Evey is one of those hand-wringing pacifists who never let the facts
get in the way of a good whine.

On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 11:51:20 GMT, "Gregory Morrow"

wrote:
    >It's those little "discrepancies" that seem to be tripping Evelyn up
    >lately......

In article ,
[email protected] (Gregory Morrow) wrote:

    > > > What are French Letters ?
    > >
    > > Condoms (I think) - American slang from the 1930's or thereabouts.
    >
    >
    > Nope. *UK* slang from about 10 - 20 or so years ago.....

A lot longer, I think. The phrase was already very old-fashioned two
decades ago (which isn't to say that nobody anywhere ever used it). I
would guess 30s.

A quick Google reveals Joyce using it in Ulysses, pub. 1922 (of course he
was an Irishman publishing in France, a dangerous combination to mention
in this newsgroup).

    > > > > What are French Letters ?
    > > >
    > > > Condoms (I think) - American slang from the 1930's or thereabouts.
    > >
    > >
    > > Nope. *UK* slang from about 10 - 20 or so years ago.....
    > A lot longer, I think. The phrase was already very old-fashioned two
    > decades ago (which isn't to say that nobody anywhere ever used it). I
    > would guess 30s.
    > A quick Google reveals Joyce using it in Ulysses, pub. 1922 (of course he
    > was an Irishman publishing in France, a dangerous combination to mention
    > in this newsgroup).

Showing our age (or lack of it here?) 10 or 20 years ago ?! Dear oh dear!

All I could Google was this: French letter - Slang for condom, from about
1870.
from http://www.wordwizard.com/clubhouse/...s.asp?Num=2794
Tim.

On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 21:55:36 -0800, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
wrote:

    >ARKADYA wrote:
    >>
    >> Why is it no one has thanked America for what it did in in Afghanistan?
    >Perhaps they don;t see any cause for thanksgivng?
    >> Can
    >> anyone deny people are better off there than how we found them?
    >Can anyone truly be so stupid as to BELIEVE that?

Why is it stupid?

    >> They are
    >> beginning to build a democracy, people aren't executed for how they dress and
    >> not wearing a beard. Women can now go to school. If it were up to Europe they
    >> would still be where they were. Why is it No one ever mentions this? Why don't
    >> the Muslims ever address this as well?
    >If you knew your history, you'd know that Turkey (a Moslem country) had
    >women's suffrage before America did. (It doesn't take long for
    >religious conservatives to turn progress around - look at what's
    >happening here.)
    >> Never Forgive, Never Forget
    >> 9-11-01

What's happening here?

"Gregory Morrow" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:
    > > rg wrote:
    > > >
    > > > "ARKADYA" wrote in message
    > > > news:[email protected]...
    > > > > Never buy that cheap ass stuff they call wine again, and that bad
food
    > > > with the
    > > > > hard bread, YUK
    > > > > Never Forgive, Never Forget
    > > > > 9-11-01
    > > >
    > > > I'm not even ordering French fries anymore.
    > > >
    > > > rg
    > >
    > > Well, I doubt whether ARKARDYA has ever tasted anything but the cheapest
    > > American beer and home-distilled "moonshine", so what would it know
    > > about French wines?
    > Tut, tut, Evelyn!!! Let's all try to remember to be nice to each
    > other...and that includes *you* !!!
    > After all, are we all not ladies and gentlemen on this internet "board",
and
    > should we not comport ourselves as such...???
    > As they said in the movie _Gigi_: "Let a SMILE be your umbrella*...!!!"
    > A little bit of restraint on *all* our parts can lead to enhanced
enjoyment
    > of this board :-)
    > [*the French word for "umbrella" is "pampelmousse"...!!!]
    > --
    > Best
    > Greg
.........................and don't even think of translating "grapefruit"
into French for we poor Europeans. Or, entering into the spirit of your
posting, should I say "grapefroot".

JohnT

On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 13:22:12 +0000, in rec.travel.europe, Marie Lewis
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :

... In article ,
... Gregory Morrow writes
... >As they said in the movie _Gigi_: "Let a SMILE be your umbrella*...!!!"

... I think you have the wrong musical there.

Me too. I have seen Gigi many times and don't remember this line.

