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I don't understand why Quebeckers and Frenchmen would pretend not to know English. That just strikes me as stupid.
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If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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...and yours.Originally posted by Dauphin View PostNo, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.Comment
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Pardon? Je ne comprends pas.Originally posted by The Mad Monk View PostOne day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.Comment
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In the case of the French, I think it's because they don't like French playing second fiddle to English. In all cases if I made an attempt to speak French then the Frenchman would admit to knowing English.Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View Post
In the case of the Quebeckers it's because they're terrible human beings.<p style="font-size:1024px">HTML is disabled in signatures </p>Comment
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No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.Comment
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Yep, det giver ikke megen mening.Originally posted by Dauphin View PostWith or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
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On what scale, and what relevance? I wasn't aware I had any tourists. I am not a tour operator.Originally posted by The Mad Monk View Post
My comment can be equally applied to any Anglo-speaking country, it only happened to reference an American because there are more of them.One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.Comment
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No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.Comment
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Frenchmen don't do it, but some Quebeckers do. It's pride.Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View PostIn Soviet Russia, Fake borises YOU.Comment
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I witnessed many frenchmen pretending not to know English the last time I was in France. Once my companion would speak to them in Italian and make them comfortable, they mysteriously would understand my english.It's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
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It's not pride, it's idiotic. Languages exist for communication. Failing to communicate is failure, not cultural identity.Originally posted by Oncle Boris View PostIf there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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Nobody speaks French- not even the French themselves. They just grunt and shrug enigmatically.The genesis of the "evil Finn" concept- Evil, evil FinlandComment
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i was on a bus the other day and a guy (i'm fairly sure he was an american) got on outside a hotel. he had trouble paying the fare, which was written in big letters above the conductors seat. the conductor tried to explain to him what the problem was, which left the chap very confused searching for something to say, until he mumbled 'no speak'. the conductor pointed at the big sign with the fare on and the chap eventually produced a note to pay, which the conductor couldn't change. at this point, i decided to help out and changed the guy's note for him and he was able to pass the turnstile. he then thanked me in terrible spanish!
this kind of thing happens all the time. i do wonder why people don't bother to at least learn a few simple words and phrases when travelling, a little effort can go a long way."The Christian way has not been tried and found wanting, it has been found to be hard and left untried" - GK Chesterton.
"The most obvious predicition about the future is that it will be mostly like the past" - Alain de BottonComment
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"There was once a man who preferred to visit a city before he learned the language. He believed he could better estimate its quality before hearing the comments of its citizens." - Louis L'amour "The Walking Drum"Comment
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He sounds a bit French, therefore, what does he know?
But seriously, I am normally able to get by because I do know a few bits of the language, albeit very little. I studied French at school, not German. Stupid, as the language that would be really useful to me now is German. Doh! 
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"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda SmithComment
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