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From: EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) on 15 Jul 2006 14:45 Stanislas de Kertanguy wrote: > Le 15/07/2006, Mxsmanic a ?crit : > >> People follow the rules >> of grammar because they cannot communicate with each other otherwise. > > > /L'Hellade, c'est le rivage d?ploy? d'une mer g?niale d'o? s'?lanc?rent > ? l'aurore le souffle de la connaissance et le magn?tisme de > l'intelligence, gonflant d'?gale fertilit? des pouvoirs qui sembl?rent > perp?tuels; c'est plus loin, une mappemonde d'?tranges montagnes: une > cha?ne de volcans sourit ? la magie des h?ros, ? la tendresse serpentine > des d?esses, guide le vol nuptial de l'homme, libre enfin de se savoir > et de p?rir oiseau; c'est la r?ponse ? tout, m?me ? l'usure de la > naissance, m?me aux d?tours du labyrinthe. Mais ce sol massif fait du > diamant de la lumi?re et de la neige, cette terre imputrescible sous les > pieds de son peuple victorieux de la mort mais mortel par ?vidence de > puret?, une raison ?trang?re tente de ch?tier sa perfection, croit > couvrir le balbutiement de ses ?pis. > > O Gr?ce, miroir et corps trois fois martyrs, t'imaginer c'est te > r?tablir. Tes gu?risseurs sont dans ton peuple et ta sant? est dans ton > droit. *Ton sang incalculable, je l'appelle, le seul vivant pour qui la > libert? a cess? d'?tre maladive, qui me brise la bouche, lui du silence, > et moi du cri*. > > > Ren? Char/ > > The last sentence of this poem has a very twisted grammar and syntax. It > is obviously incorrect by French rules. Yet it sends thrills through my > eyes when I read it. Isn't that _communication_ ? > Even to my inadequate comprehension, the entire quotation is beautiful! French truly is a beautiful language - I can understand why so many francophones tend to resent the rise of English as "the" international language! (There was a time, not so very long ago, when one could travel all over Europe and be understood if one spoke French.)
From: David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy on 15 Jul 2006 17:26 EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) <evgmsop(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' > barn and > prestwich tesco 24h offy wrote: [] > > I think Evelyn's trying to be the best old fogey in the newsgroup. I > > work with kids a lot, and I really don't get all this "standards are > > slipping" nonsense. > > > > But do you work with American kids in an American public > school system? (I thought you were in the UK.) I am. I've worked a bit with US kids in high school, but it was mostly summer courses and so on- also quite self-selecting- i.e. kids who had some kind of musical talent already. It's not as reflective a range as I work with in the UK though. However, what you said about US kids is a charge levelled at UK kids as well. -- David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk http://homepage.mac.com/davidhornecomposer http://soundjunction.org
From: Mxsmanic on 15 Jul 2006 18:07 EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) writes: > Define "resist" ... Destroy germs before they produce any clinical infection. > ... a slight sore throat for half a day when a > healthy immune system encounters a new virus is not quite > the same as being bed-ridden for a week when an unhealthy > system encounters the same virus. Nobody is bedridden for a week with the common cold. Additionally, the symptoms of the common cold are caused by the reaction of the immune system, not the virus itself. A healthy immune system will thus produce symptoms at least as severe as a weak immune system. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
From: Mxsmanic on 15 Jul 2006 18:09 EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) writes: > Even to my inadequate comprehension, the entire quotation is > beautiful! So what would be your translation? -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
From: jeremyrh.geo on 16 Jul 2006 05:16
Mxsmanic wrote: > EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) writes: > > > Even to my inadequate comprehension, the entire quotation is > > beautiful! > > So what would be your translation? Sorry, Mixi, school's out - you'll have to save your condescension for your lucky students. I just hope none of them are Africans - we know your opinion of their mental abilities. B; |