Cost and danger of travelling in Thailand

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 14:59:58 GMT, (claudel)
wrote:

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Richard wrote:

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"Alfred Molon" wrote in message
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I do not understand what is so funny to say that I am a
white
man!
As
you may know Bush attacked Iraq and since then white people are
often
thought to be American and are prime target by many Muslim
people.
I
am
from Canada.

Just explain to the locals that you are not American.

But he is! Canadians are Americans for sure.

Canadians are not Americans at all! Canada was against going to
war
against Irak. A vast majority of Canadians were and still are against
the
war in Irak. Canada is a social democrat country.

Richard



Besides, Americans can actually spell complicated words such as "Iraq"


Claude

In French Iraq is spell Irak. I only made a small mistake. It
does
not change anything to what I have written. Can you write in French
without
making mistake?


Why would I want to?


Claude

Because languages are molds for the thought. They allow the brain to see
the world from different angles. In addition you could read news in French
and see what people thinks in other countries. There is nothing wrong to
know more.

Richard



Really?

Why French?

Why not a language that is relevant to the world?

Claude


come come...


Kris

"Gary Fritz" wrote in message
...
"Markku Grönroos" wrote:
Canadians are not Americans at all!
Like Finns are not Europeans?

No. Like Finns are not Germans.

I don't follow. Anyways, America is a land mass west from Europe and Africa.
People living there are called Americans like folks in Africa are not
called Asians.

"claudel" wrote in message
...

Why not a language that is relevant to the world?

Niin, miksei. Veikkaan kuitenkin ettet pöljäke osaa sellaista kieltä
haastaa.

"claudel" a écrit dans le message de
...
In article ,
Richard wrote:

"claudel" a écrit dans le message de
...
In article ,
Richard wrote:

"claudel" a écrit dans le message de
...
In article ,
Richard wrote:

"Markku Grönroos" a écrit dans le message de
...

"Alfred Molon" wrote in message
news.com...
In article ,
says...

I do not understand what is so funny to say that I am a
white
man!
As
you may know Bush attacked Iraq and since then white people
are
often
thought to be American and are prime target by many Muslim
people.
I
am
from Canada.

Just explain to the locals that you are not American.

But he is! Canadians are Americans for sure.

Canadians are not Americans at all! Canada was against going
to
war
against Irak. A vast majority of Canadians were and still are
against
the
war in Irak. Canada is a social democrat country.

Richard



Besides, Americans can actually spell complicated words such as
"Iraq"


Claude

In French Iraq is spell Irak. I only made a small mistake. It
does
not change anything to what I have written. Can you write in French
without
making mistake?


Why would I want to?


Claude

Because languages are molds for the thought. They allow the brain to see
the world from different angles. In addition you could read news in
French
and see what people thinks in other countries. There is nothing wrong to
know more.

Richard



Really?

Why French?

Why not a language that is relevant to the world?

Claude

Any languages is good to learn but French can be even more interesting for
somebody speaking English because many English words come from French. As
you may know, French has long been the language spoken in England by the
royalty. Only the peasants were speaking English. Many words of French were
thus incorported in the English language. French was also spoken by the
royalty in many European country and this is why you can see the influence
of French on many languages such as the Polish and the Russian languages.

Richard

In article ,
Kris wrote:

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 14:59:58 GMT, (claudel)
wrote:

In article ,
Richard wrote:

"claudel" a écrit dans le message de
...
In article ,
Richard wrote:

"claudel" a écrit dans le message de
...
In article ,
Richard wrote:

"Markku Grönroos" a écrit dans le message de
...

"Alfred Molon" wrote in message
news.com...
In article ,
says...

I do not understand what is so funny to say that I am a
white
man!
As
you may know Bush attacked Iraq and since then white people are
often
thought to be American and are prime target by many Muslim
people.
I
am
from Canada.

Just explain to the locals that you are not American.

But he is! Canadians are Americans for sure.

Canadians are not Americans at all! Canada was against going to
war
against Irak. A vast majority of Canadians were and still are against
the
war in Irak. Canada is a social democrat country.

