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   10/05/2008, 8:20
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Re: Ragondin
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 Cat wrote:

Good grief, if Saligo Bay doesn't understand it then no one will Norman Stick out tongue [:P]



Could someone explain what it is zat is not undserstood and by whom?

Is it this?

 Christine Animal wrote:

 Tandem_Pilot wrote:

Christine, you are so dumb, can't you understand anything!

Yes, I know.  SaligoBay has very kindly sent me a pm.  I'll go and see if I can understand her version.   Stick out tongue [:P]



Quotes in quotes?

Or this:

 Cat wrote:

Good grief, if Saligo Bay doesn't understand it then no one will Norman Stick out tongue [:P]



Is there a verb "to Norman"?

 Cat wrote:

Good grief, someone just set fire to my knickers Stick out tongue [:P]



Big Smile [:D]





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   10/05/2008, 8:34
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 cassis wrote:
Is there a verb "to Norman"?

Of course there is, Cassis!   It means to prepare a ragondin in the traditional Viking manner (because as any fule kno, they got to America first, so they should know).



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   10/05/2008, 8:37
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 NormanH wrote:
We are in France, so it seems logical to follow French custom and practice in the matter, and not impose British attitudes.

For an idea of what our French hosts think, this site is interesting:
http://www.peniche.com/Breves/eqte_sep_rag.htm

 SaligoBay wrote:

You are allowed to bring your brain with you to France.    And what if a French person agrees with your "British" attitude?   Puts you in a bit of a quandary! 

 

 NormanH wrote:


I presume your sarcasm means that you didn't understand the French site Stick out tongue [:P]

I presumed that his sarcasm meant that he no idea that Saligo Bay is one of the smartest people on the forum Blush [:$]  No word of a lie, pants not even warm, thank you.


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   10/05/2008, 11:41
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 Christine Animal wrote:

Tell me Saligobay, how do you do double quotes?  I don't know how to do that.  When you quote someone just their quote comes out, but how do you get a second one in the same post?  I've seen it done before and often wondered.   Smile [:)]

Yes how do you do that? Please can I know as well Confused [8-)]


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   10/05/2008, 12:51
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Allora.  When you click on "Quote" on someone's post in order to reply to it,  you see something like this:

[ quote user="SaligoBay" ] French people like Marmite.  Marmite is delicious.  [ / quote ]

If you want to argue those two points separately, you split the quote up and re-tag it with the extra tags it needs.  You add your comments, and your post will look something like this:

[ quote user="SaligoBay" ] French people like Marmite. [ / quote ]

No they don't.  It's part of the constitution of the 5th Republic that they're not allowed to like Marmite.

[ quote user="SaligoBay" ]  Marmite is delicious.  [ / quote ]

Only if you have no taste buds.

If you want to back up your argument with something that Cat has said, you can copy-and-paste Cat's comments from wherever they are into your post, and tag them up:

[ quote user="Cat" ] Marmite was first used in the Napoleonic Wars to make the Paris marsh frogs taste bad, in the hope that the French troops would die of starvation. [ / quote ]

There you go, SB, historical proof that the French don't like Marmite!

I've left lots of spaces in these examples within the square brackets, so that you can see what the tags look like.   If you remove the spaces the tags should resolve properly........

 SaligoBay wrote:
French people like Marmite.

No they don't.  It's part of the constitution of the 5th Republic that they're not allowed to like Marmite.

 SaligoBay wrote:
  Marmite is delicious. 

Only if you have no taste buds.

 Cat wrote:
Marmite was first used in the Napoleonic Wars to make the Paris marsh frogs taste bad, in the hope that the French troops would die of starvation.

There you go, SB, historical proof that the French don't like Marmite!



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   10/05/2008, 12:55
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Re: Ragondin
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I'll agree with that.  I don't like Marmite much either.

Thank you for your help SB.   Big Smile [:D]

 


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   10/05/2008, 14:24
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Re: Ragondin
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 SaligoBay wrote:

Allora.  When you click on "Quote" on someone's post in order to reply to it,  you see something like this:

Yes I can do this

 SaligoBay wrote:

If you want to argue those two points separately, you split the quote up and re-tag it with the extra tags it needs.  You add your comments, and your post will look something like this:

And this

 

 christine wrote:

I'll agree with that.  I don't like Marmite much either.

And yes I can do that as wellBig Smile [:D]

But I had to type in Christine's quote because I could not get it to copy!!

How do you copy another quote?

This post has taken me ages to write beause I could not copy


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   10/05/2008, 15:21
cassis is not online. Last active: 04/07/2008 16:32:57 cassis



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Re: Ragondin
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 SaligoBay wrote:

French people like Marmite.  Marmite is delicious. 

Downright lie.  What you should have said was:

 SaligoBay wrote:

French people like Marmot.  Marmot paté is delicious. 

At least that would have kept us vaguely on subject.

EDIT:

Also has a rather nifty double Anglo-French meaning.



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   10/05/2008, 16:10
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Re: Ragondin
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Hmm, marmot. 

Nope, never been tempted. 

 


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   10/05/2008, 16:17
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Re: Ragondin
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1) I like Marmite.

2) I am French.

3) I still can't do quotes.

Question: is 3) because of 1) and 2)?


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