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i have always respected anyone who makes a genuine attempt at acknowledging another language
- trying to learn it makes them hallowed
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posted by
bythewindowsill
on December 5, 2008 at 4:29 AM
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Auslander
This whole language business is always interesting. I had a friend (we have lost contact after he moved to Vancouver) who was born and raised in Paris. He lived for a couple of years in Montreal, but hated it because of their 'awful' French, as he put it. And I guess they didn't like
his French, lol. So he moved to Toronto, where all he needed was English, which he spoke well...
posted by
Nautikos
on December 4, 2008 at 5:56 PM
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Re:
Thanks sam. It seems that the definition of pell-mell is quite similar in both languages but in French we used it more for
things that would be put together pêle-mêle (in inorderly fashion) instead of confusion (more old fashion way of using it).
posted by
auslander
on December 4, 2008 at 3:40 PM
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Right on! I think you work very hard on your languages and it is nice when someone notices it as well.
Regarding pell-mell, I used it as helter-skelter. I don't know if that helps. Also in the words of Carl Sandburg: 'I write things I don't understand." Maybe that helps even more! lol Have a great day! Giant! sam
posted by
sam444
on December 4, 2008 at 1:20 PM
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