French question???????
May 7th 2003, 8:05 pm
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French question???????
I just returned from Paris, where I stayed for 11 days. I was treated
very well (as usual) so forget the bullshit some posters are spewing.
My question is this, why are so many French people dark skinned? I mean
excluding Negroes, Asians, Indians, and others, many French are dark with
brown eyes and black hair. Where does that come from?
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Robbie
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very well (as usual) so forget the bullshit some posters are spewing.
My question is this, why are so many French people dark skinned? I mean
excluding Negroes, Asians, Indians, and others, many French are dark with
brown eyes and black hair. Where does that come from?
--
Robbie
Dump Bush in 2004!
May 7th 2003, 8:16 pm
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> > My question is this, why are so many French people dark skinned? I
mean
> > excluding Negroes, Asians, Indians, and others, many French are dark
with
> > brown eyes and black hair. Where does that come from?
> >
> Well, you've had the romans there quite a while. Various migrations from
> peoples from eastern europe. And, more recently, north africans,
> spaniards, italians, etc...
Most French are at least somewhat Mediterranean.
Many years ago I rode the train from Paris to Rouen and back for a day trip.
It was long enough ago that it was a compartment train. On the trip back to
Paris, all 6 of us in my compartment were fair-haired and blue-eyed. Those
Norse-men sure brought strong genes with them to Normandy a thousand years
ago!!!
You'll notice that many Sicilians are blue-eyed - same Norse-men genes from
their raiding parties a thousand years ago.
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> > My question is this, why are so many French people dark skinned? I
mean
> > excluding Negroes, Asians, Indians, and others, many French are dark
with
> > brown eyes and black hair. Where does that come from?
> >
> Well, you've had the romans there quite a while. Various migrations from
> peoples from eastern europe. And, more recently, north africans,
> spaniards, italians, etc...
Most French are at least somewhat Mediterranean.
Many years ago I rode the train from Paris to Rouen and back for a day trip.
It was long enough ago that it was a compartment train. On the trip back to
Paris, all 6 of us in my compartment were fair-haired and blue-eyed. Those
Norse-men sure brought strong genes with them to Normandy a thousand years
ago!!!
You'll notice that many Sicilians are blue-eyed - same Norse-men genes from
their raiding parties a thousand years ago.
May 7th 2003, 8:24 pm
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> "Rojosh" a écrit dans le message news:
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> > I just returned from Paris, where I stayed for 11 days. I was
treated
> > very well (as usual) so forget the bullshit some posters are spewing.
> > My question is this, why are so many French people dark skinned? I
> mean
> > excluding Negroes, Asians, Indians, and others, many French are dark
with
> > brown eyes and black hair. Where does that come from?
> from their parents ?
Hehe.
> JPh
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> "Rojosh" a écrit dans le message news:
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> > I just returned from Paris, where I stayed for 11 days. I was
treated
> > very well (as usual) so forget the bullshit some posters are spewing.
> > My question is this, why are so many French people dark skinned? I
> mean
> > excluding Negroes, Asians, Indians, and others, many French are dark
with
> > brown eyes and black hair. Where does that come from?
> from their parents ?
Hehe.
> JPh
May 7th 2003, 8:26 pm
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"Rojosh" a écrit dans le message news:
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> I just returned from Paris, where I stayed for 11 days. I was treated
> very well (as usual) so forget the bullshit some posters are spewing.
> My question is this, why are so many French people dark skinned? I
mean
> excluding Negroes, Asians, Indians, and others, many French are dark with
> brown eyes and black hair. Where does that come from?
from their parents ?
JPh
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> I just returned from Paris, where I stayed for 11 days. I was treated
> very well (as usual) so forget the bullshit some posters are spewing.
> My question is this, why are so many French people dark skinned? I
mean
> excluding Negroes, Asians, Indians, and others, many French are dark with
> brown eyes and black hair. Where does that come from?
from their parents ?
JPh
May 7th 2003, 8:52 pm
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On Wed, 07 May 2003 20:05:14 GMT, "Rojosh" wrote:
> I just returned from Paris, where I stayed for 11 days. I was treated
>very well (as usual) so forget the bullshit some posters are spewing.
> My question is this, why are so many French people dark skinned? I mean
>excluding Negroes, Asians, Indians, and others, many French are dark with
>brown eyes and black hair. Where does that come from?
