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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 09:21 AM Original message |
French youths speaking their own language |
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PRETZEL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
1. that's no different from here, |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
2. Lowbrows love to believe their superiors are just like them. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 09:44 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. actully it is a good article--the art of this language--used by immigrants |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 09:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Ah, so we're peasants & the French are automatically our superiors? |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 10:28 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Excuse me, I should have said "uncultured boobs." |
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IA_Seth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 11:13 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. How Patriotic of You |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 11:54 AM Response to Reply #15 |
25. I been everywhere, man. |
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IA_Seth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 12:04 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Even more strange? |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 12:28 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. No, they would not say that. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 12:40 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. i think it was the faux aristocrat use of the word 'peasants' |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 12:51 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. I thought I walked into GD by mistake |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 01:52 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Vindictive? Mean? Moi? |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:06 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. i watched german tv while i was staying in berlin |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 04:45 AM Response to Reply #48 |
81. The only thing sadder than a culture that creates the sitcom ALF... |
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LiberteToujours (737 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:15 PM Response to Reply #41 |
53. What does it matter? |
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Ben Ceremos (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 04:35 AM Response to Reply #53 |
67. Salut et Accord, LiberteToujours! |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 06:34 PM Response to Reply #41 |
59. Hmmm |
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Ben Ceremos (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 04:39 AM Response to Reply #59 |
68. Statistically speaking, |
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ChoralScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 08:18 AM Response to Reply #41 |
72. hmmm |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 01:53 AM Response to Reply #41 |
77. did you know, by the way |
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Ben Ceremos (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 04:29 AM Response to Reply #36 |
66. Anti-intellectualism is recognized |
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gtar100 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 10:21 PM Response to Reply #15 |
62. I think you're misunderstanding the point |
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blackhorse (248 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 11:15 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. My take |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 11:18 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. I disagree. |
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Ben Ceremos (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 04:52 AM Response to Reply #18 |
69. Let me get this straight... |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 07:47 AM Response to Reply #69 |
71. Not at all. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 12:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
29. i live in a city FULL of theater and art and good restaurants |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 12:36 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. No, its the statement of someone who has spent a lot of time in both place |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 12:45 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. you think you're going to find high culture in some French hillside town? |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 01:44 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. You misunderstand me. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:01 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. I agree with what you're saying here |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:08 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. France has McDonalds and strip malls, too. |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:13 PM Response to Reply #45 |
52. I am glad we're on the same page. |
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blackhorse (248 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 03:42 PM Response to Reply #39 |
74. The Pays Cathar |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 05:34 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Amis are ocean-locked monolinguists |
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blackhorse (248 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 01:24 AM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Karenina, |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 12:13 PM Response to Reply #74 |
82. Nice summation - have to agree here... |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 12:47 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. "You make me spew my coffee." |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 01:45 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Nope. |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:01 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. Of course. |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:35 PM Response to Reply #46 |
55. Lets see, I hate intolerance, bigotry, Friedman's free market theories |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 10:22 PM Response to Reply #55 |
64. Good choices! |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:47 PM Response to Reply #46 |
56. And the "Blue Collar Comics," especially larry the cable guy. |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 12:57 PM Response to Reply #56 |
83. I call it "Red State TV" |
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IA_Seth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 01:54 PM Response to Reply #31 |
42. Ah, but if it were only coffee you were spewing. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
44. Deleted message |
patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:23 PM Response to Reply #44 |
54. And you are someone who makes personal attacks. |
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LiberteToujours (737 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:08 PM Response to Reply #9 |
49. I don't think so |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:10 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. All you have to do is listen to French pop music. |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 06:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
60. France loves Jerry Lewis....nuh said (nt) |
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Flagg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 07:23 AM Response to Reply #60 |
70. Another cliché.....nuh said (nt) |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 09:17 AM Response to Reply #60 |
73. They love "The Nutty Professor," and for good reason. |
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lanlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 11:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
24. say what? |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 02:58 AM Response to Reply #2 |
79. Whatever sire |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
3. language is a living thing. |
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alarcojon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 10:22 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. very true |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 10:46 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. But less so in France |
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alarcojon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 10:55 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Yes, they have been fighting change |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 11:15 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Increasing European integration must be speeding up the process |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 11:23 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Increased European integration... |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
6. it is resistance form of language used by arab and non-which hip-hoppers. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 09:48 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. French officials do not like this new language. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
10. I've been speaking that language all my life... |
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Bassic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 11:12 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. I didn't realize we were supposed to speak backwards! |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 01:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
37. Come down to Louisiana & hear how French should REALLY be spoken! |
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Bassic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
13. And this is making news now? |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 11:20 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Due to the riots, of course. |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 11:38 AM Response to Reply #13 |
22. exactement... |
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Bassic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 12:05 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Je dirais même plus, |
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La_Fourmi_Rouge (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
21. Verlan has been around a long time... |
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alarcojon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 11:39 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. The elite are indeed behind the curve once again |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 06:20 PM Response to Reply #21 |
58. you can say that again. love what i can get of it. |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
28. A Clockwork Orange (the novel) |
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martymar64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 05:29 PM Response to Reply #28 |
57. It was bastardized Russian |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
35. hopefully, "Rue Transnonain" will not enter the vocab overthe next decades |
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henslee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
38. Example..... (I think) They would call the metro (subway) tro-met. nt |
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dogfacedboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 01:57 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. And what of Pig Latin ? n/t |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
47. Cabengo, padem manibadu peeta. |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
61. Candidate for this month's "You Call This NEWS?" award |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 10:26 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. This is different |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-05-06 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
63. Interesting socio-linguistic development |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 02:10 AM Response to Reply #63 |
78. I guess the reason they are more "up in arms" about it has something |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 03:03 AM Response to Original message |
80. Thus the Academe Francais has its excuse to start a reign of terror |
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