Quelqu'un parle Français???

**zenwood** · 22nd January 2007, 10:00 AM

Originally Posted by zenwood

Val: merci pour le pic. A petite échelle, il ressemble une poisson, mais de plus près, c'est très 'wild west'. Votre frère dois être content.

Thanks for the pic. At a small scale, it looks like a fish, but close up, it's very 'wild west'. Your brother should be happy.

**silentC** · 22nd January 2007, 10:02 AM

we need an international language, no differences

Esperanto!

**zenwood** · 22nd January 2007, 11:34 AM

Originally Posted by silentC

Esperanto!

Isn't English the closest thing to a lingua-franca these days?

**silentC** · 22nd January 2007, 11:36 AM

Well, I suppose by default it is, but it's a pretty poor choice if you're looking for something that is easy to learn and difficult to misinterpret

**MurrayD99** · 22nd January 2007, 01:17 PM

Originally Posted by zenwood

Isn't English the closest thing to a lingua-franca these days?

Oui.

Mais, Francais est aussi OK.....

Oh ho. I am looking forward to the next Friday thread

**Cliff Rogers** · 22nd January 2007, 02:20 PM

Originally Posted by MurrayD99

... looking forward to the next Friday thread

It will be boring... Friday is a holiday & everybody will be 'out for the long weekend'

**AlexS** · 22nd January 2007, 02:23 PM

Thank you, Mr. Warner.

(Mr. Warner was the deputy headmaster who, when I said I wanted to do French AND Tech. Drawing, said "Why would a draftsman need to speak French?")

**Cliff Rogers** · 22nd January 2007, 02:28 PM

Mr. Florence, my Headmaster, tried to talk me into doing French instead of Tech Drawing. I'd been bottom of the class in French & by the time I got to grade 10, I took out the school prize for Tech Drawing.
Sometimes they don't know what they are on about.

**silentC** · 22nd January 2007, 02:32 PM

Huh! The only French that was taught at our school was at lunchtimes and after school down at the lake behind the boat shed by... never mind...

**MurrayD99** · 22nd January 2007, 03:23 PM

I had the option of French or Accounting. Headmaster strongly recommended French on the basis that the accounting covered in 5 years would be re-cycled in the first 6 weeks of Accy 101. He was right.... I did French for a couple of years and it was useful when I got posted to Paris.

Friday-26th -of course. Big day. Yer'll all be basking in the sun drinking beers then?

**Felder** · 22nd January 2007, 03:29 PM

Originally Posted by MurrayD99

Friday-26th -of course. Big day. Yer'll all be basking in the sun drinking beers then?

Oui.

**keju** · 22nd January 2007, 04:09 PM

problem with all the languages is that they change.... guess Latin would be good as it's considered a "dead" language.... the "life" ones spoken today necessarly have to change with new inventions and life styles. I grew up in Germany, lived there until I was 21.... talking to a young person there makes me feel like an alien, peppered with expressions I had never heard, specially when it comes to anything to do with computers.

Learning another language in school a couple of years gives you a good basic but in order to really understand it you have to keep up with it, keep watching the news in that language, read books and magazines, TALK the language. Too easy to fall back on english because we mistakenly believe everyone understands it now.

It IS a hard language to learn.... too many things are spelled the same, but pronounced different depending on what contex they are used, too many are inconsistent. I made so many mistakes in the beginning I hated talking in front of strangers.... I still make many mistakes , but now I think of them as conversation pieces.... something to have a chuckle about.... like my invention of the pronounciation of enamel paint.... it turned into " animal" paint and is still used by some people in TX, Indiana and Alaska! lol

I've attached a little poem showing how difficult english is

Made me laugh and think at the same time
Juvy

**gagouille** · 22nd January 2007, 07:26 PM

oooohhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!! Du calme, je comprend rien!!!!! J'ai fait qqch de mal??? je déchaîne les passions????

Non, sérieusement, si ça pose problème que je sois ici, il faut me le dire...
Mais avant, une tite question: Y a t'il un autre magazine de scroll saw???
Et est-ce que sur le forum, il y a une rubrique qui contient des plans???
Merci
Val

**keju** · 22nd January 2007, 08:50 PM

Oh noooooo, Val.... not a problem.... it's fun

See? I understood that.
Then something about patterns.....
Check here:
http://groups.msn.com/FreeScrollsawPatterns

Have fun
Juvy

**gagouille** · 26th January 2007, 06:41 AM

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Merci
Val
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