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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Jason replied on Wed Jul 13, 2005 @ 5:40pm |
 Coolness: 45035 | French outraged by Tokyo governor
A group of French speakers in Japan are suing the governor of Tokyo after he described French as a failed language. The 21 teachers and researchers, are demanding compensation and an apology for the "insulting remarks" from Governor Shintaro Ishihara. Mr Ishihara is accused of saying he was not surprised French did not qualify as an international language, as it was "a language which cannot count numbers". The veteran politician is well-known for his outspoken comments. He has previously drawn criticism for saying the Nanjing Massacre, in which hundreds of thousands of Chinese were slaughtered by Japanese troops in the 1930s, never happened. His latest controversial came comments during the inauguration of a university building last October. Among the audience were French professors who had opposed his government's integration of five schools to form Tokyo Metropolitan University. "I have to say that it should be no surprise that French is disqualified as an international language because French is a language which cannot count numbers," he said. French contribution Numbers in French can be complicated for beginners, especially combinations which make up numbers such as 94, which translates as "four 20s and 14". The group taking Mr Ishihara to court, who include French and Japanese nationals, are seeking a written apology and 500,000 yen (£2,545; 3,683 euros) each. They say his comments "hindered their economic livelihoods". Brendan Marcus, who teaches at a private French school in Tokyo, is one of the plaintiffs. "For someone of his public stance, it's quite unacceptable," Mr Marcus told Reuters news agency. "When you know how many French scientists and mathematicians throughout history have made important contributions, [his remarks are] not appropriate." Story from BBC NEWS: [ news.bbc.co.uk ] Published: 2005/07/13 11:02:32 GMT © BBC MMV |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» daFTWin replied on Wed Jul 13, 2005 @ 5:51pm |
 Coolness: 276570 | FIRE THE LAZER! |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead replied on Wed Jul 13, 2005 @ 5:54pm |
 Coolness: 685725 | That guy is my new hero.
Statistically, mandarin is easier to learn than french. LOOK AT THAT LANGUAGE! It's easier than FRENCH! I was born french and didn't speak a word of english untill I was about 9 and I still don't understand most of the rules of the language and find it to be overly complicated for something that should be as simple as possible (communication). |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Lady replied on Wed Jul 13, 2005 @ 6:46pm |
 Coolness: 182665 | hahahahhahahaha
he said french cant count numbers and i thought learning thai would be hard.. apprently not as hard as french! hahahahaha |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» cactain_steef replied on Wed Jul 13, 2005 @ 7:09pm |
 Coolness: 154810 | ^bahahah...
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Lady replied on Wed Jul 13, 2005 @ 7:26pm |
| Coolness: 182665 | aww how sweet..... the smell of DOG ASS |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nothingnopenope replied on Wed Jul 13, 2005 @ 7:35pm |
 Coolness: 201360 | yeah japanese has how many alphebets? Man they have no right to bash latin based languages they are some of the most simple and organized |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Toltech replied on Wed Jul 13, 2005 @ 10:01pm |
 Coolness: 145555 | well Im glad I learned French before English 'cause sometimes some Montreal born peeps font pitier, c'est grave hahaha.
That governor made me lol though. His comments about the numbers reminded me of this old standup comic jew newyorker lady who was talking about a trip she took to France and she was like "I was trying to tell the taxi driver to take me to 99 [wtv street] and I was thinking 4x20+10+9 and I thought gee I gotta whip out my calculator so I just said NEUF! NEUF!....he must've thought I was barking like a dog because he petted me with a pitty look on his face." |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» earthyspirit replied on Sat Jul 16, 2005 @ 1:54pm |
 Coolness: 229810 | 70-10, 70-11,.. LOL always though that was one of the strangest things about french.. Can't just have a true word for seventyone? etc.. LOL |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» ashtraygirl replied on Sat Jul 16, 2005 @ 3:48pm |
 Coolness: 89620 | Mr Ishihara is accused of saying he was not surprised French did not qualify as an international language, as it was "a language which cannot count numbers".
