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Matt08

13-12-2008, 02:37 PM

Originally posted by Callum
Originally posted by Matt08
Since when have members been able to speak in French? I'm sure the admins have said in the past that the only language that is acceptable to post is English.

Look at the French Thread.

Rule break then. Not all of us can understand French.

Hugo

13-12-2008, 02:39 PM

I think its ok as its in a specific thread. I think...

Callum

13-12-2008, 02:42 PM

Originally posted by HUGO
I think its ok as its in a specific thread. I think...

Yeah but the Welsh thread was deleted.

Hugo

13-12-2008, 02:46 PM

Oh, I never knew there was a Welsh thread.

Captain.Remy

13-12-2008, 02:56 PM

If the mods didn't ban it then they must have their reason.
If you take a look at it now, you'll see we mostly speak English in it.

AngRemembered

13-12-2008, 03:04 PM

Originally posted by Callum
Members are allowed to speak in French on here where as speaking in Welsh is banned?

well said:thumbs:

and neither is capitals, or "text speak" for reasons of breaking the flow of the forum, so why is the french language now allowed?
surely this mumbo jumbo un intelligable waffle qualifies just as much as the banned forms of writing.
:mad:

edit, I've reported the thread, I suggest everyone who feels the same do likewise before the forum turns into a gobledegook daily read

13-12-2008, 03:09 PM

I think the difference is that (correct me if I'm wrong!) people posting in the Welsh thread were speaking to each other exclusively, whereas the French thread is more information based.

Captain.Remy

13-12-2008, 03:11 PM

Message original : Zee
I think the difference is that (correct me if I'm wrong!) people posting in the Welsh thread were speaking to each other exclusively, whereas the French thread is more information based.

Or because there are 2 French speaking people there while there's a lot of Welsh.
I honestly don't know guys. :thumbs:

Chri$

13-12-2008, 03:13 PM

Good question Callum, Welsh should be aloud in translated in English.

MR.K!

13-12-2008, 03:29 PM

mabe because we all speak english, and french is pretty much the second world language, taught in brittish schools ?

andyman

13-12-2008, 03:34 PM

Ciao! :bigsmile: Learn italian not french!

Mark

13-12-2008, 03:47 PM

From what I see of the French thread, it's more of an learning thread with members explaining grammer and tense.

The welsh thread was made as a general chit chat thread, and that's why it was closed. If the french thread turns in that direction it will probably be closed too, but while it's more informative and intellectual it'll stay open.

Lauren

14-12-2008, 05:32 AM

I personally was under the impression that any post in another language had to be translated in the same post.

Sticks

14-12-2008, 05:49 AM

Originally posted by Lauren
I personally was under the impression that any post in another language had to be translated in the same post.

Which is what I did in my season seven of my Mystical Realms stories (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=85066) where I had the episode titles in Latin.

I believe I had a character speak in French at one point, and although there was no translation it was obvious he was asking for a lite for a ciggarette.

andyman

14-12-2008, 05:59 AM

Changes! No warnings gone! Fave CBB thingy gone! :puzzled:

James

14-12-2008, 06:28 AM

Just a minor cosmetic change... no need to show no warnings message if you don't actually have any warnings. The warning system hasn't changed, not yet anyway.

Fave CBB thingy gone!

Don't know what you mean? All the favs that were shown next to posts are still there, unless I've missed something?

andyman

14-12-2008, 06:46 AM

No the fave cbb fave dont show, oh well its ok because only 3weeks then its a new cbb.

James

14-12-2008, 07:21 AM

Do you mean Celebrity Hijack? I removed that a while ago. If you have a favourite housemate selected it will still be shown in your profile.

Sam!

14-12-2008, 09:15 AM

Originally posted by MR.K!
mabe because we all speak english, and french is pretty much the second world language, taught in brittish schools ?

Noo, not everyone learns it. I learn German and Spanish. And French isn't one of the second world languages, German and Spanish is more spoken than French.

Captain.Remy

14-12-2008, 11:34 AM

Message original : Scampi
Originally posted by MR.K!
mabe because we all speak english, and french is pretty much the second world language, taught in brittish schools ?

Noo, not everyone learns it. I learn German and Spanish. And French isn't one of the second world languages, German and Spanish is more spoken than French.

Spanish yes, German, no way. German is only spoken in Germany and some countries around.
French is an official language in 29 countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, France , Canada, Madagascar, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Niger, Senegal, Mali, Belgium, Guinea, Rwanda, Chad, Haiti, Burundi, Benin, Switzerland, Togo, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Djibouti, Luxembourg, Vanuatu, Seychelles and Monaco. :thumbs:

Magic

14-12-2008, 11:55 AM

Originally posted by Sticks
Originally posted by Lauren
I personally was under the impression that any post in another language had to be translated in the same post.

