Waterloo 194 years on, France still pissed.

[Kitschum]

That makes no sense.

[MikeH]

If it speaks French, then it is French - FACT!

They spoke Norman and helped define both modern French and modern English.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normans

I was going to say by your argument all Americans would be English, but then I remembered most of them don't speak English.

[BeBMan]

1. Actually they would be French too, since it was UK colonies, and the UK is actually French, which we established above

2. Oh what, is this a serious debate now? I'm somewhat disappointed. But then I have to say the link you posted says Norman is a dialect of the Romance language, and the entry for it it says for example:

"The Gallo-Romance branch of Romance languages includes French, Occitan, Franco-Provençal, and several other languages spoken in modern France and northern Italy."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallo-Romance_languages

The entry for "English language" also says: "After the Norman conquest, Old English developed into Middle English, borrowing heavily from the Norman (Anglo-French) vocabulary and spelling conventions."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language

Bolding by me of course

[MikeH]

But the normans were vikings, so that means we're all Danish?

[BeBMan]

OK, I stand corrected then

[Elok]

If this is a Franco-American affair, will they celebrate by eating Spaghetti-O's?

[Saras]

Who cares? Are you a personal friend of the queen?

I'm a closet anglophile.

[Heresson]

They should've invited not only England, but also Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Poland, all the former french colonies etc. Everyone that took part in liberation of France.

[Imran Siddiqui]

But the normans were vikings, so that means we're all Danish?

Everyone:

[chequita guevara]

Now I want a danish.

[BlackCat]

Everyone:

That is actually Wienerbrød.

[Kitschum]

I'm a closet anglophile.

It's ok. I was a bit abrasive for no reason. Let's hug.

[RGBVideo]

typical french behaviour -- rewriting history to make heroes of themselves, while doing nothing about root cause of their bad war record since WWI, the still on-going embarrisingly bad pussification of their national character

there seems to be no heroism or courage in that country, only hollow pride

[Drake Tungsten]

while doing nothing about root cause of their bad war record since WWI, the still on-going embarrisingly bad pussification of their national character

France did do something about the root cause of their bad war record; they successfully turned the rest of Europe into pussies, as well.

[Saras]

It's ok. I was a bit abrasive for no reason. Let's hug.

I do M&A advice for a living. That was not abrasive. I thought you wanted to marry me.