-- what does he mean by this? |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Toltech replied on Sat Jul 16, 2005 @ 3:55pm |
| Coolness: 145555 | ben la come on Lindsay....have u know been following...4-20-10-9....quatre-vingt-dix-neuf while in english, it's just ninety-nine or wtv... |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Toltech replied on Sat Jul 16, 2005 @ 4:02pm |
| Coolness: 145555 | Originally posted by S.U.DS....
70-10, 70-11,.. LOL always though that was one of the strangest things about french.. Can't just have a true word for seventyone? etc.. LOL it's funny that u mention that cause u still have it all wrong heheh :b...it's not 70-10 it's 60-10, 60-11 etc.... one thing this bright Japanese guy is unaware of, is that not everyone French speaking country in the World counts numbers like that and yest they do have a word just for 70 instead of 60 et 10....it's called Septen...as in Septen Un, Septen Deux, Septen Trois and for 90, instead of 4x20+10, they have Octen...again Octen Un, Octen Deux....many countries including Belgium, Switzerland and French speaking African Nations speak like that....bah well. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Toltech replied on Sat Jul 16, 2005 @ 4:11pm |
| Coolness: 145555 | oh yeah and of course, there is a word for 80 also but I cant remember cause we dont talk like that here anyways, though I have encountered a few people who count that way. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead replied on Sat Jul 16, 2005 @ 4:47pm |
| Coolness: 685725 | Yeah, Carlos got it right. In belgium, it's Septante for 70 and Nonante for 90 (septant et un, septante deux, septante troi, nonante et un, nonante deux, nonante troix, etc)
Can't remember what 80 is though. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» cactain_steef replied on Sat Jul 16, 2005 @ 6:17pm |
| Coolness: 154810 | octante? haha |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Mico replied on Sat Jul 16, 2005 @ 7:27pm |
 Coolness: 150595 | ...Now that would make sense. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» earthyspirit replied on Sun Jul 17, 2005 @ 10:42am |
| Coolness: 229810 | LOL coool. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» v.2-1 replied on Sun Jul 17, 2005 @ 12:47pm |
 Coolness: 159255 | Bah, I'm french-canadian, born and raised and I'll be the one to admit that the french language, in its current form, is just about the shittiest most complicated language I've ever come across.
Why ? Well, a shitload of pompous language freaks in the 19th century up until the mid 20th decided to, instead of axing about half of verb tenses which haven't been used in about 300 years, ADD more rules and laws to the language which I'm sarcastically assuming was to make sure the language would only be understood by the french only. It seems to be working. Just look at how well students are excelling in school in french class. In most cases, it's the only language they know and they fail miserably at it. If Quebec wants to keep french as a primary language, it ain't gonna happen with our newest generation, let me tell ya. As for me, I've given up on the language a while ago. I still talk and all but written, by long I prefer english which, to me, is just about 15 times more simple. ( For the record, my written french is way above average ) Oh and big up to belgians for getting numbers RIGHT. " Soixante et dix " is fucking retarded to me. I can't find another language that can't come up with names for 70, 80 90, etc. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead replied on Sun Jul 17, 2005 @ 1:54pm |
| Coolness: 685725 | I was born and raised here but all my family was from over there, mostly it's my grandparents that still occasionaly use their words for numbers. I didn't speak a word of english untill I was 9 years old and when I wasn't even 2 yet I was able to read and understand enough french to read the bible (it's how my grandmother taught me to read), and I have to agree that, while I can speak french way better than most, writing is nearly impossible, too much to remember, it's too complicated.
Communication should never be something that's a challenge or something that's hard to do. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Mr_Frog replied on Mon Jul 18, 2005 @ 12:33pm |
 Coolness: 97235 | Japaneses against french numbers, their system is fucking weird. There a kind of numbers if you count (2), there's a kind of numbers if you order/count something (2 beers), there's a kind of numbers for boats, there's few other kind of numbers! |
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