Anglo Saxons poised to despoil France

[Sprayber]

Originally posted by dannubis
but it is indeed funny to see how you americans get all worked up if someone 'attacks' your culture.

The French are the only ones getting worked up about it. It's kind of funny from our perspective. Hopefully there are a few more french like Spiffor who see it for what it is.

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by Dracon II

Chirac is a nationalistc ditzhead.

Nationalism promoting supranationalism?

He doesn't exactly promote supranationalism. His idea of Europe is more akin to a "greater France", where Gaullian ideals of independance would actually have the means to do something.

See his public reaction when the new members opposed his Iraq policy ("they have missed an opportunity to keep quiet") to guess what he thinks about actually losing sovereignity to a construct that doesn't always agree with him.

Yep... throw Chirac out. And then whom will they replace him with? Le Pen, A neo-fascist nut? Jospin, A Socialist? (don't think the US would like that...). You can hate Chirac as much as you like, but you know he'll only ever be replaced by another Frenchman.

Le Pen won't replace Chirac anytime soon. He is loathed by at least 75% of the population, which means he'll never have the majority to become president. Heck, his party can't even come up with local majorities to get seats at the Parliament.

Jospin is out of the political scene. The "Socialists" who could replace Chirac will probably be much more acceptable to the US audience than Chirac, because they're not knee-deep in Gaullian ideals. And the Yanks don't care about our domestic policy (which isn't that different under the socialists anyway) except for the occasional cheap shot.

Chirac's greatest rival is actually Nicolas Sarkozy, from Chirac's own party, and the Yanks would just LOVE him. He has all the bearings of the "good Frenchman" to American eyes. He looks ambitious, voluntary, and basically believes we should imitate the US in most matters (he made it clear at leat on the issue of immigrant integration)

and in 1066 they made certain that a large slice of "anglo-saxon" culture would forever be French....

I'm not good with medieval history. What are you taling about?

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by Sprayber
The French are the only ones getting worked up about it. It's kind of funny from our perspective. Hopefully there are a few more french like Spiffor who see it for what it is.

I'm sorry to tell you that I AM worked up about it, much moreso than the average Frenchman of my age I just respond to that problem (which I perceive as a grave problem, and I already had several arguments on the issue here ) with a different approach than primitive defensive nationalism.

[DAVOUT]

Originally posted by Spiffor

and in 1066 they made certain that a large slice of "anglo-saxon" culture would forever be French....

I'm not good with medieval history. What are you taling about?

"Honni soit qui mal y pense" is a direct consequence of Hastings.

[Az]

These three words are used "as is" in France, and have no French equivalent outside of Québec.

What's the Quebecois equivalent?

[DanS]

The manufacturing industry in the US has also been killed for the same reason, but as God was never interested in this subject (as you know, there is no mention in the Bible), corrective actions were not taken, and will not be taken in the future, that is before the end of the word, which is anticipated before long.

On the other hand, there is broad support in the US to force China to revalue its currency, so cross-currents do exist due to specific interests...

[Dry]

Originally posted by molly bloom
I'm reliably informed, they even like Edgar Allan Poe

Ther's quite a reason: Edgar A. Poe work was translated by a guy called Charles Beaudelaire.
Some claim the french text is even superior to the original. Unique case in translation history.

[dannubis]

Originally posted by DanS


Get this straight! We're Anglo Saxons and Ghent is near the area of France we're set to pillage! Don't piss us off.

man, given the fact that one of our national symbols is a little kid urinating, pissing everybody off is our way of life

so piss off !

[DAVOUT]

Originally posted by DanS


On the other hand, there is broad support in the US to force China to revalue its currency, so cross-currents do exist...

China is stubbornly reluctant to revalue the yuan under the pressure of the US, as if they were authorized to make their own decisions on that kind of problems. But it seems that, if they are not authorized, they have the power to refuse to revalue for the only reason that the US have a trade imbalance : they say so and they dont revalue, at least during the last 3 or 4 years. They will likely revalue in the future for meeting their own interests and at a date convenient for them.

I would not call that a cross-current.

[Dry]

Originally posted by Richelieu
Except for sandwich. We use that one too.

errr, I could be wrong, but doesn't the word sandwich comes from Lord Sandwich?
So translation...

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Spiffor

and in 1066 they made certain that a large slice of "anglo-saxon" culture would forever be French....

I'm not good with medieval history. What are you taling about?

That's when your Guillaume invaded.

[Dry]

Originally posted by dannubis
man, given the fact that one of our national symbols is a little kid urinating, pissing everybody off is our way of life

so piss off !

Hey, you thievessss. Filthy little thief.
Give it back to ussss. It's oursss.
That's not the symbol of Ghent. That's the one of Brussels!!!

[dannubis]

Dry, i know...

but

1) i said "national symbol"
2) students of ghent did steel it once

[Dry]

Originally posted by dannubis
1) i said "national symbol"

yes, I saw after posting your wrote 'one of ...'. T'was too late. I had press the key.

2) students of ghent did steel it once

So my thief statement stays...

[Lawrence of Arabia]

in quebec, un chien becomes, un cheeaaaiiiiiiinnnnn, and un lapin because, un lapaaaiin.

almost as bad as the marseillais.