tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post6740570640900860457..comments2023-07-23T14:10:14.460+02:00Comments on Shall we talk?: PipeauFloconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-45357735396134489592011-08-05T14:00:36.811+02:002011-08-05T14:00:36.811+02:00Sorry for being late to answer Ned,
"There i...Sorry for being late to answer Ned,<br /><br /><i>"There is one point that I didn't address: "He is seventeen years old." I can't explain the "old" at the end. It refers to a period of time, but it is unusual for an adjective to be after the noun. It would be simpler to not use it, or to say, as in French, "He has seventeen years."</i><br /><br />On peutFloconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-19438088750598621792011-08-04T09:44:06.921+02:002011-08-04T09:44:06.921+02:00"Score" in Lincoln's text means &quo..."Score" in Lincoln's text means "20" and "four score and seven years ago..." is much more elegant than "87 years ago..."<br /><br />There is one point that I didn't address: "He is seventeen years old." I can't explain the "old" at the end. It refers to a period of time, but it is unusual for an adjective to be after the nounNed Luddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00599196155953996432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-68989472011470510112011-08-03T12:28:11.555+02:002011-08-03T12:28:11.555+02:00"...and I thought you were going to ask me ab...<i>"...and I thought you were going to ask me about "score"."</i><br /><br />Right you are but I've noticed you don't like being asked questions so...<br /><br />Indeed I don't now what <b>score</b> refers to and I tought it would be too challenging for my intellect to get it so I let it go :-))<br /><br />My questions: <i>"how am I to know that "five Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-63568050777708126642011-08-03T10:43:24.575+02:002011-08-03T10:43:24.575+02:00Flocon, and I thought you were going to ask me abo...Flocon, and I thought you were going to ask me about "score".<br /><br />"$5 million" because the noun is dollars. I could write, "He won 5 million." "dollars" is understood.<br /><br />Like, "There were 5 hundred thousand who visited the museum last year."<br /><br />Also, we would write "17-year-old tennis player", though maybe some Ned Luddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00599196155953996432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-91847659642635430902011-08-01T22:54:15.116+02:002011-08-01T22:54:15.116+02:00"Plurals of numbers are I think(mistakenly?)q...<i>"Plurals of numbers are I think(mistakenly?)quite easy. If it is a noun, there is an "s" as in "hundreds of thousands". If it is an adjective there is no "s" as in "five hundred thousand". Note that "thousand" doesn't have an "s" either as a noun is implied to follow."</i><br /><br />Mistakenly yes ;-)<br /><br />Ce que Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-46552385107334603602011-08-01T17:33:08.572+02:002011-08-01T17:33:08.572+02:00Plurals of numbers are I think(mistakenly?)quite e...Plurals of numbers are I think(mistakenly?)quite easy. If it is a noun, there is an "s" as in "hundreds of thousands". If it is an adjective there is no "s" as in "five hundred thousand". Note that "thousand" doesn't have an "s" either as a noun is implied to follow.<br /><br />As Lincoln said in his Gettysberg address, "Four Ned Luddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00599196155953996432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-58920347164371074572011-07-31T02:52:18.279+02:002011-07-31T02:52:18.279+02:00of hundreds of thousands people
Flocon, this is co...<i> of hundreds of thousands people</i><br />Flocon, this is correct.<br /><br /><i>Sarkozy is supposedly Christian but... Oh well... never mind Sarkozy.. </i><br />☺Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-41227514490271015042011-07-31T00:25:06.569+02:002011-07-31T00:25:06.569+02:00I picked up G.W Bush for obvious reason since he p...I picked up G.W Bush for obvious reason since he proclaimed he was a new born Christian but all those who followed him were supposedly good Chritians too like Berlusconi the Italian, Aznar the Spaniard, whatever Pole was in charge 8 years ago (the Poles! Now these people are good Christians, particularly with the Jews) and Blair, the convert and about all religious leaders who were part of the Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-53171141462694855212011-07-31T00:16:54.627+02:002011-07-31T00:16:54.627+02:00"Likewise, mainstream Muslims say that terror...<i>"Likewise, mainstream Muslims say that terrorists who claim to be Muslims are not actually Muslims, because, they say, the Koran does not approve of killing innocent people."</i><br /><br />At least there's one point on wich they agree.<br /><br />All religions resort to the same rhetoric: Our intents and ideals are pure therefore our believers cannot betray them.<br /><br />Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-67883601904932966192011-07-30T23:36:01.072+02:002011-07-30T23:36:01.072+02:00J'imagine deux hypothèses :
