03-25-2013, 08:01 AM | #31 |
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Re: Subtle / obscure signs for identifying native CF
How about whether you put periods, commas, etc. inside or outside of quotation marks/speech marks? Outside makes far more sense to me.
BTW, "smart quotes" are a real pain in the beehive for professional translators - they almost always get screwed up when using a translation database program. |
03-25-2013, 08:04 AM | #32 | |
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I can't actually recall a mental image of it, but I do know I told my friends about it afterwards.
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03-25-2013, 08:10 AM | #33 | |
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Re: Subtle / obscure signs for identifying native CF
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In typing, people in casual speech skip periods entirely. Checking my recent conversations, I see a guy use "(text)", with the comma outside. Speaking of symbol order, writing 5$ instead of $5 seems like a common Slavic habit. |
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03-25-2013, 08:16 AM | #34 |
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Re: Subtle / obscure signs for identifying native CF
I write a lot here about my 11-year old son. Proud father, blah blah.
He and I still sometime hold hands when walking on the street. He's not quite so eager to do that as he used to be, but we are still generally pretty touchy-feely, as US citizens go. I mostly learned this from my maternal grandfather, who was 100% French Canadian. Edit: and our relatives sent us a can of genuine maple syrup. Yum, yum! One thing I have been wondering about is whether anyone has ever tried to introduce the sugar maple to Russia. The climate should be OK. And you can use the sap to make samogon :-) Last edited by trans; 03-25-2013 at 08:23 AM. |
03-25-2013, 09:45 AM | #35 | |
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No, Canadians as a rule do not eat with their fork in their right hand. (A few do, but it isn't the usual practice.)
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03-25-2013, 10:42 AM | #36 | |
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Other francophone tells, despite being right-handed, play hockey left-handed, bat left-handed (or switch hit), and golf left-handed. |
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03-25-2013, 03:59 PM | #37 | |
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And I apologize for implying you were an American.
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03-25-2013, 04:04 PM | #38 |
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Re: Subtle / obscure signs for identifying native CF
I cannot trust my right hand with anything sharp. It has on a couple of occasions jerked for no reason and stabbed lefty. If I ever visited a left handed hating society, they will just have to suck it up. I ain't using righty for jack.
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03-25-2013, 04:09 PM | #39 | |
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Breeder can be insulting toward indiscriminate child creating regardless of sexuality. I know a few of those I have derogatorily called that, and I'm hetero.
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03-25-2013, 04:12 PM | #40 |
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Re: Subtle / obscure signs for identifying native CF
I think we've established "handedness while eating" is not a reliable indicator of native CF...
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