Re: Edmonton Eskimos

On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 1:27:07 -0600, Father Guido wrote
(in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>):

> On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 22:54:52 GMT, "Woody Tobias Jr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
>> "Chuck Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> German + French = English
>> 
>> Germanic based with a dose of French words. It is by no means based on the
>> French language and is not on the Romantic branch. It just has a bunch of
>> words that are borrowed from the French language.
> 
> Why is it when there is already a good word in wide use, English 
> will pick it up, I.e. restaurant, cafeteria, etc. But when a word
> doesn't exist in French, they refuse to use a single word in wide
> use, that they would easily adapt to, and insist on creating a 
> sentence, or several French words to describe something, rather than
> represent that something?
> 
> Are they that effing concerned their culture will die?

No, they're just being French.

-- 
Daniel Seriff

The power of Debbie's breasts compels you.