raindog Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 [quote user="Cat"]Can the sanctimonious one, and the pompous one, please go back into their corners whilst cold sponges and soothing balm are administered. [blink]OK, so assumptions were perhaps made (I assume) and faulty conclusions drawn... a misunderstanding, they happen.I live in the SW of France, and I think that at around 8:50 tonight anti British sentiment will reach fever pitch (there, nicely back on topic). [/quote]sorry cat, I don't like being judged by someone who dosen't know who I am or what I do.Going to be a great game tonight.I'm past the point of caring who wins - just want a good hard game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony F Dordogne Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 But it wont be anti-British Cat, just anti the ENGLISH rugby team - and tomorrow, we'll all, French and English, be discussing the match in the local cafes and bars in St Cyprien and sharing a cup or glass of something commiserating with our chums whoever wins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony F Dordogne Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 If you live in east London the origin of the diminutive 'berk' is east London rhyming slang and it's short for 'Berkshire hunt'.Go figure ............... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 [quote user="Tony F Dordogne"]But it wont be anti-British Cat, just anti the ENGLISH rugby team - and tomorrow, we'll all, French and English, be discussing the match in the local cafes and bars in St Cyprien and sharing a cup or glass of something commiserating with our chums whoever wins.[/quote]Shh Tony, you've just exposed the one tiny fault in my topic swerve [:)] But you are of course right, we'll all be chums tonight, and still be chums tomorrow, whatever the result. [quote user="Tony F Dordogne"]If you live in east London the origin of the diminutive 'berk' is east London rhyming slang and it's short for 'Berkshire hunt'.Go figure ...............[/quote]Good heavens! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Riff-Raff Element Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 [quote user="Tony F Dordogne"]If you live in east London the origin of the diminutive 'berk' is east London rhyming slang and it's short for 'Berkshire hunt'.Go figure ...............[/quote]This is true and confirmed by the OED, which I suppose we can take as being an authority of sorts. So why "berk" should be considered generally as an inoffensive term I cannot say.I was just trying to spin off from "Bad Bukrah" in a poor-quality punning kind of way. But it didn't really work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 But Bad Bukrah means the day after tomorrow, but you probably know that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 or forever or never or go away and let me sleep. Whichever, the pace, the pace man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 I was being grammatical, not colloquial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 I suppose that bad burkah, or the wilder bed burkah might work or bad berkah, ot the Lebanese Bad Bekaa. Not much scope really though.[6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gluestick Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 One is beginning to wonder if this is a French forum.........Or www.polyglotsRus.com [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Arabic is probably the second language of France and the first in certain cities I suspect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gluestick Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Give it a few more years, fuzzy curved yellow fruit and I fear it will be a most common language in the UK!Anyone for lessons?[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony F Dordogne Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Sorry, had a daft few minutes - wooly banana! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 We will soon be the commonest fruits on Earth. Part of the old Zule INANE tribe don't you know. Just down there next to Dingane's Doghouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chassaing Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 I hope any anti British action doesn't go this far....http://www.guardian.co.uk/france/story/0,,2182383,00.html#article_continue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Why on earth should it, unless we keep winning key matches? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceni Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 [quote user="lebois"]I hope any anti British action doesn't go this far....http://www.guardian.co.uk/france/story/0,,2182383,00.html#article_continue[/quote]If Brits or any others for that matter are here illegally why should they not be deported ?Johnnot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gluestick Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 Absolutely right, Iceni.Personally, I rather failed to see the connection between this thread and the Gradiun article.If France or indeed any other Continental European state fails to correctly control its borders and illegal migrants, it will finish up in the same parlous condition as the UK.I'm sure we all know Brits who live by the skin of their teeth and, for whatever reasons, avoid approaching their French residency correctly and continue to duck and dive around regulations which are quite clear and specific.I for one will be delighted when and if they are ejected since they do all the honest and up-front migrants from the UK a huge disservice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 [quote user="Gluestick"]Personally, I rather failed to see the connection between this thread and the Gradiun article.[/quote]Maybe this might provide a connection - how is his treatment being funded?"When police came to their flat in the northern town of Amiens in August, Ivan followed his father in escaping via the balcony. He fell four floors to the street below and into a coma. He has regained consciousness but is still being treated by doctors." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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