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30 Jun 25 12:55

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02 Jul 25 13:12

@Very-Rusty said
Were the English and French not bitter enemy's back in the day?

-VR

In fact the Normans (fromer Vikings who had settled in what is called Normandy today) invaded the germanic England and became the ruling class. Over the centuries they assimilated. However there was a long and bitter war between France and England, called the 100 year's war (though it was longer) since the English King would have liked to acquire the French crown because his wife was the last survining person of the family tree. (In fact the Englishhad conseiuently to accept Queens).
France and England also had their differences in the colonies but were brought together again with German agression

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02 Jul 25 13:18

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@Ponderable said
In fact the Normans (fromer Vikings who had settled in what is called Normandy today) invaded the germanic England and became the ruling class. Over the centuries they assimilated. However there was a long and bitter war between France and England, called the 100 year's war (though it was longer) since the English King would have liked to acquire the French crown because h ...[text shortened]... and also had their differences in the colonies but were brought together again with German agression

Thank you for the history lesson Pondy, I remember learning something about that in school many Decades ago.

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02 Jul 25 18:35

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@Very-Rusty said
Were the English and French not bitter enemy's back in the day?

-VR

Let's just say they were "kissing cousins".

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02 Jul 25 23:39

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@Suzianne said
Let's just say they were "kissing cousins".

[Bill Nighy]How dare you.[/BN]

😉

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03 Jul 25 00:47

@Great-Big-Stees said
Hmmmm? Isn’t Russia kinda on your border with the Bering Straight being it…the border?🤔

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03 Jul 25 00:54

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@Great-Big-Stees said
Right you are we are a member of the British Commonwealth ergo we use the “u”…@ least until we become the 51st State.😲

Shouldn't you peeps in Quebec be checking with Macron to ask whether you could become an appanage de La France, just in case?

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03 Jul 25 00:57

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@Suzianne said
No.

All -ous endings drop the u when adding another suffix.

This is according to the OED.

I know you meant to be funny, but again, you missed the mark.

I did appreciate your little bit of humour, intended or not. 😉

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03 Jul 25 11:44

@Arkturos said
Shouldn't you peeps in Quebec be checking with Macron to ask whether you could become an appanage de La France, just in case?

They, the French, already have a foothold (Saint Pierre and/et Miquelon) close to Newfoundland but they kinda keep that fact quiet. Those sneaky “frogs”.😉😁

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@Suzianne said
No.

All -ous endings drop the u when adding another suffix.

This is according to the OED.

I know you meant to be funny, but again, you missed the mark.

I did miss a trick. I shold have written:

"Sir, cold yu perhaps have ment to write "curiousity"?"

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05 Jul 25 01:44

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@Suzianne said
Let's just say they were "kissing cousins".

My commiserations. Sometimes other people don't get my jokes, either.

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05 Jul 25 01:54

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@Suzianne said
If it were up to you idiots, we'd have Russia on our border instead of a great neighbor like Canada.

I think the tectonic plates might disagree, at least for now.