An American in Paris

[Matrix]

Here is your typical American in Paris and what they sound like, mispelled for emphasis... feel free to correct spelling if you just can't help yourself, lol

1. I don't want snails, give me a hamburger and french fries! It's called what? escargo?

2. Where is the love museum?

3. Where is nearest red light district, that mulan rogue thingy, la cage ox follies?

4. Wow look at that, the eiffel tower, it looks like a.. (i wont go there)

5. Why is everyone looking at me funny, am I dressed the wrong way, what?

6 Excuse me sir, have you seen this small petite woman named Alizee, she's a big pop star here in France? Alizee, that french singer. What do you mean she is not popular anymore? huh? She's big in USA, everyone knows about her! What do you mean I'm 5yrs behind the Alizee curve?

7. I know she lives somewhere here in Paris. Alizee! where are you!!!!

8. 12 million people live in and around Paris... wow!

9. Where can I get a hotdog around here?

10. This is a cool street.. the Champs ellisis, alot of trees

11. Look at that Arch.. its huge! A whole army could walk underneath that thing!

[Amelie]

you'll go to France?

[Twitch]

Hmm, well Le Moulin Rouge is near the Montmarte region of Paris, and you said you were in Las Vegas right Matrix? Well Cirque du Soleil is performing there maybe some of the women acrobats could give you French lessons. :)

[Rocket]

You can also add this to the list:


1. You would think an expensive restauraunt like this could keep the snails off of the food. Now go take this back and bring me the escargot like I asked for.

2. YO! Madam-mizel. You wanna humma-humma?

3. Why is everybody speaking in a funny language?

4. Is my beret on straight?

5. Hey garson! Excuuusee moi. Got any ketchep for this?

6. So that's the famous Moaning Lisa huh? Didn't our nephew do the same thing using a paint by number?

7. You can't arrest me, I'm an American citizen.

8. Hey you, frenchie! Where can I find Al-ee-zee?

9. Cool arch! I think the Cardinals should build one just like it for Tony LaRussa.

10. A bidet? I thought it was a fancy water fountain.

[Twitch]

Nice Rocket :) But if any of you do go to Paris saying most of those things will probably just piss off the French. I know were all just joking, but just in case someone thought to give it a try...

[Rocket]

Thank you Captian Obvious!

[Matrix]

You can also add this to the list:

7. You can't arrest me, I'm an American citizen.



Hahahha, that's so true. Any american, if they happen to get arrested in Paris, would probably think that. Like just because we are visiting we got some diplomatic immunity or something..lol

I like number 10 too... a fancy water fountain.. roflmao :p

[Twitch]

Thank you Captian Obvious!
What? I liked it, really. It was funny, although maybe a little insulting to the French. And you never know the obviousacity to those whose English is not that great. (like mine, what the hell kind of word is obviousacity?)

PS: I like that Captain Obvious:D

[RadioactiveMan]

http://www.adamsweb.us/master_obvious.JPG

:)

[garçoncanadien]

Hear hear!

[Rocket]

where where?

[Twitch]

^^You'll have to ask brad Rocket. I believe garçoncanadien was showing support of my deleted post, which like all the others best stay deleted, why it is spelt hear and not here.

[spysmasher]

This one's for you, Twitch:

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n109/spysmasher/ThanksCapsmall.jpg


Wow! That's bigger than I expected!

[Rocket]

Maybe he was supporting me. He may have mispelled it and meant to say 'Here here'

[Twitch]

Wow! That's bigger than I expected!
I've heard that before;) Sorry guys its that time of night.:p

^^And thanks man that's great.:D Like that's not stating the obvious.:rolleyes:
Yours was great to Radio, thanks.:)

Edit: Hmm, showing support for the Canadian troops or trying to get Rocket's attention(I wont say why but those who know, know;)), both plausible but I guess only garçoncanadien knows for sure.:) *hopes Rocket understands that it's only friendly teasing *

[HibyPrime]

I've heard that before;) Sorry guys its that time of night.:p

^^And thanks man that's great.:D Like that's not stating the obvious.:rolleyes:
Yours was great to Radio, thanks.:)

Reminds you of those nights with your boyfriend eh? ;)

[Twitch]

^^I guess I deserve that for posting such a stupid comment:p
So when are we getting back to an American in Paris eh?

