tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post2256615865567723202..comments2023-07-23T14:10:14.460+02:00Comments on Shall we talk?: An American educationFloconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-20990018918529793752011-08-17T14:16:06.978+02:002011-08-17T14:16:06.978+02:00Salut ZapPow!
Là je suis en train d'envoyer d...Salut ZapPow!<br /><br />Là je suis en train d'envoyer des cartes postales de "vacances" :-)) alors je ne t'oublie pas!!!<br /><br />Je me creuse les méninges pour trouver des idées de billets qui soient à la hauteur de tes encouragements... C'est dur!<br /><br />Snowflake<br /><br />[ça c'était M.E :-)) ]Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-57096931393952885812011-08-17T14:06:33.203+02:002011-08-17T14:06:33.203+02:00Hello Anijo!
I can't spend too much time on t...Hello Anijo!<br /><br />I can't spend too much time on the Internet with my credit for 1 Go so I didn't go and see where you took the test on SF.<br /><br />I suspect I didn't take said test ;-) but I do remember another test you and Ned took on SF some three years ago (was it four years?) related to everybody's ability in French and both of you had excellent results, particularlyFloconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-13227557698707567232011-08-17T13:55:49.244+02:002011-08-17T13:55:49.244+02:00Hi there!
I have acess to the Internet but the co...Hi there!<br /><br />I have acess to the Internet but the connection isn't too reliable so I prefer not to post anything fear it disappears in the ether like it has happened before!<br /><br />--------<br /><br />Ned, I knew I was wrong when I wrote "You were seing me through" or something akin. Actually you corrected me some weeks ago but as you write, there's some subtility inFloconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-20856451448472953202011-08-17T02:11:02.038+02:002011-08-17T02:11:02.038+02:00I had forgotten how American that I am. I took th...I had forgotten how American that I am. I took that rather silly test (and answered the questions seriously as best I could) and ended up with a score telling me that I was 48% American.<br /><br />And being an actual true-blooded American, (not as cool and hip as ZapPow, Flocon, and Ned, but of course), I understand how risible that SemperFi and I must come across to the rest of you, the two Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-41873801725339831572011-08-16T11:40:29.586+02:002011-08-16T11:40:29.586+02:00As to comics, I sometimes send a volume of "L...As to comics, I sometimes send a volume of "Les Bidochons" to American friends who know French. I tell them that these books helped me learn French and learn about the French. Thank you Binet.<br /><br /><a href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Rb9QWgNxL._SS500_.jpg" rel="nofollow">Bidochons</a>Ned Luddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00599196155953996432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-16246912679744481422011-08-13T22:20:48.439+02:002011-08-13T22:20:48.439+02:00I had forgotten how totally that kind of American ...I had forgotten how totally that kind of American I am. And, as a 100% TBA (True Blood American), I have to warn you, Snowflake (looking at you with utter scorn), that from now on, you'll have to behave, and stop your batrachian criticism of America, The Land Of The Free & Braves, you damned Froggy, or I'll invade you, or something.ZapPowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055974915059655780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-53598307382193111252011-08-12T22:29:16.684+02:002011-08-12T22:29:16.684+02:00And to think it was only 7.am when you posted your...And to think it was only 7.am when you posted your comment Anijo! I dare not imagine how you feel when it's 2.pm ;-)<br /><br />Actually this post is one of the very first I wrote for SF nearly <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxMeu34o_jQ" rel="nofollow">6 years ago</a><br /><br />No, wait, it's <a href="http://superfrenchie.com/?p=326" rel="nofollow">here</a>. <br /><br />I don&#Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-73616794405972923862011-08-12T16:50:18.049+02:002011-08-12T16:50:18.049+02:00What is all this fuss I hear about the Supreme Cou...What is all this fuss I hear about the Supreme Court’s decision on a DEAF penalty?! It’s terrible!! Deaf people have enough problems as it is! I know I myself occasionally have difficulty with my hearing, but that doesn’t mean I want to be punished for it! And what do they do to them, anyway? Shout nasty things at them behind their back? You mark my words: If we start punishing deaf people, Emily Litellanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-91147020953278778932011-08-12T16:22:42.456+02:002011-08-12T16:22:42.456+02:00Flocon,
From now on you can call me Emily Litella....Flocon,<br />From now on you can call me <a href="http://www.hulu.com/watch/2364/saturday-night-live-weekend-update-emily-litella-on-violins-on-tv" rel="nofollow">Emily Litella</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-30142880468999466072011-08-12T16:18:06.486+02:002011-08-12T16:18:06.486+02:00But first I must read it... ;-)
Nevermind.
Here...<i>But first I must read it... ;-) </i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3FnpaWQJO0" rel="nofollow">Nevermind</a>.<br /><br />Here I go on this long rant and you were just joking. I feel rather foolish now...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-31448314977752732872011-08-12T15:28:33.080+02:002011-08-12T15:28:33.080+02:00Anijo,
I should have added a huge smile, wink ;-)...Anijo,<br /><br />I should have added a huge smile, wink ;-), laugh :-)), "smile, smile", "wink, wink" emoticone to the introduction of the post since I just came accross the comment the other day and it had me smiling.<br /><br />The whole post is a light hearted one as everyone can see: No politics, no 'philosophical' pipedreams et all.<br /><br />Just a first short Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-87776002059133179282011-08-12T15:15:43.492+02:002011-08-12T15:15:43.492+02:00I like this article by Zachary Karabell.
So this ...I like <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/08/12/market-crash-wall-street-s-credibility-gap-causes-freak-outs.html" rel="nofollow">this article</a> by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zachary_Karabell" rel="nofollow">Zachary Karabell.</a><br /><br /><i>So this is what we’ve come to: a world where a brief article in a British tabloid citing unsourced worries about a French Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-14051371370289031912011-08-12T15:01:17.084+02:002011-08-12T15:01:17.084+02:00As you know, Flocon, there are many Americans who ...As you know, Flocon, there are many Americans who are anti French. There are also many French who are anti American. <br /><br />Some people spend too much time and negative energy focusing on how much they don't like this or that culture of a particular country. <br /><br />And when these kind of people aren't spending their time thinking about how they don't like a particular Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-83205061067312261122011-08-12T14:59:45.174+02:002011-08-12T14:59:45.174+02:00Well zoolog is not a Franchophile and it shows. Fa...Well <a href="http://community.nytimes.com/comments/www.nytimes.com/2011/08/11/business/economy/credit-anxiety-hits-shares-of-french-banks.html?permid=22#comment22" rel="nofollow">zoolog</a> is not a Franchophile and it shows. Fair to say he just got 23 recommendations for his comment.<br /><br /><i>On many levels, one can't compare France's (or Germany's or Japan's) economy to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-28932733332933187812011-08-12T14:48:56.060+02:002011-08-12T14:48:56.060+02:00This opinion I often read in the American MSM but ...This opinion I often read in the American MSM but I really don't know how it compares with Europe in general and France in particular.<br /><br />Les comparaisons internationales are very positive for Finland an some Asian countries though.Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-88645933413166618302011-08-12T14:30:33.412+02:002011-08-12T14:30:33.412+02:00"American education", at least at the pr..."American education", at least at the primary and secondary level is an oxymoron today.Ned Luddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00599196155953996432noreply@blogger.com