France commits idiotic act to try to show it is superior to America... bans "e-mail"

[TCO]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov


Practical or not isn't the issue, it's more or less practical. Are you stipulating that everyone uses the most practical means available to do something? I've already shown how that is not the case. Hell, human history would be a lot different had early farmers adopted the most practical means of cultivation rather than the ones they did.

I didn't say e-mail was impractical, just less practical, linguistically, than courriel for the French. Impractical is your strawman, not mine.

This is completely strained. If people readily use the word, it is practical. You really are getting Berzie on me.

[TCO]

Why don't you show how people have suffered some actual difficulty (not theoretical crap) in using the word.

[Ted Striker]

wie wie Navy

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by TCO
This is completely strained. If people readily use the word, it is practical. You really are getting Berzie on me.

With all this talk about French, I wonder how you get by with such an abysmal understading of your own language.

Practicality is NOT an absolute. Some things may be MORE practical than others, but it doesn't make the LESS practical things IMpractical. Easy enough to comprehend, so I'm not sure why you're having trouble with it.

Is grammatical education impractical to the Navy?

[Ted Striker]

you really have no idea who you are talking to huh boris

you are like telling jordan he doesn't know how to dunk

[TCO]

yeah!!!

[Drake Tungsten]

Still twisting, I see.

[Dinner]

Being rather ignorant on this issue, I ask you to please explain to me why it's so bad only in the case of France and not other countries? I never heard anyone talking about "Sweden commits idiotic act to show it is superior to America blah blah blah"

Alright, I'll share a harsh reality with you. You never see threads like this about Sweden because most people outside of Sweden just couldn't care less about Sweden even if they were paid to care less.

France is only marginally of interest but they never the less make it on to the radar screen and so you see threads like this.

[TCO]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
Still twisting, I see.

****stirrer.

[Drake Tungsten]

****stirrer.

I'm bored.

[Alinestra Covelia]

The French Academie has already banned words like "weekend" and "jeans" from their language. This is nothing new.

I find it amusing that the French government thinks it can really make a difference. People will do whatever they want to do, regardless.

I also find it amusing that some American thought the French did this just to spite the US. It should come as a surprise that 95% of people in general don't live in America or even strictly speaking care.

[TCO]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten

****stirrer.

I'm bored.

I know how that feels.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Alinestra Covelia
The French Academie has already banned words like "weekend" and "jeans" from their language. This is nothing new.

That doesn't keep it from being stupid though.

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by MikeH
Don't be retarded. It's got nothing to do with America.

France is very proud and protective of it's language and culture. It's very strict about how it's language changes. It's always developing French words for English words that slip into the language. They have a special center that works on it and it's been around a lot longer than the ridiculous "freedom fries" thing.

It's still pathetic to carry on it's belligerence against the English speaking world...sheesh, half of our bloody language comes from French, what have they got to worry if a few of our words slip into theirs?

[KrazyHorse]

You guys are missing the point. In a hundred years when the term "email" is as firmly entrenched in the lexicon as any other word and the French government looks really really stupid for using "courriel", they'll "discover" that email actually has a French root and change their guidelines to match...