[Rocket]

Twitch buddy, we have an old saying in America: Don't dish it out if you can't take it. LOL (hugs Twitch)

[HibyPrime]

We also have an old saying in Candada, eh?

Americans in paris... That's like a aussie moving to Iqualit (look it up).

[Twitch]

Twitch buddy, we have an old saying in America: Don't dish it out if you can't take it. LOL (hugs Twitch)
Sweet I got a hug from Rocket:D *gives Rocket a hug* I totally agree, but some people don't. But sometimes it can be real easy to have sarcasm taken seriously, or jokes taken too personally, and things get out of hand before you get back to set things strait. But like I keep saying we're all friends here so there's no need to start any fights.
PS: That hugging thing really is contagious, it has moved into this thread.:)

Edit: ^^lol:D ... There ain't nothing in Nunavut but Eskimos and polar bears, except maybe some caribou.
Iqaluit's weather from Environment Canada, chance of flurries until Monday. No joke I checked.

[HibyPrime]

Edit: ^^lol:D ... There ain't nothing in Nunavut but Eskimos and polar bears, except maybe some caribou.

This was my thinking when NWT split into nunavut, it's like splitting up antarctica, who the hell gives a shit?

Hugs are very contagious, I think there should be a movement to make it the international greeting. A greeting to replace bows, handshakes, bises, sticking your tounge out (I think this is turkish?), waving ect...

[Twitch]

This was my thinking when NWT split into nunavut, it's like splitting up antarctica, who the hell gives a shit?
Probably only the 30 000 or so Eskimos that live there(Nunavut is the size of Western Europe by the way) But for the record Antartica does have penguins instead of seals. lol:D

[HibyPrime]

30k? Wow.. I didn't think it was that low..

I know it's physically massive, just as Canada is (2nd largest to Russia I believe) - but you don't see anyone else in the world caring about Canada now do you (except the dutch)? Fer god sake, Canada's claim to fame is the south park movie...

K, enough making fun of Canada, it's just too easy.

Back to americans in paris, watch Rugrats in Paris and voilà (did I get the right accent this time?).

[Twitch]

I know it kind of sucks because all the celebrities from Canada who go to the US blend in so well that I sometimes wonder how many Americans actually know that they are Canadian. We usually know but I wonder if they really care? But Canada has more to take credit for than the South Park movie, just don't think anybody outside of the country cares. But it's our country so it's our job to let them know about it, they have their own countries to care about, maybe we're just to modest. But its about 30mil Canadians to 300mil Americans, they can't help but dominate the North American spotlight. But in world affairs Canada is like a moral compass, if we support the idea then people usually feel better about it. If that is of any use...
From an American in Paris to a discussion about Canada, how did that happen?:confused:

Edit: Voilà looks good to me, if your interested here is an online spell and grammer checker for French, faster than using a word processor for forums and stuff http://lepatron.tapor.ualberta.ca/

[HibyPrime]

From an American in Paris to a discussion about Canada, how did that happen?:confused:

Maybe canada is the gateway for americans into paris? :D

I had written a few paragraphs about how the world sees canada, but I figured noone would care so I deleted it. Heres the short version: Promotion is pointless, because it will be filtered a thousand times before mohammed over in saudi arabia hears about it.

Edit: Voilà looks good to me, if your interested here is an online spell and grammer checker for French, faster than using a word processor for forums and stuff http://lepatron.tapor.ualberta.ca/

Wow! This is amazing. I think this should go in a thread of it's own.

[Twitch]

I thought the same thing so stuck it in Matrix's French lesson thread. :)

[Urb4n]

11. Look at that Arch.. its huge! A whole army could walk underneath that thing!

I couldn't help myself, I let out an audible laugh. That was funny.

[DJ_Greg]

I know it kind of sucks because all the celebrities from Canada who go to the US blend in so well that I sometimes wonder how many Americans actually know that they are Canadian.

Important Canadians:
Emily Haines
David Usher

er...

:p

[HibyPrime]

Important Canadians:
Emily Haines
David Usher

er...

