Re: Country Park Moot again
- From: "Malc" <malunspamwhhite@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 20:23:10 GMT
"Austin Shackles" <austinNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On or around 29 Aug 2005 07:31:26 -0700, "Totty" <stoll.jo@xxxxxxxxx>
> enlightened us thusly:
>
>>Spannerland seems to have adopted some English verbs and turned them
>>into nouns...el parking for carpark, el camping for campsite and my
>>favourite...un tuning for a custom car rally...
>
> the Serapu have some as well, I believe you get le camping, and le
> weekend.
Reminds me of the Rowan Atkinson song "That's Why I Hate the French".
"They even steal from us the words that they lack,"
"Le weekend, le camping and cul de sac."
"That's why I hate the French"
--
Malc
"Your mother can't climb stairs"
Dalek playground taunt
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