Am in stitches about that language map! Absolutely spot on regarding France - anyone who's been there and tried will know what I mean ... and it's even worse if you understand French but your pronunciation shouts 'foreigner' ... the expletives one can hear ... my aunt would've fainted immediately.
Mind you: speaking english to the natives of the Celtic fringe also is an 'experience' a bit like trying to speak to the French ...
We had a French Canadian friend who went to France. They refused to converse with her in French - said that is not real French. My father who was Born in Bergen Norway (1919) and moved to America in 1947, visited Norway in 1959. He would speak Norwegian and they would answer him in English because of his American accent.
Is it sort of like New Englanders conversing with Southerners? Having married a South Carolinian living in the South for a while there are certain terms and phrasings you’ll only hear down here.
I remember asking my husband if he ever listened to the news on tv and wondered why he didn’t talk like that? He really didn’t recognize that there was a difference 🤷🏻♀️
really.. how do you know that? I have never been to France.. though I actually have quite a bit of French on my German side.. which I did not know.. until I did my DNA. Of course I went to Germany.. but I took French two years in School and liked the language a lot.. very interesting comment. I know Germany also has dialects because my mother spoke five languages.. and would make fun of Americans.. herself who spoke German.. she was taught British English.. and Polish and French.. but later when I was teenager she learned the American lingo.. and could even cuss in American.. I love linguistics and how languages actually adapt.
I KNOW.. I took French.. actually and spoke it pretty well.. they should put a new name on it like Abu Francias: now entering "Zone interdite" or منطقة ممنوع الدخول إليها (I looked it up... that is NO GO ZONE in both French and "Arabic" according to GOOGLE. :)
Well, I tried forty years ago now, and no "expletives" were heard (nor could have been understood, if there were!), when I purchased ten train tickets for our little group when we wanted to travel from Paris to visit Versailles for the day. I couldn't let six years of public school French instruction go to waste! French is the ancestral language of a lot of my family, so I felt some obligation to TRY to learn it. Alas, I stumble along. My efforts produced a knowing smile from the nice French man in the ticket booth for the train. The older shopkeepers in the grocery in Paris were very accommodating and friendly too. But that was forty years ago, much closer to the realities of the Americans going there to help relieve the world of a Monster in WW2. The older French were still feeling very grateful. I had a similar experience in Italy nearly twenty years ago when two elderly Italian ladies helped me find my group when I went out of the "wrong" gate in Pisa. My Italian was pretty much limited to "Gratzi," and I think I even messed that up a bit! They were so kind, so sweet. You could just see that they "remembered."
I know Italy is on the "nice" list on the language map, but I'm glad to have had a chance to share two of my very fond memories of my limited experiences as an American trying to do her best to make sure they understood that I appreciated and respected their beautiful languages, despite my lingual inadequacies!
Dr. Malone, being a man of such high intellect and education your sense of humor is gutter level and I love it! It's refreshing, inspiring, and shows your humanity. So glad we are on the same team.
Thank you for your humor and all that you do. I hope you and Jill had a wonderful Christmas and I hope you have an even better New Year in 2026! Look how far you have come in five years. It is amazing. What was meant for evil against you, God made it for good.
I start with start with my 5th unvaccinated winter healthy - debating on whether to decline my severely afflicted with flu, great cook, boss lady's bringing me a belated share of her Christmas dinner on the 1st. After all, I did get my only case of covid after her newly recovered covid illness visit.
Next, the Chihuahuas by G7. Spent a week pet sitting with 6 in a basement. They weren't allowed out for fear a hawk would get them. And yes, they were closer to the one on the right. They are close to the bottom of my list of desirable dogs.
Go Franklin! The theme bemuses.
Would that, in the 250th year, more of today's 'Washington and his troops' appear to assure the UK-Pence subversives are decisively routed!
Questions -
How on earth do the Steve Cohens of the Congress get elected? How does a mayor in Mass. who can't speak english, an illegal alien mayor (?) in Minn get elected? Too many voters need some serious education!
On the horizon, 2026 is looming. Time to ready to prevail!
Enjoy a great weekend! Take heart with the many positives.
That one about the woman afraid she may have gotten the guy pregnant reminds me of my granddaughter's college graduation party. Her step-sister came and brought her boy/girlfriend(?). The step-sister has been taking testosterone. Her voice is deeper, but she still looks like a woman. The boyfriend is pretending to be a girl. So, between them, they have all the right parts...
This makes me think that the only people who will date trans people are those that have "switched" their sex too.