1°) Il n'est ...<i>J'imagine deux hypothèses :<br /><br />1°) Il n'est pas chrétien au sens où Breivik n'a pas respecté les valeurs chrétiennes (amour du prochain, respect de la vie etc.)<br /></i><br /><br />It is this hypothesis that O'Reilly is using to claim that Breivik is not a xtian. Likewise, mainstream Muslims say that terrorists who claim to be Muslims are not actually Muslims, because,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-21344506430686893852011-07-30T11:59:05.647+02:002011-07-30T11:59:05.647+02:00J'imagine deux hypothèses :
1°) Il n'est ...J'imagine deux hypothèses :<br /><br />1°) Il n'est pas chrétien au sens où Breivik n'a pas respecté les valeurs chrétiennes (amour du prochain, respect de la vie etc.)<br /><br />2°) Ils ont trouvé une astuce sémantique ou je ne sais quel tour de passe-passe logique.<br /><br />Re the maid who was said to be a pious religious devout Muslim, isn't it unexpected, to say the least, Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-8281615839378302432011-07-30T11:36:50.877+02:002011-07-30T11:36:50.877+02:00It turns out I was wrong about Fox News. They didn...It turns out I was wrong about Fox News. They didn't do the things I expected. Instead, Bill O'Reilly et al deny loudly that the Norwegian killer was a Xian! That I didn't foresee.Ned Luddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00599196155953996432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-65827305744158035772011-07-24T13:21:18.335+02:002011-07-24T13:21:18.335+02:00Ned,
Comme tu sais, pendant la guerre les résista...Ned,<br /><br />Comme tu sais, pendant la guerre les résistants étaient des terroristes pour les Allemands ou les Fascistes italiens comme les anglo-saxons étaient des terroristes qui bombardaient les populations civiles (sans doute à juste titre de leur point de vue).<br /><br />En Afrique du Sud, c'était Nelson Mandella le terroriste comme l'étaient les combattants du FNL en Algérie andFloconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-2751278963255088912011-07-24T12:26:33.783+02:002011-07-24T12:26:33.783+02:00Another cliché has bitten the dust: only islamists...Another cliché has bitten the dust: only islamists are terrorists. As if we didn't have enough examples of Xian terrorists in the U.S. in before the tragic events in Norway.<br /><br />The killer in Oslo resembles too much many Fox News viewers that the station will probably drop the story quickly or give it short shrift or maybe find some way to say that islamists provoked the blond, Ned Luddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00599196155953996432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-33300221626785127842011-07-21T21:47:05.412+02:002011-07-21T21:47:05.412+02:00Sorry for being late Anijo, I'm overwhelmed wi...Sorry for being late Anijo, I'm overwhelmed with things to do.<br /><br />Yes, Murdoch owns both <b>the Wall Street journal</b> and <b>the Times</b> of London which is kinda ironic when one considers Aussies are descendants of British convicts the English wanted to get rid of so that they sent them as far as could be by then. <br /><br />Maybe was it a sweet revenge for Murdoch to get hold onFloconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-1449251940769433872011-07-21T15:49:33.923+02:002011-07-21T15:49:33.923+02:00Pinet has deleted all of the comments on his post....Pinet has deleted all of the comments on his post. When I first read this blog post back in May there were a lot of comments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-46132216822106431922011-07-21T15:38:20.034+02:002011-07-21T15:38:20.034+02:00Yes, here is where I provided a link to this artic...Yes, <a href="http://flocon-flocon.blogspot.com/2011/05/bizarre.