Name: Great Rumbler
Alias: I'm not telling you!
Age: I'm only 29, okay?!
Height: Like eight feet.
Weight: 130
Measurements: I don't really know...
Occupation[s]: Information Minister, Minister of Comics, Minister of Funk, Oil Czar, Police Chief, Secretary of Education, Chief Diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs [haha! "affairs"!]
Yeah, I think being over 6' makes me more than a midget. I'm, like... three midgets. On each other's shoulders. Like a totem pole.
Hey, get those swords away from me! Seriously, you're freaking me out here... EdenMaster... nooooooo!!!!! Remember all those good times we had togetheeeeeeer? Fighting PSXers and Simbattlers--oh shyte. *runs*
*turns around* Hey, stop right there! I see you! I have eyes on the back of my head! *moves hair to reveal that I indeed have an extra set of eyes on the back of my head*
Kicking someone in the balls will be the official greeting in Tendo nation,On that pretense I will make Geno the official ambassador to france.I Hope you tell Chirac he should ware a cup before he has a meeting with you.
EdenMaster Wrote:Silly canadian, French people don't have any balls! That's why all they ever do is surrender!
I am from french decent, Last time I checked I had gonads hanging below my Mr Bijinks.
You Also realize french is a language everywhere in the world?Europe,Africa,Asia,caribean,north america. I dont see how knowing or learning a language makes you cowardly automatically?Vietnam was a french colony and french was a official language and still is last time I checked they beat your sorry ass untill you quit. If you want to bash France call it France not french. If you said the English didnt have balls you might be including the U.S,Canada,Australia,All those dusty or tropical countries in such a statement not being so clear.
I didn't say people who speak French are all cowards. I even know some loose French having taken three years of it in high school. As GR pointed out, I was referring to people from France itself.
EdenMaster Wrote:I didn't say people who speak French are all cowards. I even know some loose French having taken three years of it in high school. As GR pointed out, I was referring to people from France itself.
People from Canada are Canadian.
People from Vietnam are Vietnamese.
People from America are American.
People from France are French.
Did you get all that?
I understand what you meant and I am not offended,But if you made that statement in canada anywhere in this country they dont think france they think the french canadians.
People from England could be called English , But when you use that term some could confuse it with the hole group of people using the language , But you could use British, Limey, Brit. When you use the term English and French here in canada we dont think of france or England but the actual languages, If you insulted the french with the statement "the french have no balls" here in canada people in my province and the acadiens people here would think your reffering to them and not france,Say the same statement here but at the English and its the same thing just reverse though it depends if you say it in english or if your known for speaking french mainly. If you said them spainish have no balls I am sure maybe a few not all of the Hispanic population might think your insulting them in the united states or if it was said at the africans should I even continue there?
In Canada the french speakers are refferd to as French Canadians, Weither they be Quebecois or Acadien like our freind Darunia.
Canadians can be called canucks and Americans can be called Yanks, People in France can be called franks infact that was the name of their curriency before they adopted the euro dollar.
If you still want to bash them ,Say french from France or Franks and maybe Francers just to be new and original.
I am not angry, I just misinterpruted what you meant, I hear simular statements from people in canada and the U.S ocasioanlly I know they dont mean just france they mean everyone who speaks it.
I knew immediately that he meant people from France. If someone said, "The English are snobs." I'd assume they're talking about people from England, not everyone who speaks English. On the other hand, if they said, "The English-speaking people are snobs." I'd be included in the stereotype. I don't think Mexicans and South Americans would be offended if you referred to the Spanish as cowards, though you are right that the black population would be offended if you said something negative about Africans, even if you were referring specifically to Africans from Africa.
Geno Wrote:I knew immediately that he meant people from France. If someone said, "The English are snobs." I'd assume they're talking about people from England, not everyone who speaks English. On the other hand, if they said, "The English-speaking people are snobs." I'd be included in the stereotype. I don't think Mexicans and South Americans would be offended if you referred to the Spanish as cowards, though you are right that the black population would be offended if you said something negative about Africans, even if you were referring specifically to Africans from Africa.
Your American , You dont have two official languages, In canada that issue is still pretty sensitive.
but going back to what Edenmaster said those Franks dont have balls,What the hell was with them in ww2? Why were they such pussies?Why did they treat their north american colonies like shit and leave them poor ?
Poor Napoleon the only frank who had balls but got cocky to bad France could have been a good country if it werent for water loo.
EdenMaster Wrote:I didn't say people who speak French are all cowards. I even know some loose French having taken three years of it in high school. As GR pointed out, I was referring to people from France itself.
People from Canada are Canadian.
People from Vietnam are Vietnamese.
People from America are American.
People from France are French.
Did you get all that?
No. Whenever I see the word French I'm usually thinking about those from Quebec.
Spanish is starting to become an official language here, but I doubt we're going to start referring to our people as the English and the Spanish. We'll probably just classify the Spanish-speakers the way we always have: as wetba--I mean... Latinos or Hispanics. :D
Fittisize Wrote:No. Whenever I see the word French I'm usually thinking about those from Quebec.
Then you're one kooky Canadian. People in Quebec, while they may <i>speak</i> French, are not <i>truly</i> French. They are still Canadian.
