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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 4 of 4 1 2 3 4 Re: rubicon revisited: "the die is cast" #99097 03/25/03 01:11 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Well, I don't know what Pfranz meant, but haven't we had on here before that France has strict laws about language? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: rubicon revisited: "the die is cast" #99098 03/25/03 02:43 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 B Bean old hand Bean old hand B Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 France has strict laws about language? My limited experience doesn't bear that out. When I was in France last year, for example, I saw signs for "Parking". which is apparently the French word for parking. (Duh.) In Canadian French, that would be "Stationnement" - you see it on signs here and everything. I found it odd, since France is supposedly quite uptight about their language, that on official signs they'd adopted this English word that even the North American francophones don't use. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: rubicon revisited: "the die is cast" #99099 03/25/03 08:05 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok I work (at least until Friday) with a bunch of people who either have houses in northern France or who seem to think that the best way to have a holiday is to go and torment the rural French. They all seem to be constantly running foul of the local laws - speeding, fences, even the colours they paint their houses. None of them seem to resent it; most of them expect to do something else that will nark the French authorities. It's kind of a standing joke ... - Pfranz Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Fair enough #99100 03/25/03 09:28 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,546 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,546 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA ...haven't we had on here before that France has strict laws about language? "The French don't care what they do, actually, as long as they pronounce it properly." -- Henry Higgins, in My Fair Lady Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Stationnement #99101 03/26/03 12:33 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 R RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah R Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 ... in France last year, for example, I saw signs for "Parking". which is apparently the French word for parking. There has been a change, then. The last time I was in France - over 40 years ago - the word "Stationnement" as used to proclaim a parking place. Mind you, the French referred to their car as "une voiture" rather than "un auto", in those days. "Tout ça change ..." etc. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Stationnement #99102 03/26/03 02:23 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Saw both "parking" and "stationnement" in Paris. They're consistently inconsistent. They also talk about both "le logiciel" and "le software". So "voiture" and "auto" seem pretty much of a muchness, n'est-ce pas? - Pfranz Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Stationnement #99103 03/26/03 02:36 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York "Tout ça change ..." etc. So "voiture" and "auto" seem pretty much of a muchness, n'est-ce pas? All this French is giving me a taste for some Freedom Fries. But more to the point, Franz, isn't that what Rhuby said? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 4 of 4 1 2 3 4 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. 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