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Originally posted by HS Thomas:
Interesting responses. For instance , the French were America's allies duing the American Revolution.
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Originally posted by HS Thomas:
The French had mobilized 8,410,000 men. They lost 6,160,800 -- or 73.3% No nation had ever suffered such a staggering loss.
No nation had shown a greater record of sheer courage and tenacity.
Originally posted by Axel Janssen:
during mobilization of german army in 1914 there wa a very popular believe that they would have easy game against the french.
Germans used to think that french were only good for passing lazy days in Bistrot drinking cognac, chasing french women, wearing nice cloth and digesting over-sophisticated meals.
In the 4 years to come the french had enough time to teach the germans of that time that they were a bit wrong.
[ January 04, 2004: Message edited by: Axel Janssen ]
Originally posted by HS Thomas:
112 Gripes About the French
At the end of the Second World War American GIs serving in France grumbled so much about the habits of the natives that th eUS War Department was forced to take drastic action.
[ January 04, 2004: Message edited by: HS Thomas ]
The Austria-Hungarian Empire had a 74% causalty rate.Originally posted by herb slocomb:
I believe Austria lost more.
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Originally posted by herb slocomb:
This is funny if it wasn't sad, let's just say, there is no evidence for such an outrageous claim....
Uncontrolled vocabularies
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They are proud. They are individualists. So are we. That's one reason there is friction between us.
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Originally posted by HS Thomas:
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wasser - water - l'eau
salz - salt - sel
sehen - see - voire
Gott - God - Dieu
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Philippe, how is the java situation in Belgium, any advice would be appreciated.
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Originally posted by HS Thomas:
All in all English is an interesting mess that worked.
"Thanks to Indian media who has over the period of time swiped out intellectual taste from mass Indian population." - Chetan Parekh
Originally posted by HS Thomas:
Er, I was quoting from the book. The French have contributed a lot for Western civilisation IMO. Contributions As to being culturally at odds I am sure that both Britain and America derived more from the French than they realise. The English language, for one, is derived mostly from the French language.
High English was almost French until Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales for the masses and from then on, Middle English was more widely spoken.
[ January 05, 2004: Message edited by: HS Thomas ]
Originally posted by herb slocomb:
Well, the claim the book makes; "No nation had shown a greater record of sheer courage and tenacity" is still baseless and quite exceedingly silly.
I notice you made no attempt to defend it beyound saying "Er". The distracting comments about French language and culture are just a cover for the indefensible statement (besides being inaccurate as well).
HS Thomas:
Have any words been adopted in French or other European languages?
verandah (but spelled "veranda")
cummerbund
dungarees
jodphurs
goolies
jungle
cheetah
bandanna
Originally posted by herb slocomb:
Well, the claim the book makes; "No nation had shown a greater record of sheer courage and tenacity" is still baseless and quite exceedingly silly.
I notice you made no attempt to defend it beyound saying "Er". The distracting comments about French language and culture are just a cover for the indefensible statement (besides being inaccurate as well).
Originally posted by HS Thomas:
Etymology of Selected Words of Indian Language Origin
"Thanks to Indian media who has over the period of time swiped out intellectual taste from mass Indian population." - Chetan Parekh
Originally posted by HS Thomas:
I think the statement is meant to be read in the context of WWI and WWII. Putting away all things like number of tanks, weapons, superiority in war etc, I hadn't realised that the French were that defenceless and they did get whupped.
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If France, so beaten down, could hold up their end by threads, I think, the statement has some truth in it. And the British were allies, first and foremost, to protect their own shores.
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Originally posted by R K Singh:
How to sue the site for wrong information ??![]()
Both cities are in north of India and at present in Pakistan![]()
Originally posted by R K Singh:
How to sue the site for wrong information ??![]()
India is the cradle to one of the first civilizations of the world, founded in the banks of the Lower Indus River in Southern India. This culture flourished from 2500 BC, and was named Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro, by contemporary archeologists, after the two main cities found in the excavation sites.
Originally posted by herb slocomb:
( For more on their military history see the humerous, but with factual underpinnings, http://army.ca/ubb/ultimatebb.php/topic/10/240 )
Originally posted by herb slocomb:
Reading the statement in context of WWII makes it even more ludicrous (France fell in 40 days, widespread Nazi collaboration in Vichy France, etc) and makes it insulting as well to the other nations who fought on bitterly agasinst overwhelming odds (Britain stood essentially alone against Nazi war machine for some time, also Soviet Union was ravaged to a very great extent).
Originally posted by HS Thomas:
Harrappa and Mohenjo-Dahro were Dravidian sites. Are there any Dravidians in Pakistan ?
"Thanks to Indian media who has over the period of time swiped out intellectual taste from mass Indian population." - Chetan Parekh
Originally posted by R K Singh:
ANd for sure that Harrappa and Mohenjo-Dahro were never in the "southern India"![]()
Originally posted by HS Thomas:
Dravidians were the predominant race in India before the Aryans, right ?
And were pushed to the South ?
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Originally posted by R K Singh:
And again both places were never in South of India.[you check the Map yaar
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Originally posted by HS Thomas:
So the French haven't won any wars ?
"American Revolution - In a move that will become quite familiar to future Americans, France claims a win even though the English colonists saw far more action. This is later known as "de Gaulle Syndrome", and leads to the Second Rule of French Warfare: "France only wins when America does most of the fighting."
French Revolution - Won, primarily due the fact that the opponent was also French."
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It is a humourous site.
Originally posted by Bela Bardak:
Cute site. It does leave out a few inconvenient wars which the French did win. Specifically Charles Martel's victory against the Muslim invaders at Tours which stopped the western limb of the great Jihad. Also the fact that Martel's grandson, Charlemagne united much of Western Europe in one realm and founded the Holy Roman Empire.
They also bundle a whole series of conflicts as 'The Napoleonic Wars' and call that a defeat when the actual record included notable victories (Northern Italy, Netherlands, Prussia, and Austria) as well as defeats (Russia, Spain, Egypt).