Re: Damn'd fools

From: Karljürgen Feuerherm (cuneiform@rogers.com)
Date: Mon Jul 28 2003 - 08:34:04 EDT

  • Next message: jarkko.hietaniemi@nokia.com: "RE: Damn'd fools"

    Well:

    1. Most francophone Canadians do *not* sound 'French'--trust me

    2. I'm a 'French-speaking Canadian' and if you asked me, I'd tell you I was
    French. Because I am. So you can't ask 'any ....'

    (my contribution to this pedantic thread)

    K
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Peter Kirk" <peter.r.kirk@ntlworld.com>
    To: <jarkko.hietaniemi@nokia.com>
    Cc: <unicode@unicode.org>
    Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 7:04 AM
    Subject: Re: Damn'd fools

    > On 28/07/2003 03:53, jarkko.hietaniemi@nokia.com wrote:
    >
    > >>Thanks for the corrections -- see I told you :-)
    > >>
    > >>
    > >
    > >When was the next meeting of Pedants Anonymous again? :-)
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >>>England was never ruled by the French! Please!
    > >>>
    > >>>
    > >
    > >I dunno, William Conqueror the Duke of Normandy sounds pretty French to
    me :-)
    > >(Of course it's a good question when do 'France' and 'French' begin.)
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > Everyone who sounds French, because they speak French, is not French.
    > Ask any French speaking Canadian or Swiss, or any Swedish speaking Finn.
    >
    > Perhaps if I suggest that Finland was once part of Russia, your response
    > might get Pedants Anonymous to send you an invitation. :-)
    >
    > --
    > Peter Kirk
    > peter.r.kirk@ntlworld.com
    > http://web.onetel.net.uk/~peterkirk/
    >
    >
    >
    >

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