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Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 5:50 pm

J'espère que vous nous joindrez! Very Happy

(For everyone else: we were written up in a French tech blog today and there are hundreds of French visitors stopping by to check us out. If the forum seems slower than usual, that's why. Wink

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Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 6:23 pm

No Parlez but Welcome French visitors!

I hope the write up was a positive one!

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 9:41 pm

Vive la France!

More French speakers sure would be a nice addition to here - gives us a broader front to attack the lads from. Evil or Very Mad

Bienvenu!

PS: Mademoiselles françaises sont plus que bienvenus à m'envoyer un message privé. Cool

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 10:04 pm

@TheDane:

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In a victory for feminists, French Prime Minister Francois Fillon has said the word "mademoiselle" would no longer be used in government documents, according to a government spokeswoman on Wednesday.

"Madame or mademoiselle?" is a loaded question in France, where it is used both by men trying to establish a woman's "availability" and by government departments, banks, and private companies who still force women to categorize themselves as Mrs. or Miss.

In France, a man is a Mr. -or monsieur -all his life, but women are either mademoiselles or mesdames for official and business purposes, depending on their marital status.

It's a distinction that no longer exists in a number of Western countries. Germany in 1972 banned fraulein from official use. English-speaking countries give women the option of the neutral Ms.

The word mademoiselle comes from demoiselle, which used to be a title of nobility in pre-revolutionary France and only became linked with marital status during the Napoleonic era.

Since then, it has survived three government memos since 1967, all of which declared mademoiselle to have no legal standing.

Read more.

Wink

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 10:21 pm

^^^ Lucky for me, nothing that goes on here is to be considered official. In fact, most of it never happened. Laughing

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Bienvenue à tous mes amis canadiens européennes.

Trophy Videos · Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 3:31 am

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen from France.
(kisses right cheek, kisses left cheek.) Very Happy

We do lots of kissing around here. You just missed the Valentine's Day thread. Perhaps you will stick around for the "Will you be my drumken Leprechaun" thread?
In the meantime, why not bait safely and pick up some lads? Very Happy

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:20 am

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"Will you be my drumken Leprechaun" thread?

Started early, Slappy? Laughing

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 9:43 am

Just shows what you miss out on, our school never did a french subject, we were lucky to understand english, in the distant past 5 decades ago. Laughing

Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 10:34 am

I could hardly get on at all last night. I think they were all regarding les images dans le gallerie.

Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 2:46 am

Je parle français et espagnol et j'ai une tentation d'escroc publiée en laquelle ma pêcheuse écrit en espagnol, jusqu'à ce que le banquier «ivorien» paraît, quand elle lui écrit en français, qu'il ne comprend pas, ce qui montre qu'il n'est pas du tout ivorien, mais probablement un Nigerianérien dans la Côte d'Ivoire.

Bienvenus à Eater!