Which is what I did in my season seven of my Mystical Realms stories (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=85066) where I had the episode titles in Latin.

I believe I had a character speak in French at one point, and although there was no translation it was obvious he was asking for a lite for a ciggarette.

Really? :shocked::shocked:

Sam!

14-12-2008, 11:56 AM

Originally posted by Captain.Remy
Message original : Scampi
Originally posted by MR.K!
mabe because we all speak english, and french is pretty much the second world language, taught in brittish schools ?

Noo, not everyone learns it. I learn German and Spanish. And French isn't one of the second world languages, German and Spanish is more spoken than French.

Spanish yes, German, no way. German is only spoken in Germany and some countries around.
French is an official language in 29 countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, France , Canada, Madagascar, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Niger, Senegal, Mali, Belgium, Guinea, Rwanda, Chad, Haiti, Burundi, Benin, Switzerland, Togo, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Djibouti, Luxembourg, Vanuatu, Seychelles and Monaco. :thumbs:

German is an important language in business and stuff apparently. I'm sure they speak German in Switzerland lol.

Captain.Remy

14-12-2008, 11:59 AM

Message original : Scampi
Originally posted by Captain.Remy
Message original : Scampi
Originally posted by MR.K!
mabe because we all speak english, and french is pretty much the second world language, taught in brittish schools ?

Noo, not everyone learns it. I learn German and Spanish. And French isn't one of the second world languages, German and Spanish is more spoken than French.

Spanish yes, German, no way. German is only spoken in Germany and some countries around.
French is an official language in 29 countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, France , Canada, Madagascar, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Niger, Senegal, Mali, Belgium, Guinea, Rwanda, Chad, Haiti, Burundi, Benin, Switzerland, Togo, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Djibouti, Luxembourg, Vanuatu, Seychelles and Monaco. :thumbs:

German is an important language in business and stuff apparently. I'm sure they speak German in Switzerland lol.

They also speak French. In terms of business language, English is first, then Spanish then French. German is also important as a lot of financial places (Frankfort...) are in Germany.

Sam!

14-12-2008, 12:01 PM

Originally posted by Captain.Remy
Message original : Scampi
Originally posted by Captain.Remy
Message original : Scampi
Originally posted by MR.K!
mabe because we all speak english, and french is pretty much the second world language, taught in brittish schools ?

Noo, not everyone learns it. I learn German and Spanish. And French isn't one of the second world languages, German and Spanish is more spoken than French.

Spanish yes, German, no way. German is only spoken in Germany and some countries around.
French is an official language in 29 countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, France , Canada, Madagascar, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Niger, Senegal, Mali, Belgium, Guinea, Rwanda, Chad, Haiti, Burundi, Benin, Switzerland, Togo, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Djibouti, Luxembourg, Vanuatu, Seychelles and Monaco. :thumbs:

German is an important language in business and stuff apparently. I'm sure they speak German in Switzerland lol.

They also speak French. In terms of business language, English is first, then Spanish then French. German is also important as a lot of financial places (Frankfort...) are in Germany.

Frankfurt infact :P Hamburg is a pretty industrial place too with its docks and stuff.

Morphology

14-12-2008, 12:03 PM

Originally posted by Captain.Remy
Message original : Scampi
Originally posted by MR.K!
mabe because we all speak english, and french is pretty much the second world language, taught in brittish schools ?

Noo, not everyone learns it. I learn German and Spanish. And French isn't one of the second world languages, German and Spanish is more spoken than French.

Spanish yes, German, no way. German is only spoken in Germany and some countries around.
French is an official language in 29 countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, France , Canada, Madagascar, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Niger, Senegal, Mali, Belgium, Guinea, Rwanda, Chad, Haiti, Burundi, Benin, Switzerland, Togo, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Djibouti, Luxembourg, Vanuatu, Seychelles and Monaco. :thumbs:
German has about 110 million native speaker and French has about 90 million native speakers.

French is spoken in a lot of those countries you listed but it's not necessarily the main language in all of them.

Sam!

14-12-2008, 12:07 PM

Originally posted by Morphology
Originally posted by Captain.Remy
Message original : Scampi
Originally posted by MR.K!
mabe because we all speak english, and french is pretty much the second world language, taught in brittish schools ?

Noo, not everyone learns it. I learn German and Spanish. And French isn't one of the second world languages, German and Spanish is more spoken than French.

Spanish yes, German, no way. German is only spoken in Germany and some countries around.
French is an official language in 29 countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, France , Canada, Madagascar, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Niger, Senegal, Mali, Belgium, Guinea, Rwanda, Chad, Haiti, Burundi, Benin, Switzerland, Togo, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Djibouti, Luxembourg, Vanuatu, Seychelles and Monaco. :thumbs:
German has about 110 million native speaker and French has about 90 million native speakers.

French is spoken in a lot of those countries you listed but it's not necessarily the main language in all of them.

