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12-03-2008, 11:11 PM
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The french are banning words again!
This time there are a few juicy geek ones on the list, including blog, webmaster and email.
Originally Posted by torygraph
French Ban on English Words ! : March 2008 : Maggie Millington : My Telegraph
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12-03-2008, 11:17 PM
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Re: The french are banning words again!
argh, my sides.
Good old frogs, better on a plate if you ask me 
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12-03-2008, 11:19 PM
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Re: The french are banning words again!
omg.. i just had a coughing fit from laughing soo hard (got a cough atm :-( )
wi-fi is hardly even an english word! it seems more oriental if anything! :S |
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13-03-2008, 12:54 AM
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Re: The french are banning words again!
They need to chillax. Can you imagine a party political broadcast by the Labour party, Gordon Brown wanders on...
DON'T ****ING SAY ADIEU, SAY ****ING FAREWELL, FOR **** SAKE. WHY USE THE FRENCH WORD WHEN THERE IS AN ENGLISH WORD? FOR **** SAKE! YESTERDAY I WENT TO ALTON TOWERS AND MY WIFE WENT TO THE GIFT SHOP TO BUY A 'SOUVENIR', I PUNCHED HER IN THE EARS! NEXT TIME SHE WILL SAY KEEPSAKE OR I'LL THROW HER INTO THE PATH OF A MOVING CAR! AAARRRGGHH! Can't see it myself. 
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13-03-2008, 07:30 AM
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Re: The french are banning words again!
There's nothing wrong with trying to preserve your cultural roots really. After all, how is this different from the Welsh trying to ensure that their langauge and culture survive another generation?
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13-03-2008, 07:53 AM
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Re: The french are banning words again!
Yes, but that makes them look ridiculous too.
They just keep the word and torture the spelling to make it look Welsh. Ambwilans?
Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it
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13-03-2008, 09:05 AM
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Re: The french are banning words again!
^I'm told by a Welsh mate of mine that they have few or none original Welsh swear words as much of the language in its current form was reconstructed from Welsh vernacular translations of the bible. This could be an urban myth, I don't know.
Anyway, the whole point of a language is that it changes and adapts over time. The French secretly know that everyone else thinks they're a bunch of collaborating, soap-dodgers and that speaking their language anywhere but in la belle France makes you sound like a pimp... Okay, I don't really mean that. I think we could learn a lot from the French (long lunches, robust distrust and direct action against anything the Government does which piddles them off etc.) but I'm also wary of artificial exercises in fixing and using languages in this way (and much of that applies to the forced reintroduction of Welsh too, IMHO.)
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13-03-2008, 09:15 AM
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Re: The french are banning words again!
We could also learn to eat garlic and onions and how to surrender properly. If you want to learn how to run away from stuff however, you have to go to Italy.
 
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13-03-2008, 10:03 AM
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Re: The french are banning words again!
Thing is, the french people ignore this stuff anyway - our (good) french friends find it just as funny as us!
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13-03-2008, 10:30 AM
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Re: The french are banning words again!
Originally Posted by dangel
oh, absolutely
that and the legal requirement for radio stations to play X amount of french-language music, which usually ends up as terrible french rap, boybands, or johnny halladay  
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13-03-2008, 10:35 AM
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Re: The french are banning words again!
Originally Posted by Stewart
Would you please mind your french.... The ****ING french filter is there for a reason.
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