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Date:      Thu, 24 Dec 1998 11:23:28 -0700
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com>, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Regulated names (was: Crazy Laws)
Message-ID:  <4.1.19981224112052.05a31740@127.0.0.1>
In-Reply-To: <36822D20.DCF23B22@uk.radan.com>
References:  <368102F5.C90B94D5@uk.radan.com> <19981224102628.S12346@freebie.lemis.com>

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At 12:01 PM 12/24/98 +0000, Mark Ovens wrote:
 
>That is unbelievable. To impose such restrictions on their own citizens
>seems authoritarian enough, but to extend it to foreign nationals (I
>assume neither of you have dual nationality), and on the grounds that
>another country might object, is really OTT. Anyway, is your surname not
>of French origin (Le Hey)?.

The French preoccupation with the purity of their language has inspired
no small amount of parody. Chief among these were the Pepe Le Pew
cartoons, in which people encountering the principal character would
shout:

"C'est le pole-chat!"

"Sacre' bleu! Le grand sconque de pew!"

and other memorable bits of "Franglish."

--Brett


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