Re: French question -- tenses

>From: DOUGLAS KOLLER <LAOKOU@...>
>Subject: Re: French question -- tenses
>Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 20:41:16 -0700
>So, like, yesterday I'm eating this duck, you know, and it's, like, sooo
>good, and then this man I've never met before comes up to me and, like,
>pukes on my shoe, and I'm like, "Ew!".
>
>I don't see why French might not allow this, but it's not usage I can
>attest
>to. Is your text one of  "argotique" or "hexagonale" (though I didn't think
>I was *that* out of touch)? Again, the sentence you cite goes against what
>I've learned formally, and my French instincts, limited though they are,
>balk.
Show me a Western language which doesn't allow a use of present tense like
that. I think most less linguistically aware people wouldn't even think of
it as language-specific. I guess what I'm saying is: it's normal.

Oskar
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