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> is where I provided a link to <a href="http://www.lepost.fr/article/2011/05/15/2494988_dsk-arrete-ou-les-preuves-d-une-operation-minutieusement-orchestree-par-l-ump.html" rel="nofollow">this article</a><br /><b>DSK arrêté : un jeune UMP premier sur l'info</b><br /><br /><a href="http://Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-3613331049824068022011-07-21T15:25:40.308+02:002011-07-21T15:25:40.308+02:00The very first person to be informed of what happe...<i>The very first person to be informed of what happened in the Sofitel hotel was a young member of the UMP, Sarkozy's party, who tweeted the news on his account one and a half hour before the American media were informed. Bizarre.</i><br /><br />Yes, I know. Wasn't it me who first informed you of this event?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-86412554695092402902011-07-21T15:24:27.071+02:002011-07-21T15:24:27.071+02:00Murdoch is originally from Australia, but yes, he ...Murdoch is originally from Australia, but yes, he is now an American citizen.<br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Murdoch" rel="nofollow">Per wiki</a>:<br /><br /><i>In 1985 Murdoch became a United States citizen to satisfy legislation that only United States citizens could own American television stations. This also resulted in Murdoch losing his Australian citizenship.</i><br /><Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-47185204881508011602011-07-20T23:39:37.185+02:002011-07-20T23:39:37.185+02:00As pertains to the advert... Clichés die hard it s...As pertains to the advert... Clichés die hard it seems... If they chose to shoot that film I guess they knew it would appeal to the audience. Admen generally know what they're doing.<br />-------<br />Oui, l'histoire d'Anthony Casey n'a pas été absolument cachée en Europe mais dans les cafés, tout le monde est au courant de DSK/NY/Banon alors que Casey est une totale inconnue. BonFloconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-65722500054675637072011-07-20T23:17:38.496+02:002011-07-20T23:17:38.496+02:00Anijo,
Les développements de "l'affaire&...Anijo,<br /><br />Les développements de "l'affaire" DSK-Banon prennent une tournure politique tout à fait évidente à présent et c'est le Parti Socialiste (not just Strauss-Kahn) qui est visé.<br /><br />The former first secretary of the PS has been interrogated by the police today to make sure he knew or was informed of what may have happened 8 years ago. This man, François Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-75151835003677189522011-07-20T19:38:46.479+02:002011-07-20T19:38:46.479+02:00something that has not been reported in the French...<i>something that has not been reported in the French MSM</i><br /><br />Well, it was reported a little bit. <a href="http://www.lemonde.fr/ameriques/article/2011/07/13/la-monster-mom-la-justice-et-les-medias_1548311_3222.html" rel="nofollow">La "monster mom", la justice et les médias"</a><br /><br />Intéressant que quelques commentateurs français savait assez sur la situation de Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-46265100684551376412011-07-20T19:25:48.042+02:002011-07-20T19:25:48.042+02:00according to her own account, he "just" ...<i> according to her own account, he "just" grabbed her but didn't pull out his jewelrery</i><br /><br />When I was first read this I wondered what his jewellery had to do with all of this. So he pulled out his pocket watch perhaps? I understand now what you're getting at though. Anyway, he did more than just grab her according to her own account:<br /><br /><a href="http://Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-61776189455652567532011-07-20T13:36:34.706+02:002011-07-20T13:36:34.706+02:00Hoj Anijo! ☺
Every day brings some other piece of...Hoj Anijo! ☺<br /><br />Every day brings some other piece of "information", so to say. The day before yesterday, Strauss-Kahn's former wife was being interrogated by the police and yesterday it was the young girl's mother's turn.<br /><br />It appears that said mother did the dirty with DSK (along many, many other guys apparently) some time before the alleged rough encounterFloconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-41346794467109534852011-07-20T02:55:10.779+02:002011-07-20T02:55:10.779+02:00Si DSK 'the seducer' n'avais pas bais...Si DSK 'the seducer' n'avais pas baisé la femme de chambre 'in a polite and consenting manner', he wouldn't be dealing with all of this. Interesting that his wife is not troubled by his bopping the maid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com