This is a Cisco study forum. Would you guys please take your political/religious
discussions offline. You have each other's email addresses.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Good point but you don't judge it as well as you don't understand the french
> history...
>
> cvp
>
> michael wedel-durrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 07/21/2000 06:21:36 AM
>
> Please respond to michael wedel-durrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> To: Bill Fenech <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, groupstudy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> cc: (bcc: Claude-Vincent PEREZ/JP-TOKYO-HOLDING/LVMH)
>
> Subject: Re: CCIE - Austin, TX
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> dear Bill:
>
> i was speaking from my experience and limited knowlege. the french exchange
> students i have known have
> been befuddled by our american racial politics.
>
> as for the algerian situation, i don't claim to understand what's going on but
> that seems to me to be
> based on religious intolerance on both sides (not any better than racial
> intolerance, i agree)
>
> Still Your Friend,
> mic
>
> Bill Fenech wrote:
>
> > Yeah, right, that's why they get along with Algerians so well....
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "michael wedel-durrow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Chuck Larrieu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "groupstudy"
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2000 7:36 AM
> > Subject: Re: CCIE - Austin, TX
> >
> > > yes, but my experience with the french is that to them race is
> > insignifigant.
> > >
> > > Chuck Larrieu wrote:
> > >
> > > > I too checked the dictionary on this one. It is true the word is of
> > > > Scandinavian / old English origin, and has perhaps been in the language
> > for
> > > > 1500 years, well before the Danes, the Norse, the Saxons and the Angles
> > had
> > > > any contact with sub-Saharans.
> > > >
> > > > That said, the word became politically incorrect here in the US because
> > of
> > > > the similarity to a particular racial epithet, and has generally fallen
> > out
> > > > of favor as a result. Them Frenchies, on the other hand, have fewer
> > hangups
> > > > of these sorts. I am inclined to believe that the French in general
> > > > discriminate based upon ability to speak pure Parisian. The worse your
> > > > accent, the further down the food chain you are, socially speaking.
> > > >
> > > > Chuck
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf
> > Of
> > > > Deane, James
> > > > Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2000 10:31 AM
> > > > To: 'michael wedel-durrow'; ElephantChild; groupstudy
> > > > Subject: RE: CCIE - Austin, TX
> > > >
> > > > Before this gets out of hand, the following is pasted from the From the
> > > > Miriam Webster web site (www.m-w.com)
> > > >
> > > > Main Entry: nig�gard�ly
> > > > Pronunciation: -lE
> > > > Function: adjective
> > > > Date: 1571
> > > > 1 : grudgingly mean about spending or granting : BEGRUDGING
> > > > 2 : provided in meanly limited supply
> > > > synonym see STINGY
> > > > - nig�gard�li�ness noun
> > > > - niggardly adverb
> > > >
> > > > I'm sure EC meant no harm in this other than to throw around a 10 dollar
> > > > word.
> > > >
> > > > Jim
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: michael wedel-durrow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2000 4:07 AM
> > > > To: ElephantChild; groupstudy
> > > > Subject: Re: CCIE - Austin, TX
> > > >
> > > > EC:
> > > >
> > > > you used a very ugly racial epethet. please show us that you're not so
> > > > stupid that you can't find a more
> > > > appropriate choice of words.
> > > >
> > > > mic
> > > >
> > > > ElephantChild wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, Raymond Thomas wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > First we had words like rabblecroot, now...persnickety?????? LOL, I
> > know
> > > > > > what you mean though.
> > > > >
> > > > > Next thing you know, someone's going to complain about HR
> > niggardliness.
> > > > > :-)
> > > > >
> > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf
> > Of
> > > > > > Chuck Larrieu
> > > > > > Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2000 3:49 PM
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Some recruiters wonder why we techies get so persnickety..... :->
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf
> > Of
> > > > > > Starry Eyes
> > > > > > Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2000 7:07 AM
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Why do I not have a warm fuzzy about this offer? Maybe because I am
> > not
> > > > a
> > > > > > certificated [sic] CCIE?
> > > > >
> > > > > (corpus delicti snippicated.)
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Bungee jumping and skydiving are for wimps. If you want to experience
> > > > > true gut-wrenching terror, have children. --Dusty Rhoades.
> > > > >
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