France Must Compensate Pirates

[ludwig]

In case you thought the ECHR just picked on Britain...

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30326397

Will the French pay, or just shrug their shoulders and go 'pfffffff'?

[Svejk]

The 'right on' crowd will be along to explain to you, Ludwig, I dare say.

[DTCwordfan]

There are a couple of great books for Xmas stocking fillers for swotting up on your French slang and cuss words as well as sexual positions, "Merde." (original and Merde 2)

WH Smiths were selling them around £7 in paper-back.....

[jourdain2]

They'll ignore it as they ignore any pronouncements against them so far as I know.... politeness limits me to 'Tant pis', but I think the depth of indifference has been gauged.

[BlackadderV]

Another good one is Harraps French/English - English/French dictionary of slang. It is most comprehensive.

[sandyRoe]

We should remember the Afghani plane hijackers who flew halfway across the world to land here. The were convicted of the hijacking and imprisoned but released on appeal. It was considered unsafe for them to be returned to their homeland so are still living here as refugees.

[Peter Pedant]

i wonder what the Dari for 'f === off' is

[Peter Pedant]

... French slang and cuss words ...

the Arabs limit themselves to: you are a dog - you are the son of sixty dogs.

I have to say I was stunned.

[Peter Pedant]

ex turpi causa non oritur actio

springs to mind - "thou shalt not benefit from a narty narty event"

altho their cause of action was that French procedural law wasnt followed


Oh the Latin isnt Latin for f off

[BlackadderV]

I don't know about Dari, but in Pashto it's ډيل ډول

[BlackadderV]

Unfortunately Ex turpi... is all but dead in the water in English law these days.

[Peter Pedant]

wz turpi is still alive here
http://www.elyplace.com/patel-v-mirza-2014-ewca-cov-1047/

must ve died since