What's the Difference Between Cosmonauts and Astronauts?

[Dauphin]

http://www.sod-the-french.com

[Bereta_Eder]

I rest my case

[Bereta_Eder]

BTW that's typical island mentality you know. That's why you are the laughing stock of Europe.

Washed out gooses walking and acting proud while the world is laughing his ass off

At least French have the reputation of being good lovers to save them.
Not as good as the Greeks but nobody's perfect

[Paul Hanson]

Believe me, the Greeks do not have a reputation for being good lovers.

[- Groucho -]

Now, now paiktis - hardly fair to criticise the UK for being washed out but still strutting. Greece hasn't done much of anything for a couple of millenia and you guys still strut around like ... well ... washed out geese come to mind.

[Bereta_Eder]

Of course they do.

On the low end of the european chart are the English

[Paul Hanson]

Well, I'm only half-English, so any jibes you can come up with don't apply as much to me as you might hope.

[Bereta_Eder]

Just having some fun with the secluded islanders. No offence indented

[- Groucho -]

You're like a kid with a stick - you just can't stop yourself from poking something.

[Bereta_Eder]

We didn't start the fire, it was always burning since the world...




Wait! Actually we did!

[DanS]

Saw On Google under the heading "Cosmonauts"...

Italian Spationauts: Italian astronauts include...

[Dauphin]

Maybe its because paiktis is Greek, but I can't take his attempts at insults seriously. They just make me laugh.

[Bereta_Eder]

Your derogative comments indicate that they do bother you, even though they are fun intended.

Maybe that infamous english stick that brits use to walk with firlmy up their anuses is to blame...

[:) Smiley]

Speaking of the Chinese phrase...
NO ONE refers to people in the space program with the word "taikonaut" or whatever.

Rather, the phrase is "tai kong ren" = space person. If they're american, its called an american space person, if russian, a russian space person, etc.
Ah, Chinese is such a simple language. no plural form, no tense, flexible grammar, it's great. And the language is gender-neutral too.