France spans an area which varies from the flat lands of the north to
the Mediterranean south - so like Spain, Italy, Greece (etc) is has
people with Mediterranean features.
> I just returned from Paris, where I stayed for 11 days. I was treated
>very well (as usual) so forget the bullshit some posters are spewing.
> My question is this, why are so many French people dark skinned? I mean
>excluding Negroes, Asians, Indians, and others, many French are dark with
>brown eyes and black hair. Where does that come from?
France spans an area which varies from the flat lands of the north to
the Mediterranean south - so like Spain, Italy, Greece (etc) is has
people with Mediterranean features.
May 7th 2003, 8:58 pm
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Keith Anderson wrote:
>> I just returned from Paris, where I stayed for 11 days. I was treated
>>very well (as usual) so forget the bullshit some posters are spewing.
>> My question is this, why are so many French people dark skinned? I mean
>>excluding Negroes, Asians, Indians, and others, many French are dark with
>>brown eyes and black hair. Where does that come from?
>
>
> France spans an area which varies from the flat lands of the north to
> the Mediterranean south - so like Spain, Italy, Greece (etc) is has
> people with Mediterranean features.
The above is quite true, but one has to add millions of Spaniards and
Portuguese who emigrated to France in the days of the Common market.
I also note that the original post says nothing of beurs (Frenchmen of
North African extraction) who are said to number 5,000,000.
Bernard Higonnet
>> I just returned from Paris, where I stayed for 11 days. I was treated
>>very well (as usual) so forget the bullshit some posters are spewing.
>> My question is this, why are so many French people dark skinned? I mean
>>excluding Negroes, Asians, Indians, and others, many French are dark with
>>brown eyes and black hair. Where does that come from?
>
>
> France spans an area which varies from the flat lands of the north to
> the Mediterranean south - so like Spain, Italy, Greece (etc) is has
> people with Mediterranean features.
The above is quite true, but one has to add millions of Spaniards and
Portuguese who emigrated to France in the days of the Common market.
I also note that the original post says nothing of beurs (Frenchmen of
North African extraction) who are said to number 5,000,000.
Bernard Higonnet
May 7th 2003, 9:07 pm
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In article , rojosh3
@woh.rr.com says...
> I just returned from Paris, where I stayed for 11 days. I was treated
> very well (as usual) so forget the bullshit some posters are spewing.
> My question is this, why are so many French people dark skinned? I mean
> excluding Negroes, Asians, Indians, and others, many French are dark with
> brown eyes and black hair. Where does that come from?
>
Well, you've had the romans there quite a while. Various migrations from
peoples from eastern europe. And, more recently, north africans,
spaniards, italians, etc...
--
Met vriendelijke groeten/Best regards
Jeroen Wijnands
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@woh.rr.com says...
> I just returned from Paris, where I stayed for 11 days. I was treated
> very well (as usual) so forget the bullshit some posters are spewing.
> My question is this, why are so many French people dark skinned? I mean
> excluding Negroes, Asians, Indians, and others, many French are dark with
> brown eyes and black hair. Where does that come from?
>
Well, you've had the romans there quite a while. Various migrations from
peoples from eastern europe. And, more recently, north africans,
spaniards, italians, etc...
--
Met vriendelijke groeten/Best regards
Jeroen Wijnands
http://spam.pagina.nl
May 7th 2003, 9:12 pm
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On Wed, 07 May 2003 20:05:14 GMT, Rojosh wrote
> I just returned from Paris, where I stayed for 11 days. I was
> treated
> very well (as usual) so forget the bullshit some posters are
> spewing.
> My question is this, why are so many French people dark
> skinned? I mean
> excluding Negroes, Asians, Indians, and others, many French are
> dark with brown eyes and black hair. Where does that come from?
My theory:
Putting aside non-European influences, the modern notion of France as a
unified nation which stretches from the Channel to the Mediterraneean
masks the fact that it is an agglommeration of a wide spread of native
peoples, and the northern strains -- blonder and bluer-eyed --
represent a much smaller percentage of the mix than the southern
strains (dark hair/brown-eyed).
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Harvey
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> I just returned from Paris, where I stayed for 11 days. I was
> treated
> very well (as usual) so forget the bullshit some posters are
> spewing.
> My question is this, why are so many French people dark
> skinned? I mean
> excluding Negroes, Asians, Indians, and others, many French are
> dark with brown eyes and black hair. Where does that come from?
