View Single Post
  #34  
Old July 22nd 03, 08:24 PM
Richard Brooks
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default


"Emmanuel.Gustin" wrote in message
...
Gooneybird wrote:

: On reflection, one never hears Frenchmen complaining about French words

and
: phrases adopted into the English language, does one. A bit of "le

standard
: a deux", n'est ce pas? (^-^)))

Well, thanks to William the Conqueror, English is a mixture
of French with the original Germanic Old English, anyway.
It is only natural for the French to make further intrusions.
While 'Franglais' is really very, very ugly.

Emmanuel


You mean like "murky buckets" ?

Besides French is a way to clear the sinus without spitting on the pavement
so is very healthy and for exercise we use the longbowman's wave.


Richard.