Re: Voices

On Fri, 02 Jul 1999, you wrote:
> From Http://Members.Aol.Com/Lassailly/Tunuframe.Html scripsit:
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> > bingo (i can't believe my eyes a rational anglo-saxon got my indigent=
,
> > stupid, franchouillard play on word - i need do worse :-).
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> Hmp. Some Anglo-Saxons, at least, have been francophones for centuries,
> y'know.
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> This leads me to the odd asymmetry of "English" and "French" in English.
> The nouns are unambiguously the languages, but the adjectives
> are used quite differently.
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> I have no trouble using "French" to refer to any francophone, but
> "English" refers only to people or things from England.  (Loosely,
> it may be extended to things related to the U.K. as a whole, too.)
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So you wouldn't hesitate to call a French-speaking Qu=E9becois(e) or Hait=
ian as
French? Personally, I have only heard "French" applied to people or thing=
s from
France, with the exception of some phrases such as "French fries" and "Fr=
ench
kiss."

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Eric Christopherson
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