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well, so low that the Heart of Gold is required to meet such a person.
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September 16th, 2003, 08:46 PM
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well, so low that the Heart of Gold is required to meet such a person.
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It was an OT remark in an OT topic, so sue me.  The Hearth of Gold (silly typo) is a quite special ship in "An Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams. *Conspiratorial nod to Fyron* |
September 16th, 2003, 11:45 PM
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ah, thanks.
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September 17th, 2003, 12:03 AM
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I was talking about the laws and the official governemnt institution to maintain the purity and such of the French language, not just some stuffy academians.
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Oh, I gather you are speaking of the "rules" (not exactly laws, but desirable translations, yes it is quite the same) to use French "equivalents" of English words. These ones aren't commonly used and usually funny or ludicrous. But perhaps you are also refering to other oddities? I am not too interested in the strange instructions coming from the French government concerning the language myself.
Well I don't know about laws about what gets made 'offically french' but the french here in Canada (in Quebec) certainly have laws that make damn sure you use the french language. Yes they actually have language cops. It's illegal to put up a sign in front of your business unless it is in French too. And the French has to be bigger I believe. You can't even run an English only web site in Quebec. I even read a story were kids on a shool ground were reprimanded for speaking English. I don't know why this bugs me so much since I live in Ontario but it does. It's just so unbelievably undemocratic. heck I would go so far as to call it racist. |
September 17th, 2003, 12:55 AM
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My memory sucks pretty bad sometimes, DavidG, but several years back...was there some talk of Quebec "exiting" Canada? Or something real controversial like that.
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September 17th, 2003, 01:54 AM
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My memory sucks pretty bad sometimes, DavidG, but several years back...was there some talk of Quebec "exiting" Canada? Or something real controversial like that.
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Yup. The had a referendum. 51% voted no. The second I think. The issue of Quebec separation has been a pretty big issue in Canada for much of the Last 20 or 30 years. Although currently it's kind of lost it's appeal. The Parti Quebecois party first came to power in 1976 on a pro separation policy. They only just recently got voted out. |
September 17th, 2003, 04:58 AM
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according to some things i've heard, that referendum wasn't counted accuratly either. apparently, some or all of the counter's where told to discount no votes if they went over some very narrow lines.
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