07-18-2003, 02:22 PM
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I find this terribly comical, simply because of the absurdity.
Back in 1999, the french banned the word "fax" and replaced it with "telecopie". However, the french folks I met in New Zealand had no idea about this. What makes this even worse, is that fax is derived from facsimile, which is latin in origin...just like French.
Quite honestly, what have the french done lately that is of any merit? Not much good science or technology has emerged from France in the 20th or 21st centuries. Camus and Sartre? Do college students even read existentialism any more? Existentialism, a comic footnote in the pages of philosophy.
Frankly, no-one really cares, and I understand that. But these repeated news stories of banned words just keep showing up, like an aged actress trying to generate PR. Really, there is one appropriate response to give to the French:
Prov 17:28
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding
KJV
I find this terribly comical, simply because of the absurdity.
Back in 1999, the french banned the word "fax" and replaced it with "telecopie". However, the french folks I met in New Zealand had no idea about this. What makes this even worse, is that fax is derived from facsimile, which is latin in origin...just like French.
Quite honestly, what have the french done lately that is of any merit? Not much good science or technology has emerged from France in the 20th or 21st centuries. Camus and Sartre? Do college students even read existentialism any more? Existentialism, a comic footnote in the pages of philosophy.
Frankly, no-one really cares, and I understand that. But these repeated news stories of banned words just keep showing up, like an aged actress trying to generate PR. Really, there is one appropriate response to give to the French:
Prov 17:28
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding
KJV