XPost: soc.culture.russian, soc.culture.french, soc.culture.europe   
   XPost: soc.culture.german   
   From: felsenmeer@serendipity.net   
      
   >   
   > I suppose you came up with "fucknut" all by your pompous windbad   
   > intellectual self?   
   >   
      
   Nope, I'm running out of names to call you, so I had to dig and find a new   
   one.   
      
   > Of course English had a big headstart with the British empire. But then   
   came   
   > America's computer industry and the internet and literally changed the   
   world   
   > in a single decade, the way they speak, the way they conduct business, the   
   > way they shop...it's all because of those damn Yankees.  All of the Anglo   
   > countries are properous democracies. These are some of the reasons why the   
   > French are so jealous.   
   >   
      
   What does "properous" mean?   
      
   > France passed a law making it illegal to use the word "e-mail". You're   
   > supposed to use "courielle" but if you don't, Jacque Chirac will come to   
   > your house and beat the crap out of you (for you that's a lot of beating).   
   > But it hasn't worked. People still say e-mail. Look at any language. It is   
   > filled with English words that have enetered the vocabulary only in the   
   last   
   > 10 years.   
   >   
      
   You still don't get it, but I'm not surprised.  The ENTIRE ENGLISH LANGUAGE   
   is literally built on European languages: German, French, Old English, Old   
   Norse, etc.  What has English contributed in return?  "E-mail"?  Wow, I'm   
   impressed.   
      
   > France was culturally powerful a hundred years ago. Now it's not. They   
   need   
   > to get used to that fact.   
      
   That assertion is just more evidence that you never knew what "culture" was   
   in the first place.  To Americans, "cuisine" means "Big Mac and fries,   
   please."  And "fine cuisine" means "... and I'd like that Supersized,   
   please!"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)