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Old 08-19-2009, 01:41 PM   #181
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Simply because the word 'liseuse' is more romantic, and far more interesting than ereader or ebook reader.
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Old 08-19-2009, 02:13 PM   #182
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Simply because the word 'liseuse' is more romantic, and far more interesting than ereader or ebook reader.
I see. Its romantic essence escapes me.
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Old 08-19-2009, 02:15 PM   #183
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I see. Its romantic essence escapes me.
'Cause it's French, it's romantic by definition
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Old 08-19-2009, 02:16 PM   #184
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Aren't all the good words in English derived from French anyway? It'll absorb liseuse in no time.
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Old 08-19-2009, 02:17 PM   #185
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'Cause it's French, it's romantic by definition
French is a romantic language after all Whereas English, as I heard one of my professors call it, is a 'bastard' language
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That's the root of the problem. It always failed to impress me as such.
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Old 08-19-2009, 02:19 PM   #188
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French is a romantic language after all Whereas English, as I heard one of my professors call it, is a 'bastard' language
I have yet to hear a language more beautiful than English. I wish it were my mother tongue.
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Old 08-19-2009, 02:21 PM   #189
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I have yet to hear a language more beautiful than English. I wish it were my mother tongue.

What is your mother tongue, if I'm not being too nosy?
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Old 08-19-2009, 02:23 PM   #190
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French is a romantic language after all Whereas English, as I heard one of my professors call it, is a 'bastard' language
'Romance' actually, I think. The other main ancestor of English is is Norse-Germanic. Very nice roots, if I should say so myself
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Russian...followed by 10 years of live practice of Hebrew
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'Romance' actually, I think. The other main ancestor of English is is Norse-Germanic. Very nice roots, if I should say so myself
Yes, you are correct, but I still perceive French and Italian to be romantic when heard
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Mm... Russian sounds quite romantic.
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Simply because the word 'liseuse' is more romantic, and far more interesting than ereader or ebook reader.
Look how attractive and romantic a liseuse can be:here and here.

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