You can call me smug if it pleases you but language has nothing to do with this, "J'ai électrolysé du palladium" would be just as silly as "I have electrolyzed palladium" :)
Michel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Blanton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 2:19 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]: Re: Your ad hominem attack > On 3/18/07, Michel Jullian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> In the same book he also illustrated what I was saying yesterday BTW, the >> fact that a good scientist always doubts :)) > > Yes, but this whole issue has arisen because you French are so bloody > anal about language. I have a contract administrator who is French > and she is excellent in what she does. She speaks perfect english and > will enter into heated arguments about some fine aspect of her second > language. > > Indeed, she is usually correct in her argument; but, in the process, > she alienates herself from her coworkers. She comes off as smug and > aristrocratic. Sometimes it's better to let us wallow in our ignorant > bliss. > > Terry >
