Well: 1. Most francophone Canadians do *not* sound 'French'--trust me
2. I'm a 'French-speaking Canadian' and if you asked me, I'd tell you I was French. Because I am. So you can't ask 'any ....' (my contribution to this pedantic thread) K ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Kirk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 7:04 AM Subject: Re: Damn'd fools > On 28/07/2003 03:53, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >>Thanks for the corrections -- see I told you :-) > >> > >> > > > >When was the next meeting of Pedants Anonymous again? :-) > > > > > > > >>>England was never ruled by the French! Please! > >>> > >>> > > > >I dunno, William Conqueror the Duke of Normandy sounds pretty French to me :-) > >(Of course it's a good question when do 'France' and 'French' begin.) > > > > > > > > > > > > > Everyone who sounds French, because they speak French, is not French. > Ask any French speaking Canadian or Swiss, or any Swedish speaking Finn. > > Perhaps if I suggest that Finland was once part of Russia, your response > might get Pedants Anonymous to send you an invitation. :-) > > -- > Peter Kirk > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://web.onetel.net.uk/~peterkirk/ > > > >
