On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:01:19 +0530, in rec.travel.europe, "grusl"
<[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

...
... "Magda" <magda@eu> wrote in message
... news:[email protected]...
...
... > Marvelous people don't maim their children so they can beg more
... > "efficiently".
... >
...
... Oh, my fave, it's the Stereotypes R Us show, every week on r.t.e.

What, smoke without fire?? Go figure...

On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:10:55 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:

>On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:44:14 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
>arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
>
> ... On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:27:59 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
> ...
> ... >On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:19:08 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
> ... >arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
> ... >
> ... > ... On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:17:06 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
> ... > ...
> ... > ... >On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:32:22 +0530, in rec.travel.europe, "grusl"
> ... > ... ><[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
> ... > ... >
> ... > ... > ...
> ... > ... > ... "Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> ... > ... > ... news:[email protected]...
> ... > ... > ... > On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:34:32 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
> ... > ... > ... >
> ... > ... > ... > burgers
> ... > ... > ... > ice cream
> ... > ... > ...
> ... > ... > ... Tres exotique
> ... > ... >
> ... > ... >*European* street food - why does it have to be "exotique"?
> ... > ...
> ... > ... because exotic means foreign?
> ... >
> ... >This is Europe. Everything is foreign! - for the moment.
> ...
> ... Hence George's comment.
> ...
> ... Do you need inverting?
>
>You didn't hear the tone. When one says "très exotique" it means it's NOT "exotique" at
>all.

Whoosh!
--

Martin

On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:11:08 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:

>On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:45:22 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
>arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
>
> ... On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:28:51 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
> ...
> ... >On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:19:55 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
> ... >arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
> ... >
> ... > ... On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:18:03 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
> ... > ...
> ... > ... >On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:03:23 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
> ... > ... >arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
> ... > ... >
> ... > ... > ... On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:38:08 GMT, "William Black" <[email protected]>
> ... > ... > ... wrote:
> ... > ... > ...
> ... > ... > ... >
> ... > ... > ... >"Magda" <magda@eu> wrote in message
> ... > ... > ... >news:[email protected].. .
> ... > ... > ... >> On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:32:03 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin
> ... > ... > ... >> <[email protected]>
> ... > ... > ... >> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
> ... > ... > ... >>
> ... > ... > ... >> ... On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:20:01 GMT, "William Black"
> ... > ... > ... >> <[email protected]>
> ... > ... > ... >> ... wrote:
> ... > ... > ... >> ...
> ... > ... > ... >> ... >
> ... > ... > ... >> ... >"Deeply Filled Mortician" <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu>
> ... > ... > ... >> wrote
> ... > ... > ... >> ... >in message news:[email protected]...
> ... > ... > ... >> ... >
> ... > ... > ... >> ... >> I would have employed another lackey to supervise his toilet
> ... > ... > ... >> hygiene.
> ... > ... > ... >> ... >
> ... > ... > ... >> ... >Why bother?
> ... > ... > ... >> ... >
> ... > ... > ... >> ... >India is dust ridden.
> ... > ... > ... >> ... >
> ... > ... > ... >> ... >About 25% of the dust in the cities is estimated to be dried shit.
> ... > ... > ... >> ...
> ... > ... > ... >> ... We don't wish to know what the other 75% is.
> ... > ... > ... >>
> ... > ... > ... >> I know enough to never go there. Thank you, guys.
> ... > ... > ... >>
> ... > ... > ... >
> ... > ... > ... >You should
> ... > ... > ... >
> ... > ... > ... >It's endlessly fascinating, endlessly terrifying, endlessly entertaining
> ... > ... > ... >and the weather is digital, it's either wonderful or hostile and the people
> ... > ... > ... >are marvelous.
> ... > ... > ...
> ... > ... > ... Did I mention the French woman, that one of my colleague's knew, who didn't
> ... > ... > ... believe in conventional medicine, refused to be vaccinated and as a result died
> ... > ... > ... of a tropical disease, whilst on holiday in India?
> ... > ... >
> ... > ... >Darwin in action!! )
> ... > ...
> ... > ... I like your positive attitude to quack medicine :-)
> ... >
> ... >I saw "Idiocracy" the other day. Highly recommended!
> ...
> ... I think they used to employ me, they paid well too. Maybe a symptom?
> ...
> ... :-)
>
>A film.

