Delovely5150 Posted March 16, 2015 #276 Share Posted March 16, 2015 What if I only like one point, would you be interested in a parenthesis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefearly Posted March 16, 2015 #277 Share Posted March 16, 2015 (edited) Oiy ... who let the French in 'ere ? Indeed... where's my freedom fries? (French words! like money! (from the French 'monnaie'), how's about liberalism? capitalism? materialism? nationalism? plebiscite, coup d'état, regime, sovereignty, justice, judge, jury, attorney, court, case - and attaché, chargé d'affaires, envoy, embassy, chancery, diplomacy, démarche, communiqué, aide-mémoire, détente, entente, rapprochement, accord, treaty, alliance, passport, protocol, surrealism, impressionism, fauvism, cubism, symbolism, art nouveau, gouache, aquarelle, collage, grisaille…aisle, arcade, arch, vault, belfry (in which I'm sure there are bats), arc-boutant, buttress, bay, estrade, facade, balustrade, terrace, lunette, niche, pavilion, pilaster, porte cochère, even Veal, beef, pork, mutton, petit four, soufflé, mille-feuille, croissant, pastry, gateau, baba au rhum, cream, caramel, custard, marmalade, meringue, clafoutis, flognarde, beef bourguignon, cassoulet, casserole, confit, gratin, mustard, mayonnaise, sauce, pâté, foie gras, terrine, navarin, and hey: ecru, mauve, beige, carmine, maroon, blue, orange, violet, vermilion, turquoise, lilac, perse, scarlet, cerise) ; vegetables or fruits (courgette, aubergine, cabbage, carrot, cherry, chestnut, nutmeg, quince, lemon, orange, apricot); months of the year (January, March, May, July, November, December)... words like that? or cinema? television? helicopter? bathyscaphe (you're gonna need one); lactose? bacteriophage! (with which you are probably familiar - another french word! or chlorophyll, for God's sake... mastodon? oxygen? hydrogen? yep... and carbon, photography, stethoscope, thermometer, troposphere... ampere? baud? (admittedly something you don't see everyday - or becquerel, coulomb, curie - Madame, not the East Indian staple spice - and yum! just thinking about the possibilities) and don't forget daguerreotype, pascal, pasteurise, vernier, begonia, bougainvillea, clementine, magnolia, dolomite, nicotine? even leotard - your knickers - even recamier! mansard! chauvinism, praline, saxophone, silhouette? Ypres? Bruges? Turin? YES! and Milan, Venice, Plaisance, Florence, Rome, Naples, Syracuse, Vienna, Prague, Munich, Cologne, Aix-la-Chapelle, Seville, Constantinople, The Hague? need I go on?) Oiy? Edited March 16, 2015 by reefearly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen of Annoy Posted March 16, 2015 Author #278 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Is it truly a French word if it came from Latin or Greek? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefearly Posted March 16, 2015 #279 Share Posted March 16, 2015 (edited) Pourquoi pas ? if you wanna dig deep enough etymological roots would likely erase all "language" monikers/identifiers, like, "before Greek, Latin we had peculiarly specific grunts and groans, and a lot of pointing" - who the hell's is that? Edited March 16, 2015 by reefearly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen of Annoy Posted March 16, 2015 Author #280 Share Posted March 16, 2015 The French? But doesn't the Cro-Magnon name come from Occitan? So, where's the line where the logic gets reversed? If we can't go back to Latin to call Latin words Latin, but we can go back to French, can we go back to Occitan or it's just French now too? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefearly Posted March 16, 2015 #281 Share Posted March 16, 2015 (edited) good answer.... raises valid points... but hasn't that whole Languedoc realm proven to be overly Cathartic? it's just French now too? Edited March 16, 2015 by reefearly 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toyomotor Posted March 17, 2015 #282 Share Posted March 17, 2015 What in the name of God are you rambling about? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefearly Posted March 17, 2015 #283 Share Posted March 17, 2015 not to elicit any unwarranted other-worldly attention? but that was just a little attempt at playfulness - with words - by blurring topics - to be explained later perhaps? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen of Annoy Posted March 17, 2015 Author #284 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Would you believe me that the older I get the fewer explanations I can accept? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefearly Posted March 17, 2015 #285 Share Posted March 17, 2015 I would - is that better? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen of Annoy Posted March 17, 2015 Author #286 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Sure it is, because is there a misery that doesn't love company? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefearly Posted March 17, 2015 #287 Share Posted March 17, 2015 yes... but why share that? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ouija ouija Posted March 17, 2015 #288 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Don't you think sharing is a virtue? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen of Annoy Posted March 17, 2015 Author #289 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Ayayayayaaaaaay, who's back?! Who is back?!! *all tentacle hug* no slime! Of course it's a virtue and also it's good for selfish people too because who can carry a couch by themselves? It's not just the weight, it's the size and shape and **** that until you have some someone, anyone, to cut the weight more than just in half and turn the frustrating lonely failure into simple, relieving fun for everyone included, except the guy who didn't believe us when we yelled: "Tiiimbeeeeer" before we dropped the ****er off the second floor balcony... the couch, not the guy, I never dropped a person off the balcony... deliberately... never mind... anyone has a couch that needs moving, destroying or just taking for a walk? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ouija ouija Posted March 17, 2015 #290 Share Posted March 17, 2015 WOOP-WOOP! Do you seriously think I would let you anywhere near any furniture of mine? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefearly Posted March 17, 2015 #291 Share Posted March 17, 2015 what, too unwieldy? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen of Annoy Posted March 17, 2015 Author #292 Share Posted March 17, 2015 (edited) Not even if I promise I'll be extra careful and put everything back in its place when I'm done with it? edit: Who? You, ouija, me or the couch? Edited March 17, 2015 by Helen of Annoy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ouija ouija Posted March 17, 2015 #293 Share Posted March 17, 2015 I may be a lot of things, but 'unwieldy' is surely not one of them ..... is it? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen of Annoy Posted March 17, 2015 Author #294 Share Posted March 17, 2015 What do your exes say? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefearly Posted March 17, 2015 #295 Share Posted March 17, 2015 (edited) (the "furniture"? - not having hefted it - but that's usually the way) mine? Edited March 17, 2015 by reefearly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen of Annoy Posted March 17, 2015 Author #296 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Yours too, of course, what made you doubt if your exes are relevant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ouija ouija Posted March 17, 2015 #297 Share Posted March 17, 2015 (edited) (My gods! I'm really rusty at this!) Is it obvious that it's past my bedtime, too? Edited March 17, 2015 by ouija ouija 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefearly Posted March 17, 2015 #298 Share Posted March 17, 2015 ^ not obvious ^^ oh relevant sure - in a somewhat limited way - but let's talk more about you, for a change? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen of Annoy Posted March 18, 2015 Author #299 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Change? How cheap do you think ouija is? If I may ask, not for me, of course, I'm asking for a friend - exactly how much change we're talking about? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ouija ouija Posted March 18, 2015 #300 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Does the phrase 'cheap as chips' ring any bells? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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