:p

Don't worry, I don't even know of all of them

[garçoncanadien]

Ah sorry for my bad English! I meant to say I liked what you all said, and am quoting them down here:


5. Hey garson! Excuuusee moi. Got any ketchep for this?

8. Hey you, frenchie! Where can I find Al-ee-zee?

Nice Rocket But if any of you do go to Paris saying most of those things will probably just piss off the French. I know were all just joking, but just in case someone thought to give it a try...

What? I liked it, really. It was funny, although maybe a little insulting to the French. And you never know the obviousacity to those whose English is not that great. (like mine, what the hell kind of word is obviousacity?)


these are some hilarious things :)

[RadioactiveMan]

Important Canadians:
Emily Haines
David Usher

er...

:p

William Shatner!

[Rocket]

Important Canadians:
Emily Haines
David Usher
William Shatner
Michael J Fox
Alex Trebek

[HibyPrime]

I remember reading somewhere that something like 1 in 11 celebrities in america (that is, they are popular in america) are canadian. Considering that america is about 10x the size of canada, that sounds about right.

I don't remember where I read that, so I don't know how reliable it is..

[Twitch]

Hmm I'll add Frederik Banting and Charles Best for inventing insulin to the great Canadians list. :)
And here's a list of stuff you probably never knew was invented by a Canadian. Canadians Top Ten Inventions (http://www.canadians.ca/top_ten_inventions.htm)
And since those aren't my top ten here's a bunch more www.cbc.ca inventions (http://www.cbc.ca/inventions/inventions.html)
Although they don't mention the Avro Jetliner (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Jetliner) or Avro Arrow (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Arrow) which when cancelled led a lot of Canadian engineers to the US to help with stuff like the manned space programs and lunar landings.

And celebrities aside these were the top ten Canadians when voted on by Canadians from 50 nominations for a CBC show. Click on them to learn more. :)
1 Tommy Douglas (http://www.cbc.ca/greatest/top_ten/nominee/douglas-tommy.html)
2 Terry Fox (http://www.cbc.ca/greatest/top_ten/nominee/fox-terry.html)
3 Pierre Elliott Trudeau (http://www.cbc.ca/greatest/top_ten/nominee/trudeau-pierre.html)
4 Sir Frederick Banting (http://www.cbc.ca/greatest/top_ten/nominee/banting-frederick.html)
5 David Suzuki (http://www.cbc.ca/greatest/top_ten/nominee/suzuki-david.html)
6 Lester B. Pearson (http://www.cbc.ca/greatest/top_ten/nominee/pearson-lester.html)
7 Don Cherry (http://www.cbc.ca/greatest/top_ten/nominee/cherry-don.html)
8 Sir John A. Macdonald (http://www.cbc.ca/greatest/top_ten/nominee/macdonald-john.html)
9 Alexander Graham Bell (http://www.cbc.ca/greatest/top_ten/nominee/bell-alexander-graham.html)
10 Wayne Gretzky (http://www.cbc.ca/greatest/top_ten/nominee/gretzky-wayne.html)

Now aren't you guys glad Canada's around to help?

[Rocket]

Uhh Bell and Macdonald were both born in Scotland.

[spysmasher]

How did this thread go from "An American in Paris" to "Great Canadians"?

Nothing against Canadians, mind you. Just seems the thread has strayed a little off topic ....

Anyway, the original topic of this thread reminds me of my experiences travelling overseas with a group of my fellow Americans a few years ago. Some of them were always criticizing or complaining about anything that was different from what they were accustomed to in the U.S. Sometimes, yes, their ignorance and narrow-mindedness could be funny, but mostly it was annoying and embarassing. The worst part is that these are the people that make an impression on the locals in whatever country they are visiting, so that ends up determining those people's image of what all Americans are like: ignorant whiners. I felt like saying to these people: "If you want everything to be like it is at home, WHY DON'T YOU JUST STAY THERE!"

btw, I did get to visit Paris briefly, but this was back in the early 90's, before anyone had heard of Alizée. As far as I can recall, I refrained from saying anything outrageously stupid to the locals while I was in Paris ... but, then, I wasn't there very long!

[Señor Villa]

How about Natasha St Pier a French singer from Bathurst, New Brunswick who sings with Alizée in L'Important C'est D'aimer.