In your case, in my case an idiot administration.
--

Martin

On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:14:28 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

... On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:10:55 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
...
... >On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:44:14 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
... >arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
... >
... > ... On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:27:59 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
... > ...
... > ... >On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:19:08 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
... > ... >arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
... > ... >
... > ... > ... On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:17:06 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
... > ... > ...
... > ... > ... >On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:32:22 +0530, in rec.travel.europe, "grusl"
... > ... > ... ><[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
... > ... > ... >
... > ... > ... > ...
... > ... > ... > ... "Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
... > ... > ... > ... news:[email protected]...
... > ... > ... > ... > On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:34:32 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
... > ... > ... > ... >
... > ... > ... > ... > burgers
... > ... > ... > ... > ice cream
... > ... > ... > ...
... > ... > ... > ... Tres exotique
... > ... > ... >
... > ... > ... >*European* street food - why does it have to be "exotique"?
... > ... > ...
... > ... > ... because exotic means foreign?
... > ... >
... > ... >This is Europe. Everything is foreign! - for the moment.
... > ...
... > ... Hence George's comment.
... > ...
... > ... Do you need inverting?
... >
... >You didn't hear the tone. When one says "très exotique" it means it's NOT "exotique" at
... >all.
...
... Whoosh!

Back at ya. You don't speak French.

On Apr 27, 1:22 pm, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:14:28 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
>
> ... On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:10:55 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
> ...
> ... >On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:44:14 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
> ... >arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
> ... >
> ... > ... On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:27:59 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
> ... > ...
> ... > ... >On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:19:08 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
> ... > ... >arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
> ... > ... >
> ... > ... > ... On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:17:06 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
> ... > ... > ...
> ... > ... > ... >On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:32:22 +0530, in rec.travel.europe, "grusl"
> ... > ... > ... ><[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
> ... > ... > ... >
> ... > ... > ... > ...
> ... > ... > ... > ... "Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> ... > ... > ... > ...news:[email protected] ...
> ... > ... > ... > ... > On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:34:32 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
> ... > ... > ... > ... >
> ... > ... > ... > ... > burgers
> ... > ... > ... > ... > ice cream
> ... > ... > ... > ...
> ... > ... > ... > ... Tres exotique
> ... > ... > ... >
> ... > ... > ... >*European* street food - why does it have to be "exotique"?
> ... > ... > ...
> ... > ... > ... because exotic means foreign?
> ... > ... >
> ... > ... >This is Europe. Everything is foreign! - for the moment.
> ... > ...
> ... > ... Hence George's comment.
> ... > ...
> ... > ... Do you need inverting?
> ... >
> ... >You didn't hear the tone. When one says "très exotique" it means it's NOT "exotique" at
> ... >all.
> ...
> ... Whoosh!
>
> Back at ya. You don't speak French.

or Dutch.......

On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:22:20 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:

>On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:14:28 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
>arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
>
> ... On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:10:55 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
> ...
> ... >On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:44:14 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
> ... >arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
> ... >
> ... > ... On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:27:59 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
> ... > ...
> ... > ... >On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:19:08 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
> ... > ... >arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
> ... > ... >
> ... > ... > ... On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:17:06 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
> ... > ... > ...
> ... > ... > ... >On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:32:22 +0530, in rec.travel.europe, "grusl"
> ... > ... > ... ><[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
> ... > ... > ... >
> ... > ... > ... > ...
> ... > ... > ... > ... "Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> ... > ... > ... > ... news:[email protected]...
> ... > ... > ... > ... > On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:34:32 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
> ... > ... > ... > ... >
> ... > ... > ... > ... > burgers
> ... > ... > ... > ... > ice cream
> ... > ... > ... > ...
> ... > ... > ... > ... Tres exotique
> ... > ... > ... >
> ... > ... > ... >*European* street food - why does it have to be "exotique"?
> ... > ... > ...
> ... > ... > ... because exotic means foreign?
> ... > ... >
> ... > ... >This is Europe. Everything is foreign! - for the moment.
> ... > ...
> ... > ... Hence George's comment.
> ... > ...
> ... > ... Do you need inverting?
> ... >
> ... >You didn't hear the tone. When one says "très exotique" it means it's NOT "exotique" at
> ... >all.
> ...
> ... Whoosh!
>
>Back at ya. You don't speak French.

