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Bullika



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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 3:54 am    Post subject: La Francophonie  

I have added a poll as instructed by Brother to see who is in favour of having a French section added to this forum for those of us who speak French to communicate and post information about Cyprus written in French. The section will deal with Cyprus, Greece and Turkey as well as the Francophonie (French speaking World). As we know Cyprus and France have a historical link too.

I realise this is a Cyprus forum, but the section will be for those of us who speak French and who find info on Cyprus etc in French.
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Crash Test Dummy



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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 1:07 pm    Post subject:  

I am saying NO. First its french then its lets add german. then you got french and german why not spanish etc.

English Greek and turkish
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cannedmoose



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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 2:31 pm    Post subject:  

No, it's a stupid idea. This is a Cyprus forum, not a languages forum. There are plenty of opportunities to discuss and learn languages elsewhere.

If you want information on Cyprus in French, do a search for 'Chypre' on Google... it's easy enough.
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filio



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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 3:40 pm    Post subject:  

how rude moose! heh
No i dont think its a stupid idea. but maybe if the forum get s a lot bigger...
french a formal political lang of the EU.
but .. i quote mehmet:
" for those of us who speak French to communicate and post information about Cyprus written in French."
are there that many?

bon journee!
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CY



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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 3:46 pm    Post subject:  

we might even get to practice our French too!
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Bullika



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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 3:46 pm    Post subject:  

thank you fil, or am i permitted o say merci?
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respiridus



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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 3:49 pm    Post subject:  

Sorry re Mehmet, but I think that this has been discussed before. I have nothing with french speaking people, of course, but having a section of this forum in a language we can't all understand, will arise suspicion imho.
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Bullika



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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 3:50 pm    Post subject:  

but what if by chance you get a cypriot from france or quebec who wants to participate and he / she cant understand english?
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respiridus



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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 3:57 pm    Post subject:  

Quote: but what if by chance you get a cypriot from france or quebec who wants to participate and he / she cant understand english?

And what if by chance you get a Cypriot from Kuala Lumbur? Highly unlikely, re.
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Bullika



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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 4:00 pm    Post subject:  

i think theres a cypriot community in france and montreal quebec, seriously.
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filio



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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 4:01 pm    Post subject:  

i think its not a bad idea but its probably not necesary for now.

quoting mehmet again :p
"a cypriot from france or quebec who wants to participate and he / she cant understand english"

Hehe
that cute but the probablility of finding this cypriot in the near future is too small.
and anyway if someone is interested in this discussions they must know a bit about the situation i.e they have read some literature or watched some tv etc..so the prob speak either Turk or Gr or Eng..

..ou pas?
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Bullika



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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 4:04 pm    Post subject:  

pas forcément
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respiridus



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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 4:05 pm    Post subject:  

MEHMET_OSMAN_KKTC wrote: i think theres a cypriot community in france and montreal quebec, seriously.

Yes, and most of them speak English. In the meantime, most of the huge (>400000) Cypriot community in the UK don't speak French at all.
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Bullika



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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 4:07 pm    Post subject:  

respiridus wrote: MEHMET_OSMAN_KKTC wrote: i think theres a cypriot community in france and montreal quebec, seriously.

Yes, and most of them speak English. In the meantime, most of the huge (>400000) Cypriot community in the UK don't speak French at all.

yeah but is it a case of lets do what the majority want or is it a case of, if you speak french participate if you dont you dont. catering for everyones needs...
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respiridus



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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 4:09 pm    Post subject:  

Quote: yeah but is it a case of lets do what the majority want or is it a case of, if you speak french participate if you dont you dont. catering for everyones needs...

How about my need to write in Greek? Or yours to write in Turkish, re? If we do this we'll fundamentally change the rules of this forum, imho.
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