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Religions > Atheism |
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"Xomicron" |
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15 Apr 2004 08:59:22 AM |
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Re: Babelfish-trolling the French |
Keyword>SPANK <not@thistime.net> wrote in
news:889c214a5618abccf35678ec412833fc@news.teranews.com:
On 14 Apr 2004 22:40:58 -0700, (Ernest Nafkin)
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I think the French are so incredibly dumb, they need some trolling.
I use babelfish to troll French newsgroups, because I donīt want to
learn such a gay language.
Anyone who wants to troll the French should use babelfish, too, to
make the trolls even more stupid.
Next week Iīll the troll the fat and ugly Germans with Babelfish, a
true challenge, since German newsgroups are full of the worst NAZI and
STASI netcops!
And where is this babelfish?
http://babelfish.altavista.com/
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| User: "Geoff" |
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| Title: Re: Babelfish-trolling the French |
15 Apr 2004 03:34:32 PM |
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"Xomicron" <xomicron@wp.pl> wrote in message
news:c5m4fq$jvm$1@news1.usf.edu...
Keyword>SPANK <not@thistime.net> wrote in
news:889c214a5618abccf35678ec412833fc@news.teranews.com:
On 14 Apr 2004 22:40:58 -0700, (Ernest Nafkin)
wrote:
I think the French are so incredibly dumb, they need some trolling.
I use babelfish to troll French newsgroups, because I donīt want to
learn such a gay language.
And if you use babelfish to translate your english into french for
posting, it's a good bet that they think you're retarded.
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| User: "SMChristenson" |
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| Title: Re: Babelfish-trolling the French |
15 Apr 2004 08:59:27 PM |
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On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 20:34:32 +0000, Geoff wrote:
"Xomicron" <xomicron@wp.pl> wrote in message
news:c5m4fq$jvm$1@news1.usf.edu...
Keyword>SPANK <not@thistime.net> wrote in
news:889c214a5618abccf35678ec412833fc@news.teranews.com:
On 14 Apr 2004 22:40:58 -0700, (Ernest Nafkin)
wrote:
I think the French are so incredibly dumb, they need some trolling.
I use babelfish to troll French newsgroups, because I donīt want to
learn such a gay language.
And if you use babelfish to translate your english into french for
posting, it's a good bet that they think you're retarded.
Even if the translation were good! Perhaps especially.
(Which it isn't with Babblefish. I still prefer an 8-year-old Global
Translator, being used to its silly quirks.)
But, Forsooth, Yeoman! You speak the Queen's English all you want. Making
fun of the French language is just white-trash ignorant when about one
word in three of English is French-derived.
On the other hand, making fun of the French is, of course, always fair
game as it is always fair game for them to do the same to us -- as long as
it is a game. There are only a very few nations we share more culture and
history with, so our current hissy-fit with the nation is truly juvenile.
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| User: "Mike Painter" |
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| Title: Re: Babelfish-trolling the French |
15 Apr 2004 11:01:09 PM |
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"SMChristenson" <smchris@visi.com> wrote in message
news:pan.2004.04.16.01.59.25.229672@visi.com...
On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 20:34:32 +0000, Geoff wrote:
And if you use babelfish to translate your english into french for
posting, it's a good bet that they think you're retarded.
Even if the translation were good! Perhaps especially.
(Which it isn't with Babblefish. I still prefer an 8-year-old Global
Translator, being used to its silly quirks.)
But, Forsooth, Yeoman! You speak the Queen's English all you want. Making
fun of the French language is just white-trash ignorant when about one
word in three of English is French-derived.
You sure about that? If you are not paying attention and hear French it is
obviously a foreign (to Enflish speakers) language. When I hear German on
the other hand I always get the impression that if I pay a bit more
attention I'll understand it. Of course as soon as I do pay attention it
also is foreign.
On the other hand, making fun of the French is, of course, always fair
game as it is always fair game for them to do the same to us -- as long as
it is a game. There are only a very few nations we share more culture and
history with, so our current hissy-fit with the nation is truly juvenile.
Your mother smells (reeks?) of elderberry wine.
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| User: "SMChristenson" |
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| Title: Re: Babelfish-trolling the French |
16 Apr 2004 08:34:24 AM |
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On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 04:01:09 +0000, Mike Painter wrote:
You sure about that? If you are not paying attention and hear French it
is obviously a foreign (to Enflish speakers) language. When I hear
German on
Well, them boys is _way_ easterners. Yes, the pronounciation is
distinctly alien but looking at the written language, it doesn't take much
to meet it half-way.
the other hand I always get the impression that if I pay a bit more
attention I'll understand it. Of course as soon as I do pay attention it
also is foreign.
We have a different ear. I took a year of German in high school because
it was all that was offered but I never warmed to it. One in three is a
figure I vaguely remember reading but that leaves 2/3 for teutonic and
celtic languages (and Greek and Latin-derived technical terms). So, sure,
a lot of German too.
If you want to see a real combo of English syntax holding together
Germanic words, take a look at Afrikaans.
Your mother smells (reeks?) of elderberry wine.
Indeed. Of course, they have the Brits next door so I think they only
give us half the attention we give them.
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| User: "Olaf Timandahaff" |
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| Title: Re: Babelfish-trolling the French |
15 Apr 2004 10:49:23 AM |
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The game never ends, when, Xomicron <xomicron@wp.pl>'s whole world
depends, on the turn of a friendly card:
Keyword>SPANK <not@thistime.net> wrote in
news:889c214a5618abccf35678ec412833fc@news.teranews.com:
On 14 Apr 2004 22:40:58 -0700, (Ernest Nafkin)
wrote:
I think the French are so incredibly dumb, they need some trolling.
I use babelfish to troll French newsgroups, because I donÂīt want to
learn such a gay language.
Anyone who wants to troll the French should use babelfish, too, to
make the trolls even more stupid.
Next week IÂīll the troll the fat and ugly Germans with Babelfish, a
true challenge, since German newsgroups are full of the worst NAZI and
STASI netcops!
And where is this babelfish?
http://babelfish.altavista.com/
Hey! Just what I needed, thankyou Xomicron!
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