X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,ced2b975ce40b48d X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-15 12:03:29 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!newsgate.cistron.nl!amsnews01.chello.com!nlnews00.chello.com.POSTED!tanya. From: ppunk@damthatspam.chello.nl (Peter Punk) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: International English [was "A Betty Paige Wannabe"] Organization: Total Disorganisation Message-ID: References: <7vh0vt8phnvmglfdfddkvv571i7d6ivud9@4ax.com> <3BF0F7D8.E2869FF@xs4all.nl> <3BF116B2.6B1FDC6E@xs4all.nl> <9sr697$ihe8@OM9.omantel.net.om> <3BF1928D.E2D16B88@xs4all.nl> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 192.168.0.99 X-Original-Trace: 15 Nov 2001 21:02:18 +0100, 192.168.0.99 Lines: 63 X-Authenticated-User: donderfliegen Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 19:56:08 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.93.74.225 X-Complaints-To: abuse@chello.nl X-Trace: nlnews00.chello.com 1005854168 213.93.74.225 (Thu, 15 Nov 2001 18:56:08 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 18:56:08 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:10474 On Wed, 14 Nov 2001 17:53:00 -0600, Taliszanna provoked the following text: >> So is your French. > > I'm just curious, joris: What do you consider to be >non-international English if you do not come from England to begin >with? [**smile**] My biological father was born and raised in Montreal, >(here in Canada). Both of his parents were also. Do you consider my >French to be Francais International? [**sincere interest**] Interesting point. As i told already Joris and for all the world to see, i know very little Fench. But i think it would be fair to assume that Canadian French has developed differently from the French French (does that make sense? I hope not!) after the French gave up Canada. If this is the case, French French will still count as "proper French". >> C'est la vie et ce sont les animaux qui s'appellent HUMAINS... > > POSTER: Je suis en accord avec ton (votre) sentiment! (English: I >am in agreeance with your sentiment!) Ici trombent en ruine tout le art de la cuisine. (I have read that one on a toilet calendar years ago, don't know what it means though.) >> T'as compris ce qu'il (English: "You understood what he meant >> voulait dire par la? (to say with that?") >> \ >> \ Laisse tomber. ("Let it fall/drop it.") >> `, \ >> ___ # /_,/\ >> |/ ? /" ( >> | , )\ .Y___ / >> /__/\ \____ \(__ >> ,- / \_/ \ / (\ >> |/| / < _____ _> \ |. ||\ >> -|.|--/___/ ,___/___\------'-----' >> '-' |\/ b'ger > > [**LOL**] I love your man with the cat at the bar. Do they have >names yet? I've cartooned since I was young. My characers nearly >*always* have names. It seems practically like sacrilege if they haven't >an identity to match a face. (:> I know the cat (is it a cat?) is called Ralf. Dunno what the guy's called. >> Qui s'y frotte, s'y pique (devise de Napoleon Bonaparte). >> joris > > Ah... oui. No pig may be addressed as Napoleon by its owner. - French law (Source: http://www.dumblaws.com) -- Peter Punk \ / ---\\\\--- / \ Castrate my email adress to reply. In Tulsa, Oklahoma, it is against the law to open a soda bottle without the supervision of a licensed engineer.