[Benoit]

novachick wrote:

Benoit wrote:

novachick wrote:

Benoit wrote:

One reason for an English person to learn French is that French people want, more the English people, to believe that poetry can keep the flesh fresh.

Your doing this on purpose I know it. Say wha

My flesh is always fresh. Shower in the morning , bubble bath at night. How fresh ya looking for

Pragmatism is typically English. Water and soap are a pragmatic way to stay fresh. A French poet would say to you: une eau trop chaude rend la chair triste.

A too warm water returns the sad flesh

Is that a fancy way of saying I stayed in the tub too long and now I'm a prune

Well!? If everything would be easy to translate there would be no point to learn a second language.

[novachick]

Benoit wrote:

novachick wrote:

Benoit wrote:

novachick wrote:

Benoit wrote:

One reason for an English person to learn French is that French people want, more the English people, to believe that poetry can keep the flesh fresh.

Your doing this on purpose I know it. Say wha

My flesh is always fresh. Shower in the morning , bubble bath at night. How fresh ya looking for

Pragmatism is typically English. Water and soap are a pragmatic way to stay fresh. A French poet would say to you: une eau trop chaude rend la chair triste.

A too warm water returns the sad flesh

Is that a fancy way of saying I stayed in the tub too long and now I'm a prune

Well!? If everything would be easy to translate there would be no point to learn a second language.

Hmmmmmm

My translation

If the water is to hot, the flesh will suffer ?

Trop=water

chaude=warm/hot

rend=render

chair=sad/suffer

triste=flesh

La=the

une=A

eau= too

How did I do ?

[Wally_Sconce]

Except for english, have you noticed that all other languages are written backwards?

[novachick]

Aging_Redneck wrote:

Except for english, have you noticed that all other languages are written backwards?

Not so sure if they are written backwards or we translate them backwards. I guess this would mean English is the true backwards language

[Wally_Sconce]

English is a funny language because part of it is latin based, and the other part is germanic based.

the days of the week are gods, and the months are latin.

[harzer_knaller]

Redneck, German grammar is quite similar to English grammar

But seriously, we need a Babelfish!

[Elvis]

Benoit wrote:

Elvis wrote:

I don't think it is much the school that are the problem but the student them self.

When I was young I wanted to learn English so I manage to learn it. English is easy to learn especially in north America. Those who do not have the interest to learn it just don't. And I don't think that having more or less English in the classroom will change that.

There are some who pretend that they have to send there kids to English school for them to be perfectly bilingual. That's bull shit All that is needed, if the Kid is willing to learn, is to be immerse in English for a summer when he is still a preteen and another immersion program after high school.

Some other will pretend that there kids need to speak English without an accent if they want to succeed in the work place. That is a Lie, The Brit, the American, even the Indian don't care for your accent. The only place in the world where speaking English with a French accent is a problem is in CANADA!

The motivation of the kids depends in part on the political climate in which they grow up.

That's utter bull shit Benoit. You know there are two kind of people in the world. Those who stay most of there life within 100 Km of where they where born and those who are interested in the world at large. For the first learning a second language is a trivial thing. For the other it is something to look forward too.

[Benoit]

Elvis wrote:

Benoit wrote:

The motivation of the kids depends in part on the political climate in which they grow up.

That's utter bull shit Benoit. You know there are two kind of people in the world.

The number of kinds of people in the world depends in part on the political climate in the world.

[novachick]

Benoit wrote:

Elvis wrote:

Benoit wrote:

The motivation of the kids depends in part on the political climate in which they grow up.

That's utter bull shit Benoit. You know there are two kind of people in the world.

The number of kinds of people in the world depends in part on the political climate in the world.

You never checked my translation Gimme something else to translate

[Benoit]

novachick wrote:

You never checked my translation Gimme something else to translate

I'm so sorry! I'm a political animal, I involuntarily crush my chicks in my urge to get ride of would-be dominant males.

[fire_i]

novachick wrote:

Hmmmmmm

My translation

If the water is to hot, the flesh will suffer ?

Trop=water

chaude=warm/hot

rend=render

chair=sad/suffer

triste=flesh

La=the

une=A

eau= too

How did I do ?

In this context:
une eau trop chaude rend la chair triste
Une = A

Eau = water

Trop = too

Chaude = warm/hot

Rend = makes

La = vanishes in English!

Chair = flesh

Triste = sad

Water too hot makes flesh sad. Not as poetic in English.

[harzer_knaller]

Awesome!

[Benoit]

When seeking the best reason for Quebecers to learn English: To annoy Albertans until they accept to share their natural wealth with us. It should work since I have received a medal in this regard.