tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757907975744705991.post7833742431977789449..comments2023-12-15T09:27:34.663+01:00Comments on Billy's Lines Of Gibberish: EthnicityUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757907975744705991.post-60790606043184043272009-11-18T16:40:58.858+01:002009-11-18T16:40:58.858+01:00s assurer*s assurer*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757907975744705991.post-42317184305965878162009-11-18T16:39:58.425+01:002009-11-18T16:39:58.425+01:00je t ai ecrit un petit mot slmnt pr s assuere ke t...je t ai ecrit un petit mot slmnt pr s assuere ke tu vas le recevoir ,tu vas bien??????je te souhaite tt le bonheur ,car tu es un si cher ami ,,,bises pr la famille ,nana ,,,,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757907975744705991.post-35255854220663711422009-11-18T16:38:14.751+01:002009-11-18T16:38:14.751+01:00salut mr ,,,,,,,,c la vendeuse de falafel ,,,,,,,p...salut mr ,,,,,,,,c la vendeuse de falafel ,,,,,,,prennds soinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757907975744705991.post-54959469119230846772009-11-06T21:44:52.017+01:002009-11-06T21:44:52.017+01:00Nouvel essai de lien vers ce précédent blog:Nouvel essai de lien vers ce <b><a href="http://billy-the-kidney.blogspot.com/2009/06/blogging-in-english.html" rel="nofollow">précédent blog</a></b>:Billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10947186731176387775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757907975744705991.post-38739400473116105872009-11-06T21:41:26.610+01:002009-11-06T21:41:26.610+01:00C'est une question que je me pose moi-même de ...C'est une question que je me pose moi-même de plus en plus souvent... Au départ, il y a près de 5 ans et sur un support autre que Blogspot, j'ai commencé à blogguer en anglais par jeu, à destination d'un tout petit nombre de lecteurs non francophones.<br /><br />Comme je l'ai expliqué dans un <b><a rel="nofollow">précédent blog</a></b>, c'est ensuite devenu un moyen d'améliorer ma pratique d'une langue que je n'ai jamais aimée, mais qui est la lingua franca de notre époque. Et puis, il est étonnamment décomplexant d'écrire dans une langue qu'on ne maîtrise pas. Lorsque c'est mal écrit, on a toujours l'excuse de ne pas être un <i>native speaker</i>, et de toute façon on ne peut le plus souvent pas s'en rendre compte par soi-même.<br /><br />Cela dit, l'intérêt que je retire de ce blog en anglais diminue régulièrement, au fur et à mesure que ma <i>fluency</i> augmente. Il est probable qu'un de ces jours pas très lointain, je vais arrêter, soit complètement, soit pour passer au français.<br /><br />(Merci de votre intérêt)Billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10947186731176387775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757907975744705991.post-48153326602843378212009-11-04T23:45:05.949+01:002009-11-04T23:45:05.949+01:00Question: Pourquoi ecrire en anglais alors que , i...Question: Pourquoi ecrire en anglais alors que , il me semble, d apres votre profil " a propos" que vous soyez francais? Simple curiosite de ma part.<br />MercisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757907975744705991.post-64213926188910582822009-10-29T02:35:34.570+01:002009-10-29T02:35:34.570+01:00Kyste – Thank you for the reference, the article i...Kyste – Thank you for the reference, the article is worth reading.<br /><br />Lynn – Racism is obviously more than words. That's what I meant with <em>political correctness</em>. Yet when even people who are not racist use with a light heart a concept, 'human races', that is not scientific and has discriminatory connotations, they apparently justify racism. Racists don't need moral support from scientists, do they?<br /><br />Vanessa – Affirmative action based of ethnic criteria instead of family income is very debatable in my opinion. In the context of this kind of affirmative action <em>what race are you?</em> is a question that makes sense. A question that has been given a reason to be asked...<br /><br />On the contrary, did you know that such a question from an employer or an official is punished by the Law in France and other countries? Same with sexual preferences.Billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10947186731176387775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757907975744705991.post-54478311063079736362009-10-27T17:36:30.061+01:002009-10-27T17:36:30.061+01:00It is very true that America has this fixation on ...It is very true that America has this fixation on race. We have to qualify ourselves all the time -- not just to the government, schools, and employers (to assure the powers that be that they are being fair to people of all 'races'), but to people you meet. To get asked, "What are you?" is a very daunting thing. I could be vague and say, I'm American or I am a woman, but they almost invariably say things like, "No, what race are you?"<br /><br />Ethnically, my mother is Mexican and my father is Mexican and Filipino. But if you want to be truly accurate, two of my mother's grandparents were from Spain by way of France. And to be Mexican means I have American indigenous ancestry as well. I'm just a mashup. And there are more people out there are like me. We are a conglomeration of ethnicities that will be hard to define as time goes on. I don't think we should define it.Vanessa Hahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07038133084165263806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757907975744705991.post-60761085148695126142009-10-27T08:32:07.917+01:002009-10-27T08:32:07.917+01:00Well said and done,.... still, don't you think...Well said and done,.... still, don't you think that racism is much deeper than a word? Perhaps in the scientific world it will alleviate some of it. However, regardless of whether we distinguish a person by race or ethnicity, in the real world, unfortunately, it does not change the fact that many people judge other people just by the color of their skin.Lynnhttp://itsallmaya.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757907975744705991.post-38210855547344521852009-10-26T22:45:56.168+01:002009-10-26T22:45:56.168+01:00I recommend this paper: http://www.nature.com/natu...I recommend this paper: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v461/n7265/full/461726a.html<br />Diversity is an opportunity, we don't have to be frighten by it. <br />Our diversity is a strength. Nazis thought in genetic weakness and in the risk of "contamination" of the aryans by the "bad" genes. Never forget it: http://kystes.blog.lemonde.fr/2009/05/28/si-vous-passez-par-berlin-avant-le-19-juillet-2009/<br />Germans are very aware of this problem certainly more that others peoples in the world. It's the weight of History.<br />Very interesting post, thank you for sharing your readings.kystehttp://kystes.blog.lemonde.frnoreply@blogger.com