The French can neither read nor calculate

quisquose · **#21** by **quisquose** » Oct 09, 2013 1:46 pm

THWOTH wrote:Personally, I think a public school system should always favour an overtly educational ethos, education for the sake of it, over a training for work ethos - education should be the gateway to a successful life rather than merely a gateway to a successful career.

Agreed. In fact I think that education is as good a "meaning of life" as anything, and doesn't stop when we leave school. I certainly get a lot of meaning from learning stuff, whether here, BBC4, there, the Internet, or everywhere.

surreptitious57 · **#22** by **surreptitious57** » Oct 09, 2013 2:49 pm

Rat Skep and BBC 4 are both awesome and long may they continue

Education for those who cannot afford to or did not go to university

laklak · **#23** by **laklak** » Oct 09, 2013 2:56 pm

Regina wrote:
Phew. Good thing we cleared that up. Can we now take the piss out of La Grande Nation?

Take out the piss and all that's left are frog legs and Gauloises.

Scot Dutchy · **#24** by **Scot Dutchy** » Oct 09, 2013 3:03 pm

laklak wrote:
Regina wrote:
Phew. Good thing we cleared that up. Can we now take the piss out of La Grande Nation?

Take out the piss and all that's left are frog legs and Gauloises.

I really miss a Gauloise or Gitane now and again. (just nostalgia)

laklak · **#25** by **laklak** » Oct 09, 2013 3:19 pm

Scot Dutchy wrote:
laklak wrote:
Regina wrote:
Phew. Good thing we cleared that up. Can we now take the piss out of La Grande Nation?

Take out the piss and all that's left are frog legs and Gauloises.

I really miss a Gauloise or Gitane now and again. (just nostalgia)

I know what you mean. The other day someone walked past me in a parking lot and I caught a whiff of tobacco and my mouth actually watered. Not that I could smoke a cigarette, I'd likely puke, but it sure smelled nice from a distance.

Scot Dutchy · **#26** by **Scot Dutchy** » Oct 09, 2013 4:02 pm

laklak wrote:
Scot Dutchy wrote:
laklak wrote:
Regina wrote:
Phew. Good thing we cleared that up. Can we now take the piss out of La Grande Nation?

Take out the piss and all that's left are frog legs and Gauloises.

I really miss a Gauloise or Gitane now and again. (just nostalgia)

I know what you mean. The other day someone walked past me in a parking lot and I caught a whiff of tobacco and my mouth actually watered. Not that I could smoke a cigarette, I'd likely puke, but it sure smelled nice from a distance.

You cannot buy Gauloise or Gitane anymore. I used to smoke them at school. Other pupils did not want to cadge a cigarette off you. 8-)

archibald · **#27** by **archibald** » Oct 09, 2013 9:53 pm

Regina wrote:
archibald wrote:The results are hardly unexpected. Young british people these days appear to have appaling standards with both english and grammar.

It's "English".

Thanks Regina but I already know what language it is I speak it everyday.

archibald · **#28** by **archibald** » Oct 09, 2013 9:55 pm

THWOTH wrote:
What the L? My grandma has appalling standards but she knows dat proper names gets a cap'tal lettah! Don't dis the wrinklies blud.

Lol. Like it. Appaling with 2 l's. Good one.

archibald · **#29** by **archibald** » Oct 09, 2013 9:58 pm

I had an example of this sort of thing just earlier today. Someone texted me 'that was the first time I've ever had sex with a hermafrodite'. I had to chuckle. Choir boys, eh? They don't make 'em like they used to in the old days.

Regina · **#30** by **Regina** » Oct 10, 2013 7:45 am

archibald wrote:
Regina wrote:
archibald wrote:The results are hardly unexpected. Young british people these days appear to have appaling standards with both english and grammar.

It's "English".

Thanks Regina but I already know what language it is I speak it everyday.

Every day. :mrgreen:

Cito di Pense · **#31** by **Cito di Pense** » Oct 10, 2013 7:54 am

Regina wrote:
archibald wrote:
Regina wrote:
archibald wrote:The results are hardly unexpected. Young british people these days appear to have appaling standards with both english and grammar.

It's "English".

Thanks Regina but I already know what language it is I speak it everyday.

Every day.

The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue, a custom whereof the memory of man runneth not howsomever to the contrary, nohow.

I already know what language it is I speak it everyday

Ah, but do I know what language it is? It is the language that it is.

I already know what language it is semicolon/fullstop I speak it every fucking day fullstop

Regina · **#32** by **Regina** » Oct 10, 2013 7:57 am

Sort of.

Cito di Pense · **#33** by **Cito di Pense** » Oct 10, 2013 7:58 am

archibald wrote:They don't make 'em like they used to in the old days.

Predictions are difficult. Especially of the future. -- Yogi Berra

We made too many wrong mistakes. -- Yogi Berra

You can observe a lot just by watching. -- Yogi Berra

Fallible · **#34** by **Fallible** » Oct 10, 2013 8:00 am

Somenaughtypeopleionceknewusedtoruntheirwordstogetherwhentheywerespeakinginfrontofanonnativepersontheydidntwanttounderstandwhattheyweresayingbecausetheywereundertheimpressionitmadeitmoredifficultforanononnativespeakertounderstand

Cito di Pense · **#35** by **Cito di Pense** » Oct 10, 2013 8:06 am

Fallible wrote:Somenaughtypeople

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24467371

archibald · **#36** by **archibald** » Oct 10, 2013 8:07 am

Regina wrote:
Every day.

Thank goodness your here to keep me right. :thumbup:

Cito di Pense · **#37** by **Cito di Pense** » Oct 10, 2013 8:09 am

archibald wrote:
Regina wrote:
Every day.

Thank goodness your here to keep me right.

You're almost there, wherever 'here' is.

Briton · **#38** by **Briton** » Oct 10, 2013 8:13 am

laklak wrote:
Scot Dutchy wrote:
laklak wrote:
Regina wrote:
Phew. Good thing we cleared that up. Can we now take the piss out of La Grande Nation?

Take out the piss and all that's left are frog legs and Gauloises.

I really miss a Gauloise or Gitane now and again. (just nostalgia)

I know what you mean. The other day someone walked past me in a parking lot and I caught a whiff of tobacco and my mouth actually watered. Not that I could smoke a cigarette, I'd likely puke, but it sure smelled nice from a distance.

I love the whiff of tobacco smoke outdoors. Really miss my fags at times.

About language. I remember reading somewhere that the average English speaker has a much wider vocabulary than the speakers of most other languages...does anyone know if there is any truth in that?

Cito di Pense · **#39** by **Cito di Pense** » Oct 10, 2013 8:15 am

Briton wrote:the average English speaker has a much wider vocabulary

Not 'vocabulary'. 'Fundament'. Don't mix them up, even though they are homophones.

I mean, the 'wideness' (or 'width') of vocabulary. Yawns before me like a chasm. Not the breadth of a chance.

Sadder, perhaps, but wider.

Regina · **#40** by **Regina** » Oct 10, 2013 8:18 am

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archibald wrote:
Regina wrote:
Every day.

Thank goodness your here to keep me right.

No need to thank me. It's a vocation. :dance:

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