My theory:
Putting aside non-European influences, the modern notion of France as a
unified nation which stretches from the Channel to the Mediterraneean
masks the fact that it is an agglommeration of a wide spread of native
peoples, and the northern strains -- blonder and bluer-eyed --
represent a much smaller percentage of the mix than the southern
strains (dark hair/brown-eyed).
--
Cheers,
Harvey
For e-mail, change harvey to whhvs.
May 8th 2003, 12:29 am
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French are Latins, maybe the less of the latin nations, but they are latins,
with some influentions of other peoples (every body has, I think), but they
are Latins.
Rojosh escreveu na mensagem ...
> I just returned from Paris, where I stayed for 11 days. I was treated
>very well (as usual) so forget the bullshit some posters are spewing.
> My question is this, why are so many French people dark skinned? I mean
>excluding Negroes, Asians, Indians, and others, many French are dark with
>brown eyes and black hair. Where does that come from?
>--
>Robbie
>Dump Bush in 2004!
with some influentions of other peoples (every body has, I think), but they
are Latins.
Rojosh escreveu na mensagem ...
> I just returned from Paris, where I stayed for 11 days. I was treated
>very well (as usual) so forget the bullshit some posters are spewing.
> My question is this, why are so many French people dark skinned? I mean
>excluding Negroes, Asians, Indians, and others, many French are dark with
>brown eyes and black hair. Where does that come from?
>--
>Robbie
>Dump Bush in 2004!
May 8th 2003, 2:43 am
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Rojosh wrote:
>
> I just returned from Paris, where I stayed for 11 days. I was treated
> very well (as usual) so forget the bullshit some posters are spewing.
> My question is this, why are so many French people dark skinned? I mean
> excluding Negroes, Asians, Indians, and others, many French are dark with
> brown eyes and black hair. Where does that come from?
As well ask "Why are so many Scandinavians blonde?" - basically, the
Teutonic peoples were blonde, the Latin ones brunette. However, that's
an oversimplification, because you have blonde French and Italians and
even Greeks, as well as brunette Swedes and Norwegians. (It all comes
down to heredity, and the complexion, etc. of one's ancestors.) BTW,
not all Irish have red hair and green eyes, either!
> --
> Robbie
> Dump Bush in 2004!
>
> I just returned from Paris, where I stayed for 11 days. I was treated
> very well (as usual) so forget the bullshit some posters are spewing.
> My question is this, why are so many French people dark skinned? I mean
> excluding Negroes, Asians, Indians, and others, many French are dark with
> brown eyes and black hair. Where does that come from?
As well ask "Why are so many Scandinavians blonde?" - basically, the
Teutonic peoples were blonde, the Latin ones brunette. However, that's
an oversimplification, because you have blonde French and Italians and
even Greeks, as well as brunette Swedes and Norwegians. (It all comes
down to heredity, and the complexion, etc. of one's ancestors.) BTW,
not all Irish have red hair and green eyes, either!
> --
> Robbie
> Dump Bush in 2004!
May 8th 2003, 8:46 am
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> I mean excluding Negroes, Asians, Indians, and
> others, many French are dark with brown eyes
> and black hair. Where does that come from?
Southern Europe
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> I mean excluding Negroes, Asians, Indians, and
> others, many French are dark with brown eyes
> and black hair. Where does that come from?
Southern Europe
May 8th 2003, 8:48 am
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> I also note that the original post says nothing
> of beurs (Frenchmen of North African extraction)
> who are said to number 5,000,000.
The original post appeared to exclude non-European ethnic origins.
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> I also note that the original post says nothing
> of beurs (Frenchmen of North African extraction)
> who are said to number 5,000,000.
The original post appeared to exclude non-European ethnic origins.
May 8th 2003, 8:49 am
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> You'll notice that many Sicilians are blue-eyed
> - same Norse-men genes from their raiding parties
> a thousand years ago.
And many Norwegians have dark hair and eyes. Invading Sicilians, perhaps?
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> You'll notice that many Sicilians are blue-eyed
> - same Norse-men genes from their raiding parties
> a thousand years ago.
And many Norwegians have dark hair and eyes. Invading Sicilians, perhaps?
May 8th 2003, 8:49 am
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> Negroes?? What is that??
People with dark skin and sub-Saharan African ancestors.
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> Negroes?? What is that??
People with dark skin and sub-Saharan African ancestors.