Not sure about that map with languages... Belgium got 3 and Switzerland 4. Results may vary.
pfizer -today I received a card from an unknown company to book my yearly wellness visit. Sponsored by pfizer! but they will not give your results to Pfizer... retarded if you believe that! And finally a study that I think we can all rely on. For once, truth. I see Mr. Cohen has not read this study yet. Might not be able to read.
Best Christmas sweaters ever! Chihuahua - some are like that indeed. The 2 in our neighborhood are only interested in bitches (female dogs).
We voters have been nibbling control of Texas away from the coalition of RINOs that have clung to power for so long. So I was quite upset when our precint lost our Conservative state house Rep. due to redistricting. However his replacement, Rep. Carrie Issac, has been incredible. She issues a regular newsletter telling us what is happening in our House and reports on her activity there. So we always know where she stands on important issues. Not only does she support a strong Conservative agenda, but is willing to listen to her constituents and often responds to their concerns. Either she or one of her assistants has replied to several of my e-mails proving her interest in hearing from us. That is the kind of leadership we need but we have to earn it and work to keep it.. And we can do that by careful parsing of the candidates for our state offices, paying close attention to their governance, and communicating our support for their good efforts. I have to believe that as we strengthen Conservative control over the states this must also buttress the Conservatives we send to D.C. with Chip Roy serving as a shining example. And that is a good thing.
LOVE THE HILLARY JOKE TOO.. IT TAKES A VILLAGE... old SLICK WILLY.. :) wow.. I guess the old .. Santa, Baby its Cold outside and I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus has been relegated to the soft non porn pile now with Bill in the HOT TUB with the Blacked out "girl" and matching "Thailand" shirts w/ Epstein.. anyway... I did like the jokes.. :) thanks.. ROFL.. all the way... :)
Am in stitches about that language map! Absolutely spot on regarding France - anyone who's been there and tried will know what I mean ... and it's even worse if you understand French but your pronunciation shouts 'foreigner' ... the expletives one can hear ... my aunt would've fainted immediately.
Mind you: speaking english to the natives of the Celtic fringe also is an 'experience' a bit like trying to speak to the French ...
Merry Boxing day everybody!
We had a French Canadian friend who went to France. They refused to converse with her in French - said that is not real French. My father who was Born in Bergen Norway (1919) and moved to America in 1947, visited Norway in 1959. He would speak Norwegian and they would answer him in English because of his American accent.
Ironically provincial French is so different from Parisian they cannot understand one another
Is it sort of like New Englanders conversing with Southerners? Having married a South Carolinian living in the South for a while there are certain terms and phrasings you’ll only hear down here.
I remember asking my husband if he ever listened to the news on tv and wondered why he didn’t talk like that? He really didn’t recognize that there was a difference 🤷🏻♀️
really.. how do you know that? I have never been to France.. though I actually have quite a bit of French on my German side.. which I did not know.. until I did my DNA. Of course I went to Germany.. but I took French two years in School and liked the language a lot.. very interesting comment. I know Germany also has dialects because my mother spoke five languages.. and would make fun of Americans.. herself who spoke German.. she was taught British English.. and Polish and French.. but later when I was teenager she learned the American lingo.. and could even cuss in American.. I love linguistics and how languages actually adapt.
Read it in a book
I KNOW.. I took French.. actually and spoke it pretty well.. they should put a new name on it like Abu Francias: now entering "Zone interdite" or منطقة ممنوع الدخول إليها (I looked it up... that is NO GO ZONE in both French and "Arabic" according to GOOGLE. :)
Well, I tried forty years ago now, and no "expletives" were heard (nor could have been understood, if there were!), when I purchased ten train tickets for our little group when we wanted to travel from Paris to visit Versailles for the day. I couldn't let six years of public school French instruction go to waste! French is the ancestral language of a lot of my family, so I felt some obligation to TRY to learn it. Alas, I stumble along. My efforts produced a knowing smile from the nice French man in the ticket booth for the train. The older shopkeepers in the grocery in Paris were very accommodating and friendly too. But that was forty years ago, much closer to the realities of the Americans going there to help relieve the world of a Monster in WW2. The older French were still feeling very grateful. I had a similar experience in Italy nearly twenty years ago when two elderly Italian ladies helped me find my group when I went out of the "wrong" gate in Pisa. My Italian was pretty much limited to "Gratzi," and I think I even messed that up a bit! They were so kind, so sweet. You could just see that they "remembered."
I know Italy is on the "nice" list on the language map, but I'm glad to have had a chance to share two of my very fond memories of my limited experiences as an American trying to do her best to make sure they understood that I appreciated and respected their beautiful languages, despite my lingual inadequacies!
Ho Ho Ho! Thanks for the hilariously strip today! A wonderful gift indeed! :)
I know it was hilarious..
