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Glice 11.26.2009 06:19 PM

Je suis Anglais. Il n'y a pas un cause pour moi a 'conjuge' pas. Tout le monde parle ma langue.

Glice 11.26.2009 06:20 PM

I reckon any actual French speakers are probably recoiling in the face of the terrors I'm committing here.

the ikara cult 11.26.2009 06:26 PM

the problem with the French is they dont have a word for entrepreneur

wellcharge 11.26.2009 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Glice
I reckon any actual French speakers are probably recoiling in the face of the terrors I'm committing here.


i've almost completely forgotten french but i can tell our little chat was painful, so syrfox i'm seriously sorry

stu666 11.26.2009 06:47 PM

don't ask me i don't know what colloquial means

SYRFox 11.27.2009 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by wellcharge
i've almost completely forgotten french but i can tell our little chat was painful, so syrfox i'm seriously sorry

ahah no problem. french must be an awful language to learn... so many conjugations and stuff :D

wellcharge 11.27.2009 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by SYRFox
ahah no problem. french must be an awful language to learn... so many conjugations and stuff :D


the first year at french school we did nothing but conjugate and read the bescherelle. we had this old swiss teacher that taught us with puppets. and all our classes were in french except english class, and we didn't know french so we didn't learn a damn thing during social studies,science etc. lol

_slavo_ 11.27.2009 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by SYRFox
ahah no problem. french must be an awful language to learn... so many conjugations and stuff :D


try learning slovakian and your brain will melt.

wellcharge 11.27.2009 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by _slavo_
try learning slovakian and your brain will melt.


ahh,so that's what happened to you guys, i didn't know the language was responsible:p

SYRFox 11.27.2009 01:05 PM

Všetci ľudia sa rodia slobodní a sebe rovní , čo sa týka ich dôstojnosti a práv.
Sú obdarení rozumom a majú navzájom jednať v bratskom duchu.

Keeping It Simple 11.27.2009 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by SYRFox
Všetci ľudia sa rodia slobodní a sebe rovní , čo sa týka ich dôstojnosti a práv.
Sú obdarení rozumom a majú navzájom jednať v bratskom duchu.


Je to fakt?

SYRFox 11.27.2009 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Keeping It Simple
Je to fakt?

I FUCK YOU TOO :mad::mad:

infinitemusic 11.28.2009 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Glice
I wouldn't say 'pun intended' was colloquial - it is, however, massively hackneyed and seems patronising. Either the irony is apparent or it needs re-writing, there's no need to obviate bad writing.


I don't even think that's the purpose of "pun intended," at least not anymore. It now serves as more of a way to point out how clever you are, even though it always achieves the opposite. Either way I agree that it's hackneyed and I cringe every time I read it.

pbradley 11.28.2009 01:55 PM

Being clever is a sin.

phoenix 12.01.2009 05:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Glice
I wouldn't say it was colloquial; I'd say it was preferable over boring.'Dull' exists in the realm of metaphor - as in 'this knife is dull', extended to whatever your object is; 'boring' implies subjective dislike, which is far less 'proper' to formal writing.



agreed.


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