Thailand was colonized?
--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], Sal Sunshine <salsunshine@>
> wrote:
> >
> > On Nov 25, 2006, at 3:49 PM, bob_brigante wrote:
> > >
> > > Bobby told me that the altered version of the Post article was
> > > created to be read out to people in other countries, including in
> > > Asia and Africa, where it was felt that the names of some of our
> > > local shops, the French name of a meal at Le Petit Paris, etc.
> > > would not have been particularly meaningful and so were dropped
> > > from the text.
> >
> > Yeah, those people in Asia and Africa are so clueless they
> > might get confused with the actual facts.
>
> < snotty French person mode ON >
>
> Especially Vietnam and Thailand and those numerous
> countries in Africa that were once French colonies,
> and one of whose native languages is still French.
> I somehow suspect that most residents of Ivory Coast
> would have less trouble identifying the offending
> foodstuffs than Bobby did.
>
> < snotty French person mode OFF >
>
> :-)
>
