Roy Hunter
Co-Chairman
ANGFA of North America
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> From: drews at webgate.net
> To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Subject: [RML] SPAM!!
> Date: Thursday, January 16, 1997 8:06 PM
>
> Hunter wrote....or in Australian "colour" Just looking
> at the word spelled that way sounds french :-)
>
> Well Roy the word did originate in the french language. Once upon a time
the
> English nobles (kings, queens duke etc.) spoke only french. They didn't
speak
> the tongue of the people they ruled so, French is found a lot throughout
the
> English language. Depot is another example of the french influence on the
> English language. Did you know that bungalow is originally a Portuguese
word or
> that mortgage is derived from old French? How about colon? Originally a
greek
> word.
>
> It just looks strange to you because you yanks had to change it around so
that
> you could make English an American invention;-) Pretty soon we'll be
reading
> that it was the British that won independence from you guys!!;-)
>
> For all you non Yank readers, I recently opened the instructions for a
toy one
> of my kids got for Christmas and there were several languages listed
including
> "American" . In brackets beside American was the word "English"! Big
Brother
> continues the insidious re-write of history!;-)
>
> Chris
>
> ps. Before I start receiving any unkind emails please note: the tongue be
firmly
> planted!:-)