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The French Do it Again... E-mail is now banned ;)

Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2003 11:36 am
by JPlush76
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=s ... _e_mail__1

"France Bans the Term 'E-Mail' "

tooooo funny, glad to see tax dollars at work ;)

Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2003 11:45 am
by pootergeist
that'd be tax Francs ;)

typical froggies doing what froggies do best.

Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2003 1:32 pm
by McGruff
There's something a little bit fascist - and ridiculous - about trying to control language.

Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2003 1:52 pm
by JPlush76
McGruff, you are no longer allowed to use that username! you must change it to: La McGruff

Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2003 10:06 am
by patrikG
When sitting in a glass house...
All I say is freedom-fries...

Btw.: ever wondered why your hot dogs are not called Frankfurters anymore? Happened after WW 1...

Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2003 11:00 pm
by fractalvibes
Yes, a shame and most strange. Most all languages tend to borrow from other languages and the terms come into common usage...
English alone has a untold number of terms adapted from umpteen different sources - tends to make the language richer! Even Spanish has some terms that came from Arabic- ojala!

Phil J.

Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 3:28 am
by m3mn0n
Courriel is a term that has often been used in French-speaking Quebec, the commission said.
Wow france adpating words from Quebec?!? Odd.

Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 3:30 pm
by Caped Knight
fractalvibes wrote:Yes, a shame and most strange. Most all languages tend to borrow from other languages and the terms come into common usage...
English alone has a untold number of terms adapted from umpteen different sources - tends to make the language richer! Even Spanish has some terms that came from Arabic- ojala!

Phil J.
Most English is derived from French. When the Normans invaded England Saxon and French were combined to make English.

Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 3:41 pm
by patrikG
Caped Knight wrote:Most English is derived from French. When the Normans invaded England Saxon and French were combined to make English.
Nope. English is a mixture of various Celtic languages, German, French, Latin and some Norse languages.

Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 4:51 pm
by JPlush76
actually English is an early form of the more advanced Klingon language structure. ;O

Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 9:30 pm
by Caped Knight
patrikG wrote:
Caped Knight wrote:Most English is derived from French. When the Normans invaded England Saxon and French were combined to make English.
Nope. English is a mixture of various Celtic languages, German, French, Latin and some Norse languages.
Yes, there was always a Celtic influence from the north (not very big). Anglo-Saxon was a Germanic language in the first place. French is mostly derived from Latin although the Saxons borrowed some Latin words. Of course there's a microscopic bit of Norse because of Viking conquests and, if I'm not correct, the Vikings integrated with the Scottish in some areas.

60% of our words are derived from Latin in one way or another, and most of that is from French.

So in short, English is a mixture of languages, like any language, but most of it comes from Anglo-Saxon, French and Latin.

Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2003 7:37 am
by twigletmac
JPlush76 wrote:actually English is an early form of the more advanced Klingon language structure. ;O
DoghwI' :P

Mac