tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post1807039094738572045..comments2023-07-18T03:44:33.021-07:00Comments on The Bit Maelstrom: The Names of Love (Le nom de gens)blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-68854628269072725582011-07-11T12:17:32.042-07:002011-07-11T12:17:32.042-07:00Actually, I think it's correctly "Le nom ...Actually, I think it's correctly "Le nom de gens" but it's mis-spelled all over the place.<br /><br />Literally "The name of people."<br /><br />You can see why they changed it.blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-21518923910328262892011-07-11T11:56:48.708-07:002011-07-11T11:56:48.708-07:00Not to be pedantic but shouldn't it be "L...Not to be pedantic but shouldn't it be "<i>Les</i> noms de gens?"<br /><br />I know just enough French to recall that articles always agree in number and gender.<br /><br />"The Names of Love" would translate to Les Noms d'amour"<br /><br />and "Les Noms de gens" would translated back to "The names of people."<br /><br />Paging the commenter formally known as Theo Boehm, or better, vbspurs.chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-37593824953015327382011-07-10T22:34:11.254-07:002011-07-10T22:34:11.254-07:00I just finished a hunter safety course with my son...I just finished a hunter safety course with my son taught by a guy who reminded me of Trooper York. Why did I say that and why am I putting that here? <br /><br />Well he told a funny joke about the French when showing us his bullet collection. He had them arranged according size-cartridges (he pronounced cah-tri-ges in his dialect). The smallest was a teeny-tiny 3mm caliber bullet. Someone asked what is was from and why it was so small. He said "some French gun...you know those Frenchies, they don't like to kill anything" he explained.chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.com