Not when I am in a room by myself, but I have been known to speak French in
France when needed and I can read French in private without moving my lips.
--

Martin

On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:38:04 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

... On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:22:20 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
...
... >On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:14:28 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
... >arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
... >
... > ... On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:10:55 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
... > ...
... > ... >On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:44:14 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
... > ... >arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
... > ... >
... > ... > ... On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:27:59 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
... > ... > ...
... > ... > ... >On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:19:08 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
... > ... > ... >arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
... > ... > ... >
... > ... > ... > ... On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:17:06 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
... > ... > ... > ...
... > ... > ... > ... >On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:32:22 +0530, in rec.travel.europe, "grusl"
... > ... > ... > ... ><[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
... > ... > ... > ... >
... > ... > ... > ... > ...
... > ... > ... > ... > ... "Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
... > ... > ... > ... > ... news:[email protected]...
... > ... > ... > ... > ... > On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:34:32 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
... > ... > ... > ... > ... >
... > ... > ... > ... > ... > burgers
... > ... > ... > ... > ... > ice cream
... > ... > ... > ... > ...
... > ... > ... > ... > ... Tres exotique
... > ... > ... > ... >
... > ... > ... > ... >*European* street food - why does it have to be "exotique"?
... > ... > ... > ...
... > ... > ... > ... because exotic means foreign?
... > ... > ... >
... > ... > ... >This is Europe. Everything is foreign! - for the moment.
... > ... > ...
... > ... > ... Hence George's comment.
... > ... > ...
... > ... > ... Do you need inverting?
... > ... >
... > ... >You didn't hear the tone. When one says "très exotique" it means it's NOT "exotique" at
... > ... >all.
... > ...
... > ... Whoosh!
... >
... >Back at ya. You don't speak French.
...
... Not when I am in a room by myself, but I have been known to speak French in
... France when needed and I can read French in private without moving my lips.

As I said - you do not speak French.

"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

> Somebody on another group has just made a post about how all Frenchmen
> are
> permanently pissed. This clashes with my experience of French engineers,
> who
> wouldn't drink anything with alcohol at lunch and whose idea of a piss up
> was a
> couple of fizzy beers. I did have some success changing the drinking
> habits a
> group of French engineers visiting Munich, I got them hooked on Ayinger
> beer
> --

I'm fairly sure that when I'm in France or Italy on a leisurely day at about
3pm I've drunk more alcohol than most of the locals. Of course I'm on
holiday; they're not. The exception was a microbrewery in Lille full of some
kind of engineering/computer type students. A polytechnique perhaps. That
was an eyeopener -- made the Silver Bullet in Columbia, Missouri, look like
a temperance hall.

Cheers (and I mean cheers),
George W Russell
Bangalore

On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 17:12:19 +0530, "grusl" <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected].. .
>
>> Somebody on another group has just made a post about how all Frenchmen
>> are
>> permanently pissed. This clashes with my experience of French engineers,
>> who
>> wouldn't drink anything with alcohol at lunch and whose idea of a piss up
>> was a
>> couple of fizzy beers. I did have some success changing the drinking
>> habits a
>> group of French engineers visiting Munich, I got them hooked on Ayinger
>> beer
>> --
>
>I'm fairly sure that when I'm in France or Italy on a leisurely day at about
>3pm I've drunk more alcohol than most of the locals.

Me too.

>Of course I'm on
>holiday; they're not. The exception was a microbrewery in Lille full of some
>kind of engineering/computer type students. A polytechnique perhaps. That
>was an eyeopener -- made the Silver Bullet in Columbia, Missouri, look like
>a temperance hall.

Drunkenness is looked down on Italy.
--

Martin

On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:42:15 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:

>On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:38:04 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
>arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
>
> ... On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:22:20 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
> ...
> ... >On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:14:28 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
> ... >arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
> ... >
> ... > ... On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:10:55 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
> ... > ...
> ... > ... >On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:44:14 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
> ... > ... >arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
> ... > ... >
> ... > ... > ... On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:27:59 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
> ... > ... > ...
> ... > ... > ... >On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:19:08 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
> ... > ... > ... >arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
> ... > ... > ... >
> ... > ... > ... > ... On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:17:06 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
> ... > ... > ... > ...
> ... > ... > ... > ... >On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:32:22 +0530, in rec.travel.europe, "grusl"
> ... > ... > ... > ... ><[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
> ... > ... > ... > ... >
> ... > ... > ... > ... > ...
> ... > ... > ... > ... > ... "Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> ... > ... > ... > ... > ... news:[email protected]...
> ... > ... > ... > ... > ... > On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:34:32 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
> ... > ... > ... > ... > ... >
> ... > ... > ... > ... > ... > burgers
> ... > ... > ... > ... > ... > ice cream
> ... > ... > ... > ... > ...
> ... > ... > ... > ... > ... Tres exotique
> ... > ... > ... > ... >
> ... > ... > ... > ... >*European* street food - why does it have to be "exotique"?
> ... > ... > ... > ...
> ... > ... > ... > ... because exotic means foreign?
> ... > ... > ... >
> ... > ... > ... >This is Europe. Everything is foreign! - for the moment.
> ... > ... > ...
> ... > ... > ... Hence George's comment.
> ... > ... > ...
> ... > ... > ... Do you need inverting?
> ... > ... >
> ... > ... >You didn't hear the tone. When one says "très exotique" it means it's NOT "exotique" at
> ... > ... >all.
> ... > ...
> ... > ... Whoosh!
> ... >
> ... >Back at ya. You don't speak French.
> ...
> ... Not when I am in a room by myself, but I have been known to speak French in
> ... France when needed and I can read French in private without moving my lips.
>
>As I said - you do not speak French.