French people are from France, like the Coneheads.
Look, language has nothing to do with nationality. A Russian born child can grow up learning the German language, but he's still Russian. That's just the way it is.
Pfft, don't drag your... Canadian issues into things. So one part of Canada doesn't want to be Canadian and thinks they are French... NO ONE CARES! It's just more crazy Canadian stuff, so when we talk about "The French", we mean the REAL French, the ones you should ALL be considering the French, not part of Canada! It's the CORRECT way to think!
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)
Aaargh, they are French-Canadian. Their ancestors came here from France, and pretty much every single Canadian that I know will iimmediatly associate "French" with Quebec. It's a regional thing. Besides, the French (as in, Quebecois) don't like to be referred to as just "Canadian". They've done a lot of work to be recognized as a unique culture in Canada, and for that, French is the best term for them.
Indeed, stupid Canadians... I don't care how much work they did, they are still just Canadians, not "the French". French Canadian is about as far as it gets, but you can't erase Canadian from them, and honestly, I don't care HOW offended any of them get by that. I demand you tell them ALL in PERSON that I said that.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)
Dark Jaguar Wrote:Indeed, stupid Canadians... I don't care how much work they did, they are still just Canadians, not "the French". French Canadian is about as far as it gets, but you can't erase Canadian from them, and honestly, I don't care HOW offended any of them get by that. I demand you tell them ALL in PERSON that I said that.
African Americans, Hispanic Americans how is that any different? You make fun of their mother countries and regions like mexico or Africa they will be offended, When you say mexicans and south americans are lazy cowards the ones who are Hispanic americans will automatically assume your reffering to them too,In most cases its true. If you said the Chinese were cowardly scum and meant China without being specific , I am sure every person in china town U.S.A is gonna be offended.
I understand now that you meant france, I dont care or mind I know now you meant france , But I hear that statement many times and they dont even mean france, Some even are from the U.S.
This isnt stupid canadians flaping off!
In my town I see those kinds of slurs and grafiti on the walls, "Kill the french" " Go back to france" " Then you also see slurs in french agiast the english" , Before in the past people would get assaulted for speaking either french or english pending the nationality of the thug but even the sepratist goverment cracked down on that violence to keep the peace.If you knew canadian history you would know about the FLQ crisis which was like a near terrorist group in the 70's they killed a british deplomat after taking him hostage, Piere Trudeau had pretty well made the province on Marshal law imposing a curfew and thousands were arrested.
When Conan Obrian came to canada and started to bash and make fun of french canadians, Parliament was pissed , Its like inviting someone down in the U.S and give him a subsidy and have that person call the blacks niggers and use racist jokes to amuse his white audience.
In canada you cant make such a statement , I dont give a crap what you americans think how things go you dont know! America is your only dome of knowledge.
Lets drop this, It is pointless , Ive made my point clear and I know you didnt mean anyone accept france,I bashed france too, But it certainly could have been more tactful.
Next time you say french , I will assume you mean France,Bashing a country isnt racism not that it wont offend people. If you said the English I would have assumed England,But nobody reffers to them that way its old and outdated, You would probaily say Brit. Though if it was said here some would assume the english canadians if you were not saying it in english or was known as non english person. Interpretation of this issue is matter of were you live and who you are.
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Oh, alright. French-Canadian is the dumbest term I've ever heard, but I only said that because you wouldn't go away! Are you happy now?! Well, you better be.
There is a lot of violence over this? How stupid can those people be? Really, it's a non-issue to the rest of the world! Why do they frickin' care so much as to get VIOLENT over it? Get a life!
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)
alien space marine Wrote:In canada you cant make such a statement , I dont give a crap what you americans think how things go you dont know! America is your only dome of knowledge.
Lets drop this, It is pointless , Ive made my point clear and I know you didnt mean anyone accept france,I bashed france too, But it certainly could have been more tactful.
All right, I'll drop it, because this is certainly the stupidest debate I've seen here.
I'll just end by saying that we're not being closed-minded Americans by not including the people of Quebec as being French. There is NO WAY ON EARTH that someone born in CANADA can be FRENCH. THEY'RE CANADIAN. End of story.
EdenMaster Wrote:All right, I'll drop it, because this is certainly the stupidest debate I've seen here.
I'll just end by saying that we're not being closed-minded Americans by not including the people of Quebec as being French. There is NO WAY ON EARTH that someone born in CANADA can be FRENCH. THEY'RE CANADIAN. End of story.
Now then.
2009 posts! Woo!
I guess I speak Canadese! I am not french cause Edenmaster says so! Edenmaster is like god he knows everything , Builds a golden alter to begin worship of Edenmaster.
How hard is it to understand that French speakers in Canada are called French? Is it that difficult for you Americans to realize that people in some countries speak differently than people in other countries? I mean, I know that it's pretty strange for Americans to not understand a culture other than their own and to not be close-minded about every single other country in the world. Oh wait...
Quote:How hard is it to understand that French speakers in Canada are called French?
I could say that my donkey is a camel, but that doesn't make it anything other than a donkey. A donkey is a donkey and people born in Canada are Canadians. It doesn't have anything to do with culture.
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