Try: "Give My Regards to Broadway"

    :: On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 13:22:12 +0000, in rec.travel.europe, Marie Lewis
    :: arranged some electrons, so they looked
    :: like this :
    ::
    :: ... In article , ... Gregory Morrow
    :: writes ... >As they said in the movie
    :: _Gigi_: "Let a SMILE be your umbrella*...!!!"
    ::
    :: ... I think you have the wrong musical there.
    ::
    :: Me too. I have seen Gigi many times and don't remember this line.

On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 11:44:19 GMT, "Gregory Morrow"
wrote:

    >EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:
    >> Magda wrote:
    >> >
    >> > On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 00:32:02 -0500, in rec.travel.europe, "Pat Tyrrell"
    >> > arranged some electrons, so they looked like this
    >:
    >> >
    >> > ... What about French Letters? (or am I showing my age??)
    >> >
    >> > What are French Letters ?
    >> Condoms (I think) - American slang from the 1930's or thereabouts.
    >Nope. *UK* slang from about 10 - 20 or so years ago.....

More like 200 years ago.


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On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 09:00:48 -0700, Cesare Borgia
wrote:

    >On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 21:55:36 -0800, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
    > wrote:
    >>If you knew your history, you'd know that Turkey (a Moslem country) had
    >>women's suffrage before America did.
    >Let me get this right. You're implying that the Ottoman Empire was
    >more enlightened than the U.S?

The Ottoman Empire died in 1918; America's 19th Amendment was passed
in 1920; it's only a couple of years but it's still enough time for
the Turks to have beat the US. Whether it did is the question, and the
answer seems to be "not".


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"Hatunen" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 11:44:19 GMT, "Gregory Morrow"
    > wrote:
    > >
    > >EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:
    > >
    > >
    > >> Magda wrote:
    > >> >
    > >> > On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 00:32:02 -0500, in rec.travel.europe, "Pat
Tyrrell"
    > >> > arranged some electrons, so they looked like
this
    > >:
    > >> >
    > >> > ... What about French Letters? (or am I showing my age??)
    > >> >
    > >> > What are French Letters ?
    > >>
    > >> Condoms (I think) - American slang from the 1930's or thereabouts.
    > >
    > >
    > >Nope. *UK* slang from about 10 - 20 or so years ago.....
    > More like 200 years ago.

The term was in regular use when I attended high school in England. That was
a while ago but not quite 200 years

In article ,
[email protected] (Terry Richards) wrote:


    > > >> > What are French Letters ?
    >
    > The term was in regular use when I attended high school in England.
    > That was
    > a while ago but not quite 200 years

How long ago AAMOI? It certainly wasn't when I was a teenager in the
early/mid-80s. Slang can of course vary regionally, though. (I was in the
East Midlands.)

Marie Lewis wrote:Just shows how stupid some people are.

    > --
    > Marie Lewis

Not at all Marie, I am travelling to Spain via France in the near future, I
am dissapointed by Chirac's reactions which I think is to do with French
thirst for power i.e Putting Iraquy Oil above loyalty to EU/NATO allies.
Therefore I shall present my protest (little as it is) by spending as
little a time and money as I can in France on my way to Spain.
It isn't a lot, but it's my contribution.
BTW I don't eat Israeli oranges either.
BJ



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On 19 Feb 2003 01:26:46 GMT, [email protected] (ARKADYA) wrote:

    >Never buy that cheap ass stuff they call wine again, and that bad food with the
    >hard bread, YUK
    >Never Forgive, Never Forget
    > 9-11-01
You left off, "never remember" and above all, "never think or read".

On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 14:36:44 -0800, "hotmail"
wrote:

    >"Not the Karl Orff" wrote in message
    >news:[email protected]...
    >> In article , DGS
    >> wrote:
    >> > rg wrote:
    >> >
    >> > > "ARKADYA" wrote in message
    >> > > news:[email protected]...
    >> > >
    >> > >>[troll]
    >> > >
    >> > > I'm not even ordering French fries anymore.
    >> >
    >> > Damn. There goes my French-press coffee, too.
    >> and French roast bean
    >> French bread
    >I refuse to give up my French vanilla ice cream!
    >J

Then don't answer that knock at your door. It will be ARKADYA and the
Brown Shirts.

le 20 Feb 2003 03:22:39 GMT, dans l'article , Bdwilliams44 a dit ...

{ snip }

    >>In the oven at gas mark 7, and you have yourself an ashtray. That's all
    >>it's good for, anyway. Edith Piaf ... I ask you ...

    > C'mon Des, don't hold back. Tell us what you REALLY think. Don't be shy, now.
    > :-)

Shan't.

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