So the frogs DO say "Fil-ay"?
Yeppers. I think you Yanks should all switch over right now to saying 'fillet'. Far more relevant form of protest than Freedom Fries. (Mmmm, fried freedom.)
I don't fancy spending the next month trying to get librarian out of the carpet.
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billytea - Apr 13, 2003 2:02:04 am PDT #3275 of 9843
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Zoe Ann - Apr 13, 2003 2:02:23 am PDT #3276 of 9843
Mathair & Athair beo.
So the frogs DO say "Fil-ay"?
No, frogs go *ribbet", "Fil-ay" is a close approximation to real pronounciation en Francais.
Edit: Where members of our family live.
Trudy Booth - Apr 13, 2003 2:07:29 am PDT #3277 of 9843
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
LOL, Zoe.
I was sucking up to the Aussies by saying "frogs" t hangs head in shame
billytea - Apr 13, 2003 2:12:47 am PDT #3278 of 9843
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I was sucking up to the Aussies by saying "frogs"
And don't think we don't appreciate it. (We have desert frogs, BTW, that can seal themselves in watertight pouches underground and ride out years-long droughts. In the interests of clarity, let me assure you that I mean literal frogs, not wandering Frenchmen. Aborigines are known to use them as a water supply during desert treks. ...Again, the frogs, not wandering-- Well, you get the picture.)
Fiona - Apr 13, 2003 2:13:25 am PDT #3279 of 9843
No, frogs go *ribbet"
Try explaining to a one-and-a-bit-year-old why a frog says "rabbit".
It's a complicated world, I'm telling ya'.
Oh, BTW, how is everyone?
Good over here, bt. You? Aren't we supposed to chide you if you turn up here at the moment? (In which case - chide! chide!) How's the job stuff going?
Trudy Booth - Apr 13, 2003 2:15:16 am PDT #3280 of 9843
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Do German frogs say "ribbit" or is that a strictly English thing? And what do German dogs say?
I once saw a list of what dogs "say" in various languages. They bore little resemblance to one another.
evil jimi - Apr 13, 2003 2:18:44 am PDT #3281 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
And what do German dogs say?
*rolfe* ?
Fiona - Apr 13, 2003 2:20:22 am PDT #3282 of 9843
Do German frogs say "ribbit" or is that a strictly English thing?
German frogs say "quaaack". Do not ask me what German ducks say. But I'm responsible for the English stuff, so my frogs say rabbit.
German dogs say "wau wau", so that's pretty close. And a dog is the one animal noise B can make so far! I ask him, "what does a dog say" and he goes woof woof. We're so proud.
Gosh, if we actually suceed in getting this kid bilingual, it'll be quite an achievement.
Trudy Booth - Apr 13, 2003 2:21:37 am PDT #3283 of 9843
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
t Trudy thwaps Jimmi on the head
Angus G - Apr 13, 2003 2:22:12 am PDT #3284 of 9843
Roguish Laird
I'm learning lots of German words lately Fiona, but they're all from opera so they tend to be things like "Liebestod" and "Ewigkeit," which might not be that useful in conversation.