Fecalpaint

[Can I Help Your A$$?]

For people from the 513 area codes (and 450s and such), how do you deal with the "Is that with a J or G?" issue? I still can't work that out with my husband. If one's name is Jeff, I would never be able to find out from a French Canadian if J is G and G is J or if J is J and G is G. Gee!

[Gravekeeper]

I still can't work that out with my husband. If one's name is Jeff, I would never be able to find out from a French Canadian if J is G and G is J or if J is J and G is G. Gee!

I...am not sure what you mean? But I spent my summers in Quebec. But even barring that, Big Bird teaches us these things growing up. >.>

Those callers who get through are the elite, the best and brightest of that festering geneswamp of inbred stupidity.

This is....correct. These distant outreaches have populations of around 400-2000 for the largest areas. But only 2-3 are running the gauntlet every night from any given location.

[ExRetailDrone]

I...am not sure what you mean? But I spent my summers in Quebec. But even barring that, Big Bird teaches us these things growing up. >.>

I think she was meaning that the French alphabet has the opposite pronunciations for these two letters from the English version. In French, J is pronounced zhee, while G is pronounced zhay. So, without the soft zh sound, the letters could get mixed up quite easily.

[Gravekeeper]

I think she was meaning that the French alphabet has the opposite pronunciations for these two letters from the English version..

Never noticed. Big Bird, remember. -.-

[Becks]

SC: “I’m tired of fighting stuff that I don’t have no control over.”

Court ordered psych evaluations?

This will be handy in real life situations.

[ExRetailDrone]

Never noticed. Big Bird, remember. -.-

I never would have known, either, but I decided to take French in high school and college. One of the only things I still remember is the alphabet >_<

I wonder what Le Grand Oiseau would say

[PaperTiger]

Oui Oui, of course.

[Gravekeeper]

I never would have known, either, but I decided to take French in high school and college. One of the only things I still remember is the alphabet >_<

French is mandatory in school here till Grade 9. At my high school if you took it to Grade 11 you got to go to Paris to try it out.

Even though I forgot 75% of the specifics the basics are forever ingrained I guess.

[taurinejunkie]

For people from the 513 area codes (and 450s and such)

Forgive the nitpicking, but that'd be 514, assuming you meant to mention the code for Montreal.

[Skeksin]

Gah! I actually feel like my mind has been damaged somehow by this encounter. You know, a few weeks back when I referred to the northern hordes and a possible zombie like outbreak that could be repelled only by literature

A useful ritual should the hordes ever move out of the north

The Power of Literacy compels thee!
<sprinkle caffinated beverage of choice>
The Power of Websters Dictionary compels thee!
<sprinkle caffinated beverage of choice>
The Power of Roget's Thesaurus compels thee!
<sprinkle caffinated beverage of choice>

Return to the place from whence thou came. Depart from me, accursed spirit, into the place appointed for thee.

[JustaCashier]

Patient Zero could have been worse.

Instead of all of her affirmative reponses being "yeah", they could've been "roger"!


Miike

[dalesys]

Patient Zero could have been worse.

Instead of all of her affirmative reponses being "yeah", they could've been "roger"!


Miike

Frightening, if she's speaking English English.

[BusBus]

French is mandatory in school here till Grade 9. At my high school if you took it to Grade 11 you got to go to Paris to try it out.

Even though I forgot 75% of the specifics the basics are forever ingrained I guess.

Good lord, seriously? I was in French Immersion and we did not get to go anywhere. I think we went to White Rock once. Granted, I would not have wanted to go anywhere with my classmates, but that's beside the point.....

I can still speak the language, though, which is nice.

It's sad when a GK headline reminds you of a story......

At an undisclosed video store in downtown (video store? look it up, kids), a person high on meth came in with a t-shirt filled with his own...fecalpaint. He proceeded to swing the tshirt around, coating the store in his....artwork. My sister had worked at this store before and passed the story to me. While I was in tears from laughter hearing about it, it is certainly not something I would wish on most people.

[Fire_on_High]

That's for sure. They only people you see in the Tower of Babel are Dr. Lugue, Rubicante, and Golbez. And they all appear to be caucasion.

I tip my hat to you sir!

[ceallaig]

Be goin’ west,
Life be peaceful der
Be goin’ west
Shit got open air
Be goin’ west
Where da sky be blue
Be goin’ west
Foo, dats what we do!

No no no, there is NO way this is Mr. T/rap -- this has Bob Marley written all over it! GK, thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the laughter -- life has been 'interesting' of late, and your posts are part of what is keeping me sane. And I have to wonder two things -- how is it you're not typing from a padded cell someplace; and why in blazes you are stuck in customer service hell when you need to be out there writing professional comedy!! Your posts are far and away funnier than anything I've seen or read in a loooooong time.