I knew German was spoken more lol

Sam!

14-12-2008, 12:12 PM

In my school planner it infact states the top 10 spoken languages:

1. Mandarin - 1billion+
2. English - 508 million
3. Hindustani - 497 million
4. Spanish - 392 million
5. Arabic - 246 million
6. Russian - 227 million
7. Bengali - 211 million
8. French - 192 million
9. Portuguese - 191 million
10. Malay-Indonesian - 159 million

I had a feeling alot of people spoke Portuguese cause of them speaking it in Brazil.

Morphology

14-12-2008, 12:14 PM

Look at this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_number_of_native_speakers

MarkWaldorf

14-12-2008, 12:15 PM

Originally posted by Scampi
In my school planner it infact states the top 10 spoken languages:

1. Mandarin - 1billion+
2. English - 508 million
3. Hindustani - 497 million
4. Spanish - 392 million
5. Arabic - 246 million
6. Russian - 227 million
7. Bengali - 211 million
8. French - 192 million
9. Portuguese - 191 million
10. Malay-Indonesian - 159 million

I had a feeling alot of people spoke Portuguese cause of them speaking it in Brazil.

What's Mandarin? I have a feeling it's Asian or something because China is huge!

Sam!

14-12-2008, 12:16 PM

My thing is wrong then hahaha. Then again they did put French 10th even though it said there was more French speakers than Malay-Indonesian.

Morphology

14-12-2008, 12:16 PM

Originally posted by Markus
Originally posted by Scampi
In my school planner it infact states the top 10 spoken languages:

1. Mandarin - 1billion+
2. English - 508 million
3. Hindustani - 497 million
4. Spanish - 392 million
5. Arabic - 246 million
6. Russian - 227 million
7. Bengali - 211 million
8. French - 192 million
9. Portuguese - 191 million
10. Malay-Indonesian - 159 million

I had a feeling alot of people spoke Portuguese cause of them speaking it in Brazil.

What's Mandarin? I have a feeling it's Asian or something because China is huge!
Yes, it's the biggest of the Chinese languages. :thumbs:

Sam!

14-12-2008, 12:19 PM

MarkWaldorf

14-12-2008, 12:21 PM

Ahh, thanks guys!

Sticks

14-12-2008, 01:45 PM

Originally posted by Magic
Originally posted by Sticks
Which is what I did in my season seven of my Mystical Realms stories (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=85066) where I had the episode titles in Latin.

I believe I had a character speak in French at one point, and although there was no translation it was obvious he was asking for a light for a cigarette.

Really? :shocked::shocked:

Yes, towards the end of episode 5

Captain.Remy

14-12-2008, 01:58 PM

Message original : Morphology
Originally posted by Captain.Remy
Message original : Scampi
Originally posted by MR.K!
mabe because we all speak english, and french is pretty much the second world language, taught in brittish schools ?

Noo, not everyone learns it. I learn German and Spanish. And French isn't one of the second world languages, German and Spanish is more spoken than French.

Spanish yes, German, no way. German is only spoken in Germany and some countries around.
French is an official language in 29 countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, France , Canada, Madagascar, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Niger, Senegal, Mali, Belgium, Guinea, Rwanda, Chad, Haiti, Burundi, Benin, Switzerland, Togo, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Djibouti, Luxembourg, Vanuatu, Seychelles and Monaco. :thumbs:
German has about 110 million native speaker and French has about 90 million native speakers.

French is spoken in a lot of those countries you listed but it's not necessarily the main language in all of them.

If you read well, I said it's the official language of all of them. However some countries have 2 official languages (Canada, Switzerland...).

Morphology

14-12-2008, 03:01 PM

Originally posted by Captain.Remy
Message original : Morphology
Originally posted by Captain.Remy
Message original : Scampi
Originally posted by MR.K!
mabe because we all speak english, and french is pretty much the second world language, taught in brittish schools ?

Noo, not everyone learns it. I learn German and Spanish. And French isn't one of the second world languages, German and Spanish is more spoken than French.

Spanish yes, German, no way. German is only spoken in Germany and some countries around.
French is an official language in 29 countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, France , Canada, Madagascar, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Niger, Senegal, Mali, Belgium, Guinea, Rwanda, Chad, Haiti, Burundi, Benin, Switzerland, Togo, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Djibouti, Luxembourg, Vanuatu, Seychelles and Monaco. :thumbs:
German has about 110 million native speaker and French has about 90 million native speakers.

French is spoken in a lot of those countries you listed but it's not necessarily the main language in all of them.

If you read well, I said it's the official language of all of them. However some countries have 2 official languages (Canada, Switzerland...).
I read perfectly well thank you and just because it's official doesn't mean it's spoken by the majority of speakers. That should be obvious to anyone with half a brain cell since those countries' populations far surpass the number of native French speakers.