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Michael MacClancy wrote:
Was meinst Du damit? Dass es eine NG geben wird, die nur von Englaender besucht wird? Das wuerde mich nicht interessieren, weil ich Erfahrungen aus anderen Laender schaetze. Ich finde es nur seltsam, dass jemand ein franzoesisches Wort benutzt, wenn es ein gutes englische Wort gibt und er weiss, dass es dieses Wort gibt. In dieser NG wird fast ausschliesslich Englisch geschrieben. Actually, "du" is no longer capitalised in German. I think that this is a fairly recent change so it is possible that your spell checker didn't pick it up. |
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"Mike Jacoubowsky" wrote in message . com...
I've heard that these TGVs are very crowded, expensive, and difficult to get tickets for, so a few questions: Not my experience at all! Crowded? If you consider a full car crowded, sure, all seats may be taken, but as far as I know, they don't allow non-seated riders (no standing-room-only situations). That's not true. Grand Voyager can board any train they like, also you can be on 'overbooking' - I think this is around 4 people per coach. Also people just jump aboard, on peak periods they have staff to stop this. They will usually stand between the corridors but evenings out of Paris can be real chaos if you want luggage space for lots of ski gear... arrive 30 minutes before the train leaves to make you life easier. I've been on a train with seating for 800 that actually had 1200 people on board due to a cancellation of the preceeding train due to the weather conditions. Fridays and Saturdays to the ski resorts can be a bit crazy but it generally works out okay in my experience. Difficult to get tickets for? Not my experience at all... you just go into any SNCF station for standard tickets... You should reserve your tickets at least 2 weeks, and possibly and month in advance. Since the 35 hour week was introduced it has been much more difficult to get tickets from Paris. If you want the best price reserve the second the seats are available 2 months in advance. You can get the tickets sent to you in the UK I think if you order through the SNCF. Quite a lot of staff speak English and there is the web site. I believe they offer tickets only 90 days in advance. No it is two months, even with my Carte de Grand Voyager. |
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"Ace" wrote in message ... Really? You think it's better if each language has its own names for foreign cities and countries, do you? Or is it just that everyone else should use the English word? This is the case anyways. Esimerkiksi minä asun Suomessa enkä missään Finlan[n]dissa. Enklantia puhun ainoastaan tarpeen vaatiessa. Sellaisia tarpeita ei onneksi niin paljoa ole. Ulkomaan pellet enemmän praattaavat enklantia. On tullut käytyä Tukholmassa, Kööpenhaminassa Lontoossa yms. Mexicans often visit cities like Nueva York. |
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"jcoulter" wrote in message
. 204.17... And the use of Peking and Bombay is nothing short of a colonialist attempt to retain control of independant nations. Oh, and that's the reason why the French call London 'Londres', is it? ___ Michael MacClancy |
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"Michael MacClancy" wrote in
: Anyway, when you're writing English why not write English? They're the Alps. Was meinst Du damit? Dass es eine NG geben wird, die nur von Englaender besucht wird? Das wuerde mich nicht interessieren, weil ich Erfahrungen aus anderen Laender schaetze. Ich finde es nur seltsam, dass jemand ein franzoesisches Wort benutzt, wenn es ein gutes englische Wort gibt und er weiss, dass es dieses Wort gibt. In dieser NG wird fast ausschliesslich Englisch geschrieben. ___ Michael MacClancy Was ist ein "NG"? Jeremy |
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"Jeremy Mortimer" wrote in message
... Was ist ein "NG"? Jeremy NG=News Group. Newsgroup seems to be widely used in German but if there's a better expression let me know. BTW, it's 'eine Newsgroup'. ___ Michael MacClancy |
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"John Wilcock" wrote in message
. .. On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 13:51:17 -0000, Michael MacClancy wrote: "jcoulter" wrote in message . 204.17... And the use of Peking and Bombay is nothing short of a colonialist attempt to retain control of independant nations. Oh, and that's the reason why the French call London 'Londres', is it? That must be it. After all London was ruled by the French in the years after 1066! John. LOL. But I doubt that even the English called 'London' 'London' in 1066. Although I could well be mistaken. It's always struck me as peculiar that English speakers tend to have anglicised names for many cities and countries but this doesn't seem to apply to France. I can't think of a single French town that has a different English name. Are there any? (Swiss towns don't count.) We even seem to use French names for some 'Flemish' Belgian towns. ___ Michael MacClancy |
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Michael MacClancy wrote: "Paul Schofield" wrote in message .. . "Michael MacClancy" wrote in message ... "Ian Spare" wrote in message ... Well, I've been skiing in the French Alpes (and for that matter the rest of the Alpes) In which case you probably weren't in the 'Alpes'. You could have been in the Alpen, Alpi or whatever the Slovenians and others call their parts of the Alps. Or do you only ski in French speaking areas? Anyway, when you're writing English why not write English? They're the Alps. Heh there's going to be a newsgroup just made for you - coming soon - don't watch this space :-) Was meinst Du damit? Dass es eine NG geben wird, die nur von Englaender besucht wird? Das wuerde mich nicht interessieren, weil ich Erfahrungen aus anderen Laender schaetze. Ich finde es nur seltsam, dass jemand ein franzoesisches Wort benutzt, wenn es ein gutes englische Wort gibt und er weiss, dass es dieses Wort gibt. In dieser NG wird fast ausschliesslich Englisch geschrieben. Why suddenly switch from posting in English to German ? Is it a desire to make communication difficult? Are you trying to demonstrate some sort of intellectual superiority over the rest of us? |
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"Michael MacClancy" wrote in message And the use of Peking and Bombay is nothing short of a colonialist attempt to retain control of independant nations. Oh, and that's the reason why the French call London 'Londres', is it? Peking was never a British colony either, though Lord Elgin did go up and burn the summer palace. Peking was just an attempt to render the capital of the middle country phonetically in English from I think the cantonese dialect. Bob |
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In , BrritSki typed:
Michael MacClancy wrote: snip Why suddenly switch from posting in English to German ? Is it a desire to make communication difficult? Are you trying to demonstrate some sort of intellectual superiority over the rest of us? Don't suggest that, or Geraint will start posting in welsh and all our PC's will run out of 'c's and 'l's -- Chris *:-) Downhill Good, Uphill BAD! www.suffolkvikings.org.uk |
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