Steve, Thanks for the french lesson. As you can see I need all the help I can get. Comments below. On Tue, 10 Sep 2002 23:07:40 +0200 =?iso-8859-1?Q?St=E9phane_Collin?= <collin.s@skynet.be> wrote: > Hi Phil > > Reaction between your lines (hope you have a > sense for humor, else, do NOT read this). > > | Ben, > > > no no no ! Ben is an american forename. You > meant : "Eh bien !" OK. > > | vous avez raison mon ami. > > > more correct would be : "vous avez raison, > mon ami". Only in american languange, they > would spare the comma when saying : "you are > right my friend" which appears to have double > (imprecise) meaning : 1° "you are my freind, > right now" ; 2° "you are right, you who are my > friend". Splitting hairs, but OK. > > | Peut-etre > > > no no no : right spelling is : "Peut-être". > The "ê" stands for an archaic "es" spelling > that became obsolete. Sorry, I don't know how to make the characters with accents. > > | nous avons besoin > > no again ! right is : "peut-être avons-nous > besoin" oops. > > | d'un list-nazi. > > no no no : "d'une liste nazi". This I should have known. Everything bad is a feminine noun in french. I guess the males (at l'Academie Francaise) must have set up the language. I notice that Academie is feminine. It must be something bad. > > | I can think of a couple of candidates. > > what is the link with the Académie française ? > (I don't understand). Some people were complaining about inappropriate or incorrect posts. I was suggesting (joking) that maybe we need a policeman to point out everyone's mistakes (just like you're doing here), or keep their posts from going onto the list altogether. Sort of like the Academy does with the french language. > > | > | Phil F > | > | PS Why does your name always appear as > gobbledy-gook (sp?)in my e-mail > | program's name column? See two lines below. > | > | On Tue, 10 Sep 2002 15:07:46 +0200 > =?iso-8859-1?Q?St=E9phane_Collin?= > > Well, this is simply because american > programmers never thought that in some foreign > languages (foreign ? Whasthat ?) they could > sometimes use accents to give a vowel special > sound and meaning, very subtly different from > the same vowel withour that accent. When an > american program has to digest this kind of non > standard funny feature, it simply collapses. > (Typical) > > Good saying : "Every child needs a father. > Else, it stays a child". > > Please, your reaction with humor or not. > > Steve Collins (this should pass the filter). A la prochaine fois. Philippe F
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