05-11-2002 23:44									#61
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Pre-hominid apes is far back enough.

So you accept that we acknowledge the Greek words as the original then?

	06-11-2002 00:00									#62
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Where did you get that?

"Nau" is the original, which isn't Greek.

	06-11-2002 00:23									#63
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quote: Originally posted by DanS Pre-hominid apes is far back enough.

How did they call "astronauts"?

	06-11-2002 00:26									#64
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quote: Originally posted by DanS Where did you get that? "Nau" is the original, which isn't Greek.

I was trying to imply the Greeks are pre-homi... never mind.

	06-11-2002 01:23									#65
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You're way ahead of me there. Please see Paiktis's post, above.

"How did they call "astronauts"?"

I don't know. SD seems to have some theories, though.

	06-11-2002 01:29									#66
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Astronauts get all the Tang they want

	06-11-2002 17:58									#67
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quote: Originally posted by DanS But then it appears that "spationauts" also refers sometimes to Italians as well?

Spationaut is the word some (esp. french) wants to be for any european spaceman. But as there is no written rule...

	06-11-2002 18:06									#68
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quote: Originally posted by Dry Spationaut is the word some (esp. french) wants to be for any european spaceman. But as there is no written rule...

The French are known of expecting the whole Europe to use French terms and French behavior. They also wanted to call the ECU (now Euro) "Franc". But nobody, including me, is following this bs. I'm not going to eat Frogs either.

	06-11-2002 18:25									#69
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quote: Originally posted by Sir Ralph The French are known of expecting the whole Europe to use French terms and French behavior. They also wanted to call the ECU (now Euro) "Franc". But nobody, including me, is following this bs. I'm not going to eat Frogs either.

The French in wanting to oppose US Cultural dominance want evrything to be French.

I for one prefer the Yanks

	06-11-2002 18:38									#70
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quote: Originally posted by Sir Ralph The French are known of expecting the whole Europe to use French terms and French behavior. They also wanted to call the ECU (now Euro) "Franc".

Never heard that. I'm french speaking and listen sometimes french medias. I swear I never heard that. If that was true, I am sure all Belgium would have been aware of it and dead from laughing.
I always heard that most of europe was for ECU, but it was Germany who disagreed.
ECU was too franco-british. ECU is both an english acronym and the name of an old french currency. This p*****-*** the Germans and they asked to change it... leading to the ugly EURO word.
My vote goes clearly to ECU.

quote: I'm not going to eat Frogs either.

I tried. It's tasteless, close to chicken. No big deal. I prefer snails, from far.

	06-11-2002 19:18									#71
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The Dutch sometimes use the word astronaut, sometimes the Dutch word 'ruimtevaarder', which (coincidentally?) is a literal translation of cosmonaut ('ruimte' = space (cosmos), 'vaarder' ~= sailor (nautis)).

But usually we just call him Wubbo Ockels

	06-11-2002 20:14									#72
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quote: Originally posted by Sagacious Dolphin I was trying to imply the Greeks are pre-homi... never mind.

When we were building the Acropolis, you were monkeys living in trees you xevyalmene eggleze

Or another

When we were having cholesterole problems, you were still eating roots

	06-11-2002 20:16									#73
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quote: Originally posted by paiktis22 When we were building the Acropolis, you were monkeys living in trees you xevyalmene eggleze Or another When we were having cholesterole problems, you were still eating roots

You built it did you

	06-11-2002 20:17									#74
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Really? The Greeks evolved into human beings before everyone else?

	06-11-2002 20:18									#75
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Hurts, doesn't it?

	06-11-2002 20:21									#76
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quote: Originally posted by Paul Hanson Really? The Greeks evolved into human beings before everyone else?

Yes they turned into Homo Turkhatus

	06-11-2002 20:22									#77
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Oh no! the english sh!t squad

	06-11-2002 20:24									#78
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quote: Originally posted by paiktis22 Oh no! the english sh!t squad

You love us really

	06-11-2002 20:25									#79
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BTW, you are all pakistanis you know. Or you will be by 2100. A minority. There are no more English (an imrpovement really) while there are Greeks (not something to gloat upon either).

	06-11-2002 20:32									#80
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In Eastern Germany the word Kosmonaut is more common. That's because Sigmund Jähn, the first German in space, was called so following the Russian example. Western Germans say Astronaut.

Dry: About the ECU/Euro/Franc stuff: I heard so one time. It was said, that the 2 biggest EU members, France and Germany, can live well with it, as "Franken" was once also the currency of some German province. Whether it was Frankonia (where I live) or another, I don't know. They also said, that this could encourage the Swiss to join the common currency. Personally I care less, how it is called. Both Euro and ECU are ugly, although out of those I clearly prefer Euro.

	06-11-2002 20:34									#81
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quote: Originally posted by paiktis22 BTW, you are all pakistanis you know.

paiktistanis?

	06-11-2002 20:35									#82
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It's not going to be called frank. It's euro and that's it.

The frank rumours are made up by english with the well known inferiority complex against the French who think the EU eats english babies for breakfast.

*paiktismanis*

That that would be a REAL improvement

	06-11-2002 20:39									#83
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It's true! EU officials have already eaten two of my children! I'll be damned if they're going to get my other kids!

	06-11-2002 20:41									#84
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See?

	06-11-2002 20:43									#85
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Besides, how can anyone have an inferiority complex against the French?

	06-11-2002 20:44									#86
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Only the English can

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quote: Originally posted by paiktis22 ... the EU eats english babies for breakfast.

Looks healthy food to me.
At least we are sure babies haven't eaten beef.

	06-11-2002 20:49									#88
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The english on the whole think they are superior to evveryone (and know I don't think this is a positive trait)

But in the case of the French it is the correct attitiude

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quote: Originally posted by Dry Looks healthy food to me. At least we are sure babies haven't eaten beef.

English Babies are force fed beef from birth, as we want to infect the whole of Europe with CJD

	06-11-2002 20:49									#90
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quote: Originally posted by Dry Looks healthy food to me. At least we are sure babies haven't eat beef.

You can catch far worse diseases from the english.
That in itself should be reassuring to english parents