WOWWWWWWW!! Ténèbres Extérieures??? Do you mean dark side? :p

La fin de semaine dernière il a fait un MR à Munich. Maybe that is what you are refering to with ténèbres extérieures!! :D :D

I'm actually quite proud of the fact that I haven't learnt very much french :D :D

You shouldn't :( :td: :td:

Don't think so...

It looks like it was one of his best ( in mini J on top of that) ;)

Is that so?

May I ask why u r that quite proud?

Then why Bishop?

That he is still a virgin.

I thought that he may zoom down the 55 to cross Lake Memphremagog :eek:

Honestly -- why? What can there possibly be to be proud of in that statement. The whole "university experience" and immersing yourself somewhat in the surroundings is half the point. Otherwise, you might as well live at home and save money on living expenses and cross-country fares.

to be honest you do get a chance to practice french, but not to the extent that one would think. I've picked up a bit here, but French was never one of those classes that I did well in. I came to BU because they have small class sizes and it's a small campus.

.....and if you remove the word "french" from that statement, I don't think the meaning is any way altered.

Wouldn't Victoria been a good place for you and your parents btw?

So tell us what class did you do well in? I'm very interested in your life story.

Why don't you save your familly some dollars and keep studying at home? Nobody will miss you at Bishop's...or in Quebec for that matter.

If I would had have a chance to study abroad, I would have learned the local language regardless of what it might have been. You have a great chance but you are a spoiled kid and you don't care, so stay home.

BTW, is your Dad reading your posts? If he is, he must be quite shamefull!

Maybe it's also because they do accept small minds...

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Another foreign language to learn!! :D Shore9 we need your foreign language expertise! :rolleyes:

r u sure this ain't alien? @:-)

Proud of the fact you haven't had to learn French????? :confused:

I happened to learn some very interesting French words sitting across the table from Super Larry at the Peel Pub one evening! 15 of the best months of my life were spent in YUL immersing myself in the culture, and no it wasn't because I only lived 2 blocks from St Denis!!!

For shame, as the folks here in LHR might say.

What does it have to do with "class" ? Do you not get out and mingle with either fellow students or :eek: the community you are living in? What's the point of going away from home if you remain in a homogeneous environment, especially when you're surrounded with the wonders of Quebec???

It's called morse code, not exactly foreign ;)

Um, BU Alum here. Please don't tar me with the same brush as Shore9. Thanks.

BTW, it's amazing how a little effort in French went a long way when visiting the Carefourre de l'Estrie (or any other place in in Sherbrooke)

I did recognized it, however, it has been at least 25 years since I had to use it (when I was a navy cadet) , therefore, I was calling in shore9 expertise to help me decipher it... ;)

My apologies!

http://babelfish.altavista.com - will help with University papers, too. ;-)

I'm going to refrain from commenting... But I'm sure most can imagine what I think about this... :mad: :mad: :mad:

That sounds reasonable, not that anyone asked me.

But I don't see how it could be summarized as "proud not to have picked up French". :eek:

I think this is another case of "think what you're saying before you post". If you'd led with what I quoted from you above, you'd have gotten a lot less grief.

=aw

This is sad, very very sad.

I am a complete ignoramus when it comes to French, I have even made comments about wishing the AC Western flights did not have French announcements, however I would like to be able to speak and understand the language.
I cannot fathom being proud of not being able to speak a language. Being multi lingual is one of the greatest gifts IMO.

Hey, why bother? It's his loss. Let him find out the hard way.

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That's neat.

Merci

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Leafs/Flames/Habs/Canucks tickets?
 

Give the current situation, we could be offering up Flames tix for SSWUs,
Canucks tix for NA, Habs for Lounge passes, and Leafs tix for a free newspaper upon boarding. Would this code get by the censors?

:p :p

More like Leafs for the NA and Canucks for the newspaper. :)

^^^

I am horrid at French but made every effort to speak it when in QB even though the reps I worked with were fully bilingual. When the customers understood I was from AB but making a genuine effort they went out of there way to try and speak English back to me.

I too am sad that I don't know French (or any other language) and you have a wonderful opportunity to try and learn it while you are there shore9. Trust me, take the opportunity and show a real desire to want to learn and you will find MANY people in Sherbrooke who are willing to speak to you in French and they will be very patient and understanding about it.

As a business major as well I can't tell you the times I wished I spoke a second language, especially French in Canada. You can learn it at your own pace, it costs you nothing and the pride in being able to converse will be enormous and it's free for you to learn while there.

I personally can't stand your attitude towards your environment but remember that you can change it. Give this some thought and if you decide that you want to learn French and I would be willing to congratulate you here for a change in opinions.

If nothing else, you live in BC and want to travel for work so who do you think stands a better chance of being sent to YUL for a company when it comes time to take trips to QB for the company, the person who speaks French or the person who happened to go to University there but doesn't know a thing about the language?

What do you mean Lounge passes for the Habs? ;)

I recall hearing a quotation that goes something like this:

"The fighting is so bitter because the stakes are so small".

I think it was Henry Kissinger, and it was about university politics :(

shore9, that may very well be the ultimate all-time worst thing you have written on this board in the 1,374 posts you have made.

You may or may not have noticed that we have been having a tough time around here these past few days to have our "différence" respected on FT and that in that context everyone seems to have rallied 'round the flag, even people who otherwise differ on just about every other issue there is.

Your comment, if made by anyone else, would be taken as divisive, insulting, hurtful and totally disrespectful. As it comes from you, I guess I'll just have a big shrug of the shoulders and throw in a couple of heart-felt :rolleyes: :rolleyes: for good measure.

Read some of the replies in reaction to your post and try to understand why what you said makes absolutely no sense in so many ways. :(

Moderator please move this to the Air France Forum. :)