Dear Jean-Marc, It's funny how la foi has no "e" on the end and le foie does!
Ah, the vagaries of (French) language! More seriously, and perhaps related to psychology (perhaps the psychology of language or language learning), what is the basis of masculine and feminine French nouns? Is there any rhyme or reason to it? Stuart Date sent: Wed, 02 Mar 2005 11:35:27 -0800 From: "Jean-Marc Perreault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Brenda's titles Send reply to: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[email protected]> > This one would really work, except that "foi" is feminine (faith) and > "foie" is masculine (liver). > > Gotta get those genders straigtened up, Annette! ;-) > > JM > > > > Annette Taylor, Ph. D. wrote: > > >Defender of the liver? > > > >;-) > > > >Annette > > > >Quoting Paul Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > >>Desole - j'ai eu l'intention a demander "Pour quoi pas D'fendeuse de la > >>Foi?". > >> > >>Paul > >> > >>Paul Smith wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Pour quoi pas "D'fendereuse de la Foi"? > >>> > >>>Paul Smith > >>>Alverno College > >>>Milwaukee > >>> > >>>Jean-Marc Perreault wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>Actually, last time I hear, Elizabeth was the Queen, and not the King. > >>>>Therefore, it should go as follows: Instead of /"D�fendeur de la Foi", > >>>>one should read //*"D�fenderesse* de la Foi". > >>>> > >>>>JM > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>/ > >>>>Christopher Green wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>Rick Froman wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>>You must know that is only half of her title in Canada. The other > >>>>>>half is: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>/Elizabeth Deux, par la gr�ce de Dieu, Reine du Royaume-Uni, du > >>>>>>Canada et de ses autres royaumes et territoires, Chef du > >>>>>>Commonwealth, D�fendeur de la Foi./ > >>>>>> > >>>>>>/ / > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Can�t you be convicted in some parts of Canada for making such a > >>>>>>faux pas? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>M� oui! > >>>>> > >>>>>-- > >>>>> > >>>>>Christopher D. Green > >>>>>Department of Psychology > >>>>>York University > >>>>>Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 > >>>>> > >>>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>>http://www.yorku.ca/christo > >>>>>Office: 416-736-5115 ext. 66164 > >>>>>Fax: 416-736-5814 > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>--- > >>>>>You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>>To unsubscribe send a blank email to > >>>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>--- > >>>>You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>--- > >>>You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>--- > >>You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >> > > > > > >Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. > >Department of Psychology > >University of San Diego > >5998 Alcala Park > >San Diego, CA 92110 > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >--- > >You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Stuart J. McKelvie, Ph.D., Phone: (819)822-9600 Chairperson, Extension 2402 Department of Psychology, Bishop's University, Fax: (819)822-9661 3 Route 108 East, Borough of Lennoxville, E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sherbrooke, Quebec J1M 1Z7, Canada. Bishop's University Psychology Department Web Page: http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