Does this imply that you do speak French to yourself when alone and move your
lips when reading French in private?
--

Martin

On 27 Apr 2007 04:35:51 -0700, Chiken Koma <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Apr 27, 1:22 pm, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
>> On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:14:28 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
>> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
>>
>> ... On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:10:55 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
>> ...
>> ... >On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:44:14 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
>> ... >arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
>> ... >
>> ... > ... On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:27:59 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
>> ... > ...
>> ... > ... >On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:19:08 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
>> ... > ... >arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
>> ... > ... >
>> ... > ... > ... On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:17:06 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
>> ... > ... > ...
>> ... > ... > ... >On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:32:22 +0530, in rec.travel.europe, "grusl"
>> ... > ... > ... ><[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
>> ... > ... > ... >
>> ... > ... > ... > ...
>> ... > ... > ... > ... "Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> ... > ... > ... > ...news:[email protected] ...
>> ... > ... > ... > ... > On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:34:32 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
>> ... > ... > ... > ... >
>> ... > ... > ... > ... > burgers
>> ... > ... > ... > ... > ice cream
>> ... > ... > ... > ...
>> ... > ... > ... > ... Tres exotique
>> ... > ... > ... >
>> ... > ... > ... >*European* street food - why does it have to be "exotique"?
>> ... > ... > ...
>> ... > ... > ... because exotic means foreign?
>> ... > ... >
>> ... > ... >This is Europe. Everything is foreign! - for the moment.
>> ... > ...
>> ... > ... Hence George's comment.
>> ... > ...
>> ... > ... Do you need inverting?
>> ... >
>> ... >You didn't hear the tone. When one says "très exotique" it means it's NOT "exotique" at
>> ... >all.
>> ...
>> ... Whoosh!
>>
>> Back at ya. You don't speak French.
>
>or Dutch.......

wrong on both counts.
--

Martin

"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 17:12:19 +0530, "grusl" <[email protected]>
> wrote:

> Drunkenness is looked down on Italy.
>

In France it seems more of an eccentricity. I'd say Paris has plenty of
largely cheerful street drunks but by plenty I probably mean more than one
per visit. Far fewer and seemingly less dangerous than London or even Cork.
I've met only one aggressive drunk in Italy on half a dozen visits: a man
who said he was Algerian on Via Ostiense raging about, I think, George Bush.
I don't understand Frangliano very well.

Cheers,

George W Russell
Bangalore

On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:47:55 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

...
... Does this imply that you do speak French to yourself when alone

Yes. I dream in French, I swear in French, I even *grumble* in French.

and move your
... lips when reading French in private?

You know some French words, maybe just enough to survive. You have no idea what people are
really saying, even if you know the words. A little like when I read a newspaper from the
Minho - I know all the words, I have no idea what they are doing together!

On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:11:29 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:

>On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:47:55 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
>arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
>
> ...
> ... Does this imply that you do speak French to yourself when alone
>
>Yes. I dream in French, I swear in French, I even *grumble* in French.
>
> and move your
> ... lips when reading French in private?
>
>You know some French words, maybe just enough to survive.

I'm officially at intermediate level.

>You have no idea what people are
>really saying,

Do you mean you have? :-)

>even if you know the words. A little like when I read a newspaper from the
>Minho - I know all the words, I have no idea what they are doing together!

Yeah right.

It's not at all like when you read Minho.
--

Martin

On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:16:44 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

... On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:11:29 +0200, Magda <magda@eu> wrote:
...
... >On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:47:55 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
... >arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
... >
... > ...
... > ... Does this imply that you do speak French to yourself when alone
... >
... >Yes. I dream in French, I swear in French, I even *grumble* in French.
... >
... > and move your
... > ... lips when reading French in private?
... >
... >You know some French words, maybe just enough to survive.
...
... I'm officially at intermediate level.

And you think that "très exotique" means "très exotique".

Très intermediate, Martin...

... >You have no idea what people are
... >really saying,
...
... Do you mean you have? :-)

No - I do. NA!

... >even if you know the words. A little like when I read a newspaper from the
... >Minho - I know all the words, I have no idea what they are doing together!
...
... Yeah right.

Yes, right!