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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Québec use of trompe-l’œil #139432 02/16/05 09:18 AM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... W Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Oh, thanks, Vernon. In the spirit of the scholarly pedantic or pedantically scholarly, I'll quote from the link you provided: "a Robert Benchley bon mot claims that French has five vowels, namely ong, ong, ong, ong, and ong." ...just in case anyone cares to quote Mr. Benchley directly. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Québec use of trompe-l’œil belMarduk 02/14/05 12:49 AM Re: Québec use of trompe-l’œil Jackie 02/14/05 02:30 AM Re: Québec use of trompe-l’œil tsuwm 02/14/05 04:07 AM Re: Québec use of trompe-l’œil Sparteye 02/14/05 08:01 PM Re: Québec use of trompe-l’œil AnnaStrophic 02/14/05 08:06 PM Re: Québec use of trompe-l’œil Vernon Compton 02/14/05 08:10 PM Re: Québec use of trompe-l’œil Sparteye 02/14/05 08:12 PM Re: Québec use of trompe-l’œil maverick 02/15/05 12:37 AM Re: Québec use of trompe-l’œil Wordwind 02/15/05 12:53 AM Re: Québec use of trompe-l’œil belMarduk 02/16/05 02:54 AM Re: Québec use of trompe-l’œil Sparteye 02/16/05 05:14 PM Re: Québec use of trompe-l’œil belMarduk 02/17/05 02:24 AM Re: sans atout maverick 02/17/05 04:48 PM Re: sans atout belMarduk 02/18/05 10:31 PM Re: the French tongue maverick 02/19/05 12:54 AM Re: Québec use of trompe-l’œil Vernon Compton 02/16/05 03:31 AM Re: Québec use of trompe-l’œil Wordwind 02/16/05 09:18 AM Re: Québec use of trompe-l’œil Wordwind 02/19/05 01:01 AM Re: Québec use of trompe-l’œil maverick 02/19/05 01:34 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,127 Members9,198 Most Online4,270 Aug 30th, 2025 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 2,592 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 21 A C Bowden 14 LukeJavan8 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,032 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,968 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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