Takes the same mentality to say the 2020 election was not stolen to say the wuflu jabs are safe and effective.
"The Great Narrative"
Not that my life is boring, but your Friday and Sunday funnies are a highlight of my week! Please keep them coming.
Face it, your life is boring.
Dr. Malone, being a man of such high intellect and education your sense of humor is gutter level and I love it! It's refreshing, inspiring, and shows your humanity. So glad we are on the same team.
The Chicago-style gingerbread house needs bullet holes to be 100% accurate.
Merry (day-after) Christmas!
Thank you for your humor and all that you do. I hope you and Jill had a wonderful Christmas and I hope you have an even better New Year in 2026! Look how far you have come in five years. It is amazing. What was meant for evil against you, God made it for good.
🤔 I’m wondering how many of my neighbors think I’m Amish {yeah, bah hum bug 😊 no lights, no decorations}
This choice lot is appreciated!
I start with start with my 5th unvaccinated winter healthy - debating on whether to decline my severely afflicted with flu, great cook, boss lady's bringing me a belated share of her Christmas dinner on the 1st. After all, I did get my only case of covid after her newly recovered covid illness visit.
Next, the Chihuahuas by G7. Spent a week pet sitting with 6 in a basement. They weren't allowed out for fear a hawk would get them. And yes, they were closer to the one on the right. They are close to the bottom of my list of desirable dogs.
Go Franklin! The theme bemuses.
Would that, in the 250th year, more of today's 'Washington and his troops' appear to assure the UK-Pence subversives are decisively routed!
Questions -
How on earth do the Steve Cohens of the Congress get elected? How does a mayor in Mass. who can't speak english, an illegal alien mayor (?) in Minn get elected? Too many voters need some serious education!
On the horizon, 2026 is looming. Time to ready to prevail!
Enjoy a great weekend! Take heart with the many positives.
It's MN, no logic to the politics!
That one about the woman afraid she may have gotten the guy pregnant reminds me of my granddaughter's college graduation party. Her step-sister came and brought her boy/girlfriend(?). The step-sister has been taking testosterone. Her voice is deeper, but she still looks like a woman. The boyfriend is pretending to be a girl. So, between them, they have all the right parts...
This makes me think that the only people who will date trans people are those that have "switched" their sex too.
Thanks Dr. Malone...a couple of YIKES! and a few BELLY Laughs. Happy Boxing Day from Canada.
Not sure about that map with languages... Belgium got 3 and Switzerland 4. Results may vary.
pfizer -today I received a card from an unknown company to book my yearly wellness visit. Sponsored by pfizer! but they will not give your results to Pfizer... retarded if you believe that! And finally a study that I think we can all rely on. For once, truth. I see Mr. Cohen has not read this study yet. Might not be able to read.
Best Christmas sweaters ever! Chihuahua - some are like that indeed. The 2 in our neighborhood are only interested in bitches (female dogs).
Fabulous as always...I cannot get that song out of my head now 😂🤣
These were truly the best funnies because they were acerbically accurate in depicting the nature of our society. Good Job whoever picked them out.
mostly Jill...
We need the Power of Positive Thinking to spread across this land from sea to shining sea in 2026.
Have to ignore the nay Sayers!
We voters have been nibbling control of Texas away from the coalition of RINOs that have clung to power for so long. So I was quite upset when our precint lost our Conservative state house Rep. due to redistricting. However his replacement, Rep. Carrie Issac, has been incredible. She issues a regular newsletter telling us what is happening in our House and reports on her activity there. So we always know where she stands on important issues. Not only does she support a strong Conservative agenda, but is willing to listen to her constituents and often responds to their concerns. Either she or one of her assistants has replied to several of my e-mails proving her interest in hearing from us. That is the kind of leadership we need but we have to earn it and work to keep it.. And we can do that by careful parsing of the candidates for our state offices, paying close attention to their governance, and communicating our support for their good efforts. I have to believe that as we strengthen Conservative control over the states this must also buttress the Conservatives we send to D.C. with Chip Roy serving as a shining example. And that is a good thing.
Exactly! Next - get voters up to speed everywhere possible!
*💯🎯
51 Senators not up for reelection which means a lot of work needs to be done!
Chip Roy is awesome..:) Merry Christmas.. ttyl..
Agree...and thanks...you too
LOVE THE HILLARY JOKE TOO.. IT TAKES A VILLAGE... old SLICK WILLY.. :) wow.. I guess the old .. Santa, Baby its Cold outside and I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus has been relegated to the soft non porn pile now with Bill in the HOT TUB with the Blacked out "girl" and matching "Thailand" shirts w/ Epstein.. anyway... I did like the jokes.. :) thanks.. ROFL.. all the way... :)