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| 04/07/03
| Ananova
Posted on 04/07/2003 11:50:14 AM PDT by bedolido
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To: atomic conspiracy
Nice catch.
To: bedolido
Bonjour... mon nom est Armin Burkhardt et je suis une piqûre avec de la trop d'heure sur mes mains!
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posted on
04/07/2003 7:04:49 PM PDT
by
Sweet_Sunflower29
(Snapping fingers in a *whatever_shape_it_is* for emphasis.)
To: bedolido
here's the difference between french and english:
an American, a Briton, and a Frenchman were on vacation at the beach.
The American went for a swim and was attacked by a shark. He yelled "F*CK! Help! Shark!" The people on the beach heard and understood him, and the lifeguards were able to save him before he was too badly damaged.
Then the Briton went for a swim, and he, too, was attacked by a shark. He yelled "Oh, Bloody HELL! Help! Shark!" The people on the beach heard and understood him, and the lifeguards were able to save him before he was too badly damaged.
Then the Frenchman went for a swim and was attacked by a shark. He yelled "Merde alors! Au succour! Aidez-moi! Rocain! Rocain!" The people on the beach heard him, but didn't understand him. More importantly, the words carried no suggestion of meaning by their very sound, unlike the English word SHARK, and the lifeguards were not able to save him before he was too badly damaged.
Fortunately for the frenchman, since he never bathed he tasted so foul that the shark spat him out after one nibble.
But the Frenchman surrendered anyway, throwing both of his arms high above his head... and, as a consequence, drowned.
I hope this clears up any confusion about the difference between the languages and cultures.
To: AmishDude
Q: What's the French word for dumbass?
A: "Francois"
To: bedolido
it will be formidable if the boviant son of Sadaam was under the 2,000 lb bunker buster yesterday.
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posted on
04/08/2003 6:02:45 AM PDT
by
ODDITHER
To: bedolido
He is also calling for "formidable" to replace "cool" and "bonvivant" to replace "playboy".Morons. One French slang term for "cool" happens to be "cool." Something especially formidable is said to be "super cool."
To: weegee
Now
there's a useful expression. >:)
-Eric
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posted on
04/08/2003 8:48:19 AM PDT
by
E Rocc
(Le singe mange du fromage et succombe)
To: bedolido
The German word for "Space travel" or "Space flight" is
Rhaumfhart.
The Germans found a need to invent a singular word conveying the concept "poison dwarf" (possibly thinking of Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski (D-MD)): giftzwerg.
--Boris
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posted on
05/15/2003 6:41:02 PM PDT
by
boris
(Education is always painful; pain is always educational)
To: bedolido
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
That will teach those nasty Americans and brits!
Good luck as you fall behind in all the sciences and technology.
Why don't you start with air traffic control?
That will raise your excitement levels and also take your minds off the takeover of your countries by the sand maggots.
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posted on
07/23/2003 9:34:46 AM PDT
by
Publius6961
(Californians are as dumm as a sack of rocks)
To: bedolido
Germany and France will be speaking French, the rest of the world will be doing business in English. I hope this guy suceeds in getting his wish.
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posted on
07/23/2003 9:36:25 AM PDT
by
cinFLA
To: bedolido
Next the Krauts will be watching Jerry Lewis movies...
To: cyn
Mark Twain was right Never trust Germans on matters linguistic:"THE AWFUL GERMAN LANGUAGE",
"Surely there is not another language that is so slipshod and systemless, and so slippery and elusive to the grasp. One is washed about in it, hither and thither, in the most helpless way...."
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posted on
07/23/2003 9:44:32 AM PDT
by
r9etb
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