 2:11:30 PM PDT by itsahoot (Drive SUV's prevent Earth from freezing.)
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To: bedolido
Unformidable, dude.
67 posted on 04/07/2003 2:14:29 PM PDT by k2blader ("Mercy, detached from Justice, grows unmerciful." - C. S. Lewis)
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To: bedolido
Armin Burkhardt, who heads the working group on language in politics, calls the project a way of "peaceful linguistic protest".

Calling George Orwell, calling George Orwell

68 posted on 04/07/2003 2:15:05 PM PDT by atomic conspiracy (Anti-war movement: road-kill on the highway to freedom.)
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To: bedolido
MERDE
69 posted on 04/07/2003 2:38:15 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Soddom has left the bunker.)
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To: mad puppy
What is the new word for 'idiot'?

German.

71 posted on 04/07/2003 4:37:23 PM PDT by Timesink (When was the last time YOU remembered we're on Code Orange?)
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To: Willie Green
Thanks, Willie. I remember learning that song in 5th grade, but I had no idea what it was about. I learned it phonetically, and thought I was singing about something "jaunty". Who knew it was about plucking a lark to death!
72 posted on 04/07/2003 5:01:17 PM PDT by my_pointy_head_is_sharp
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To: Williams; weegee
lol, here are some more handy phrases for those fromages:
http://yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au/~mongoose/french/phrases.html



"Would you stop spitting on me while you're talking!"
"Voulez-vous cesser de me cracher dessus pendant que vous parlez!"


"Reality and you don't get on, do they?"
"Le réalité et toi, vous ne vous entendez pas, n'est-ce pas?"


"You're a complete moron"
"Tu es completement debile"


"You get on my nerves
"Tu me peles le jonc"


"As a child, was your cradle rocked too close to the wall?"
"On t'a bercé trop près du mur?"


thanks to my lovely daughter, who just happened to come home with this today!
73 posted on 04/07/2003 5:58:45 PM PDT by cyn
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To: mountaineer
too complicated, Mark Twain was right -- esp hard for those who can't understand basic war strategy and keeping a united front with dictators. Here's a diplomatic statement for Pres Bush to tell Chirac:

"I'd help you, but I don't like you."
"Je vous aurais bien aide, mais je ne vous aime pas."
74 posted on 04/07/2003 6:05:45 PM PDT by cyn
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To: bedolido
Il est un cerveau d'oiseau.
75 posted on 04/07/2003 6:14:11 PM PDT by FourPeas (Iran is not a simple sentence.)
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To: mad puppy
Le français, bien sûr!
76 posted on 04/07/2003 6:16:19 PM PDT by FourPeas (Iran is not a simple sentence.)
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To: bedolido
The french are so paranoid about maintaining the 'purity' of their language against anglicisms that they established a commission which battles incessantly against such terms as Le Hamburgeur, Le Big Mac, and so on.

One of my favorites is "computer science" must be rendered as Informatique.

--Boris

77 posted on 04/07/2003 6:25:30 PM PDT by boris (Education is always painful; pain is always educational)
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To: bedolido
What's the French word for dumbass?
78 posted on 04/07/2003 6:27:09 PM PDT by AmishDude
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To: Mike Darancette
"Oui! Merde!"
79 posted on 04/07/2003 6:34:04 PM PDT by sonofatpatcher2 (Love & a .45-- What more could you want, campers? };^)
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To: bedolido
Pardon moi, Herren und Damen, but the world has already made its choices clearly known, and the English words are the preferred terms. Once again, you ass-clowns have lost badly and, like the Iraq War and a thousand other examples, you think that you can hide your failure after the fact through snotty egalitarianism. Simply amazing. Aren't there any other weapons in the French arsenal?!?!?
80 posted on 04/07/2003 6:55:53 PM PDT by Teacher317
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