[Twitch]

Natasha is from Edmundston (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmundston), born in Bathurst but moved to Edmundston when she was about 2 I think, just in case you feel like going for a visit, she visits her family almost every year. (check Notable Edmundston natives for Natasha's page) :)
And if someone is born in a country but moves and becomes a citizen of another country they are considered a citizen of that country. Mylène Farmer was born in Québec but is French, she moved to France when she still really young and grew up there. What is more important to who you are where you were born or where you grew up. As for MacDonald, he helped found the country, do you not consider Washington an American because he was born before the creation of the USA? And Bell was a Canadian citizen when he made the inventions he was credited for in that article, and was also born before the Constitution Act of 1867, ie when we became the Dominion of Canada.
And I have no Idea how this thread got off topic Spysmasher, but being Canadian I don't mind it though.:)

[NANAKI]

I love this thread can't wait for The Good Year going to be awesome I saw the Prestige it was very good

[Rocket]

Spoken like a true Canadian Twitch, even if they weren't born there you still claim them. Hehe I love yankin' your chain.

[Twitch]

I honestly thought you would give me shit about Bell not because he was born in Scotland, but because he also spent time teaching at Boston University. Which was where the infamous line "Mr. Watson, come here, I need you" was spoken. So depending on what side of the border you live on there is still a difference of opinion about who can claim the telephone, Bell had the idea while in Brantford (ON), but the first successful test was in Boston. But after he stopped teacing lived the rest of his life in Baddeck, Nova Scotia. (latin for New Scotland, wonder why he went there ;) ) Although Naismith invented basketball while teaching in America and is accepted as a Canadian invention, to some complaint by American fans because it is not nearly as popular here.:)

PS: I kind of figured you were Rocket but I don't need to much persuasion to talk about Canada :)

[Rocket]

One thing I do like about Canada is you anthem. I think it's beautiful.

[Twitch]

I just wish they would decide to sing it in English or French and not the bilingual version they usually use. I know we are a bilingual country but I prefer the English and French only versions to the combined version. Which seems to be different depending on who's singing it. I never know when they are going to switch to the French version or back to the English version again.

Edit: Since you like poetry and the anthem here is the poem the lyrics for the English version were based on. Note though that this poem was written in 1908, the original French poem was written and set to music in
1880 and the lyrics remain unchanged in the French version of O Canada. Which is why it can be confusing when they combine the two because one is not a translation of the other. You can see what I mean here O Canada (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Canada)

PS: They also have near the bottom of the page an audio file (ogg file) of a 1927 recording of O Canada followed by God Save the King (Our Royal Anthem, it's sung with Queen now) on the Parliament Buildings bell carillion in Ottawa. Unfortunately it has lots of static in it, but it's not something you get to hear very often.

And for patriotic canucks and Lara Fabian fans she sings the short version of O Canada in English (http://backend.vortals.ca//images/NamedEmbeds/EMB_4429_916.mp3) and French (http://backend.vortals.ca//images/NamedEmbeds/EMB_4429_917.mp3) with the Vancouver Symphony. (right click if you want to save)

[DJ_Greg]

Uhh Bell and Macdonald were both born in Scotland.

OWNED! :cool:


I did a report on Bell in elementary school, but I didn't remember that. Did you know that off the top of your head?

[Rocket]

OWNED! :cool:


I did a report on Bell in elementary school, but I didn't remember that. Did you know that off the top of your head?

Let's just say don't get into a game of trivial pursuite with me :p

[RMJ]

Let's just say don't get into a game of trivial pursuite with me :p
Wanna play trivial pursuite ? :p

I wonder if there is question set about Alizée only... :D

[Twitch]

Let's just say don't get into a game of trivial pursuite with me :p
Are we challenging a Canadian to a Canadian invented game? And to think my parents almost but didn't buy the very original version before it hit it big, some collectors pay a lot for those now. Ah well... here more trivia for you Trivial Pursuit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trivial_Pursuit) :)

[aditya8617]

11. Look at that Arch.. its huge! A whole army could walk underneath that thing!

lol, which army? German army or US army, or is it Italian army now pissed about the headbutt:D.