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If not the horrible bastardisation of the french language and the climate, Montreal would've been the best city in the world.

can't be THAT bad, .... can it? & what do u mean by climate? i thought Montreal has nice climate.

Barta, how about in france? is french spoken there also being vandalised that way?

Scalla , i noticed u're from Belgium. how perfect is the spoken french there? *Dev/DATD, i may need help in translating my sentence so scalla can understand. thanks*

Winter: -30 celcius.
Summer: +30 celcius and 80% humidity.
See, I can survive the -30 in the winter, but summer is hell in every way.



French is one of the three official languages of Belgium.

Do not underestimate Scalla. Also, how would you help her by typing your sentences in french?

Like Sweden, sort of. I can survive the summer, but winter is a pain! It's dark and grey too, so I get depressed...

Übereil

I know what you mean... Its currently that hot here... with no sign of rain any time soon.... so i am wilting in my chair <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/disagree.gif" alt="" />

Eheh, indeed, there are three official languages in Belgium: French, Dutch and (a little) German
I come from Brabant Wallon (in the French Communauty)


Ok, and Barta is too a good interpreter :P

@ Janggut


Yep most of the people have a very poor vocabulary and they really don't care about the grammar rules.


I guess Scalla can understand the english posts.
What it is difficult for us is answering in english in the topics.
Anyway if she needs help she just has to ask for it to DevDict, LaFille, Rythok, Morbo and me.

Barta

@ Dev/DATD -> didn't mean to underestimate Scalla (sorry for making u sneeze <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> ), but i thought she may not understand what i wrote as my sentences aren't that easy to understand at times (due to my lousy thought-finger coordination).

sorry, Scalla.

wow! the humidity level's really bad in montreal! i wonder if it's as bad as my place during 'dry' season.

@ Lady Rain -> when's rainy season's coming to SA? it's already starting here in Malaysia, or at least Borneo. yesterday it was raining so so so heavily that the roads were flooded within minutes. wish i could send some of those rain to u.

@ Barta -> it's often native speakers abuse their own language. the same can be said of malay language which isn't spoken in the correct manner by even malays themselves! they often mix it up with splinters of english (sounds very pretensious) & even the 'official' malay language is bastardised with adaptation of english words when there are already native malay words exist. for example; the word budget in malay is 'belanjawan' which the root word is 'belanja', meaning spend. this is not to be mistaken with 'perbelanjaan' which has the same root word but it means expenditure. now the stupid officials that are supposed to uphold the dignity of the language have bastardised it further by adapting the english word budget to 'bajet'. what the nocando is that? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/memad.gif" alt="" />

oh why do i get so worked up over this when it's not even my mother (or father) tongue? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

@ Janggut


It's exactely the same in french.
Too many english words are used when there are already french words meaning the same thing.
At the opposite the new words about computers or internet are "translated" by bastardised french words which do not mean anything in french.

But when i am looking at american TV series, i discover that the american people use french words when they talk and they also look very pretensious. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/XmasJump.gif" alt="" />

Barta

And if none of them are around, I could help a bit with translation too. I'm 1/2 French. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />


On the subject of messed up languages....
Know what I find funny?

Often people who speak english normally and who are from an english community, but go to a french school, will speak a more "correct" french grammarly (if they don't fail french class of course <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" /> ).

But , people who speak normally french and who are from a french community, but go to an english school, will speak a more "correct" english (again, without failing the english class).

Its because the slang from the community does not set into the learnt language. Insteresting huh?


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Et si aucun d'entre eux sont içi, je pourrais aider un peu avec la translation aussi. Je suis 1/2 français. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />


Au sujet des langues massacrés....
Savez-vous ce que je trouve de drôle?

Les personnes qui parlent l'Anglais normallement et qui vivent dans une communauté anglais, mais qui vont à une école français, vont parler une Français plus "correct" grammaticalement (s'ils ne faillissent pas le cours de français, bien sûr <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" /> ).

Mais , ceux qui parlent la Français normallement, et qui vivent dans une communauté français, mais qui vont à une école anglais, vont parler un Anglais plus "correct" (encore, sans faillir la class d'anglais).

C'est puisque le "slang" de la communauté n'affect pas la language appris. N'es-ce pas intéressant?[/color]

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Why did I write this in both languages? Well, we're talking about French and English, aren't we? Besides, I had the time to pass. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" /> Its late, and I'm not going to bed anytime soon! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/party.gif" alt="" /> Who sleeps, honestly?

Killerzzz

@ killerz -> u forgot franglish. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

@ barta -> do u mean words like rendezvous, deja vu, raison d'etre (i can't remember the pronounciation & spelling <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shame.gif" alt="" /> ), femme fatale etc ? certain words i know have been used so much that maybe the actual english words are lost? or that english is incomplete in the first place therefore have to import foreign words/terms to improve it?

I hope you know I'm taking that comment seriously. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/badsmile2.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/badsmile2.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/badsmile2.gif" alt="" />

Mouahaha... MOUAHAHHAHA.... AAAAAHAAHAHAHHAHAA!!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/devil.gif" alt="" />

Ahem. Here goes... This is for all you Franglish people out there. Go Franglend! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/stupid.gif" alt="" />

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Et if aucun of eux aren't içi, I pourrais help un bit avec the translation too. Je am une half français. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />


On sujet of langues messed....
Savez-you ce que I trouve funny?

Les people qui speak l'Anglais normally et who vivent in une community anglais, buy qui go à a école french, vont speak une French plus "correct" grammaticalement (if ils don't faillissent the cours of français, bien course <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" /> ).

Mais , those qui speak la French normallement, and qui live dans a communauté french, mais who vont at une school anglais, will parler an Anglais more "correct" (agian, sans failing la class d'anglais).

It's puisque the "slang" of la community does pas affect la language appris. Is ça not intéressant?

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Please say I don't have to translate all my textes into the three languages Boss. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />
Its fun and all, but it takes time. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />

Killerzzz

P.S.: Aren't we all getting a little <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/offtopic.gif" alt="" /> here? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" />

You think? Who knows where we'll end up? Maybe in Greece, where Luc can help translating in Greek? Or what about Greeklish? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/evilgrin1.gif" alt="" />

Reminds me of Denglisch - a German (Deutsch) - English mixture ! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ROFL.gif" alt="" />

How about orclish???

Jurak where are you we need a little help

if not help then at least some Jurasque Humor <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

@ mickey
I was Apollo when I did the male test. Maybe you should try the female test, to see what you end up to be? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

Sure why not? Apollo seems kinda fruity anyway.