Richard



Besides, Americans can actually spell complicated words such as "Iraq"


Claude

In French Iraq is spell Irak. I only made a small mistake. It
does
not change anything to what I have written. Can you write in French
without
making mistake?


Why would I want to?


Claude

Because languages are molds for the thought. They allow the brain to see
the world from different angles. In addition you could read news in French
and see what people thinks in other countries. There is nothing wrong to
know more.

Richard



Really?

Why French?

Why not a language that is relevant to the world?

Claude


come come...


Kris



One snarky comment breeds another.

:^)

Claude

"claudel" a écrit dans le message de
...
In article ,
Richard wrote:

In French Iraq is spell Irak. I only made a small mistake. It
does
not change anything to what I have written. Can you write in French
without
making mistake?


Why would I want to?


Claude

Because languages are molds for the thought. They allow the brain to see
the world from different angles. In addition you could read news in
French
and see what people thinks in other countries. There is nothing wrong to
know more.

Richard



Really?

Why French?

Why not a language that is relevant to the world?

Claude


Both of you, out now for a scrap!

In article ,
Markku Grönroos wrote:

"claudel" wrote in message
...

Why not a language that is relevant to the world?

Niin, miksei. Veikkaan kuitenkin ettet pöljäke osaa sellaista kieltä
haastaa.



ROT-13?


:^)

Claude

In article ,
Richard wrote:

"claudel" a écrit dans le message de
...
In article ,
Richard wrote:

"claudel" a écrit dans le message de
...
In article ,
Richard wrote:

"claudel" a écrit dans le message de
...
In article ,
Richard wrote:

"Markku Grönroos" a écrit dans le message de
...

"Alfred Molon" wrote in message
news.com...
In article ,
says...

I do not understand what is so funny to say that I am a
white
man!
As
you may know Bush attacked Iraq and since then white people
are
often
thought to be American and are prime target by many Muslim
people.
I
am
from Canada.

Just explain to the locals that you are not American.

But he is! Canadians are Americans for sure.

Canadians are not Americans at all! Canada was against going
to
war
against Irak. A vast majority of Canadians were and still are
against
the
war in Irak. Canada is a social democrat country.

Richard



Besides, Americans can actually spell complicated words such as
"Iraq"


Claude

In French Iraq is spell Irak. I only made a small mistake. It
does
not change anything to what I have written. Can you write in French
without
making mistake?


Why would I want to?


Claude

Because languages are molds for the thought. They allow the brain to see
the world from different angles. In addition you could read news in
French
and see what people thinks in other countries. There is nothing wrong to
know more.

Richard



Really?

Why French?

Why not a language that is relevant to the world?

Claude

Any languages is good to learn but French can be even more interesting for
somebody speaking English because many English words come from French. As
you may know, French has long been the language spoken in England by the
royalty. Only the peasants were speaking English. Many words of French were
thus incorported in the English language. French was also spoken by the
royalty in many European country and this is why you can see the influence
of French on many languages such as the Polish and the Russian languages.

Richard



Queen Elizabeth speaks French around the palace these days?

That _is_ news.

I'm just a peasant, so I believe I'll stick to English, thanks,
although I do have occasional bouts of trying to learn Swahili.

regards

Claude

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 17:56:33 +0100, the renowned Kris
wrote:


On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 14:59:58 GMT, (claudel)
wrote:

Why French?

Why not a language that is relevant to the world?

Claude


come come...

French is still useful in many parts of the world, in former French
colonies especially, and a lot of English words come from French, so
it's useful in that way, and learning French is a help with other
Latin-based languages (Italian, Romanian, Spanish). Definitely ANY
second language is better than none. It's also useful in Canada for
getting jobs in the civil service.

But, given the choice for my kid between French immersion and Mandarin
Chinese (or just about any other language under the sun, or just
English), I chose Putonghua even though it is a LOT more trouble for
me. He'll learn some French in school anyway (and hopefully not forget
it like I did), so that sorta takes care of English, Spanish and
Chinese which are the world's #3, 2 and 1 languages by popularity.
He's the only blond kid in the gr. 2 class. ;-)

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Spehro Pefhany
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One snarky comment breeds another.


True. But admit, reading the thread is a little amusing, isn't it?

:^)

Claude