Re: CHAT: The EU expands (was Re: THEORY/CHAT: Talmy, Jackendoff and Matchboxes)

In a message dated 2004:05:02 07:00:54 AM, joe@WANTAGE.COM writes:

>Strictly speaking, the US has three official languages(No, it has no
>federal official language, I know, but State languages) - English,
>Spanish, and Hawaiian.
::effectin' a Louisana accent::
Mon Sacre Dieu!
Ruh roh, mon ami, ya gone done pi-sssssed-off dhe hot-head Cajuns...

::cue spooky Ry Cooder slide-guitar and shakuhachi soundtrack music from
_Southern Comfort_ [a post-Vietnam movie about a group of loudmouthed,
culturally-insensitive city-boy National Guardsmen reaaaally gettin' seriously over their
heads in the Louisana swamplands - Cajun Terror-tory Stompin' Grounds -
literally being hunted down by said pissed-off, hot-head Cajuns, guerrilla warfare
style but with the casualness of mere HUNTIN'... as in "beaucoup e-z
pikkin's." Naturally there are obvious easy theoritical/rhetorical parallels with both
Vietnam and Iraq...
    Have not seen this movie? GO FORTH & FIND ASAP! IMHO It could, er, should
be a required viewing in both "Cultural Sensitivity 101" as well as
"Introduction to Basic Guerrilla Warfare Tactics and Counter-Tactics."]::


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