Comments on: France part Dinkum: Professor, what's another name for pirate treasure? http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2004/09/france-part-dinkum-professor-whats-another-name-for-pirate-treasure/ Rob MacDougall Dot Org Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:00:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: equine_cocoon http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2004/09/france-part-dinkum-professor-whats-another-name-for-pirate-treasure/#comment-222 equine_cocoon Tue, 07 Sep 2004 23:47:50 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2004/09/france-part-dinkum-professor-whats-another-name-for-pirate-treasure/#comment-222 Quel Bruit! Maman : Jean, Paul, vous regardez la tele, vous deux? Jean et Paul : Non Maman,nous etudions le francais. Maman :Alors, qui Regardes la tele? Jean et Paul : C'est Marie. Marie : Qui, Maman, mais j'etudie les maths aussi. Quel Bruit!
Maman : Jean, Paul, vous regardez la tele, vous deux?
Jean et Paul : Non Maman,nous etudions le francais.
Maman :Alors, qui Regardes la tele?
Jean et Paul : C’est Marie.
Marie : Qui, Maman, mais j’etudie les maths aussi.

]]> By: horatio_hex http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2004/09/france-part-dinkum-professor-whats-another-name-for-pirate-treasure/#comment-221 horatio_hex Tue, 07 Sep 2004 08:15:28 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2004/09/france-part-dinkum-professor-whats-another-name-for-pirate-treasure/#comment-221 First, thanks on my written english. How did I saw your LJ account ? Simple : I read the LiveJournal posts of Kenneth Hite from time to time, and I stumbled upon your post and Favreau's picture in his Friends section. It was a nice suprise to see this picture. First, thanks on my written english.

How did I saw your LJ account ? Simple : I read the LiveJournal posts of Kenneth Hite from time to time, and I stumbled upon your post and Favreau’s picture in his Friends section. It was a nice suprise to see this picture.

]]> By: robotnik http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2004/09/france-part-dinkum-professor-whats-another-name-for-pirate-treasure/#comment-220 robotnik Mon, 06 Sep 2004 17:53:12 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2004/09/france-part-dinkum-professor-whats-another-name-for-pirate-treasure/#comment-220 That's what I figured. No correction is necessary. Your English is far better than my French (but I expect that's true for virtually all Quebecois). What I am curious about, though, is how you happened upon my LiveJournal post in the first place. Were you Googling for Marc Favreau? That’s what I figured. No correction is necessary. Your English is far better than my French (but I expect that’s true for virtually all Quebecois).

What I am curious about, though, is how you happened upon my LiveJournal post in the first place. Were you Googling for Marc Favreau?

]]> By: horatio_hex http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2004/09/france-part-dinkum-professor-whats-another-name-for-pirate-treasure/#comment-219 horatio_hex Mon, 06 Sep 2004 14:46:34 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2004/09/france-part-dinkum-professor-whats-another-name-for-pirate-treasure/#comment-219 Little mistake : "As for the the french courses, I can't really comment about them..." Little mistake :

“As for the the french courses, I can’t really comment about them…”

]]> By: robotnik http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2004/09/france-part-dinkum-professor-whats-another-name-for-pirate-treasure/#comment-218 robotnik Mon, 06 Sep 2004 13:11:27 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2004/09/france-part-dinkum-professor-whats-another-name-for-pirate-treasure/#comment-218 Un autre converti! Bienvenue au Livejournal. J'espère que vous appréciez votre sejour. (S'il y a des problèmes avec mon Français, blâment Sol... :) ) Un autre converti! Bienvenue au Livejournal. J’espère que vous appréciez votre sejour.

(S’il y a des problèmes avec mon Français, blâment Sol… :) )

]]> By: horatio_hex http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2004/09/france-part-dinkum-professor-whats-another-name-for-pirate-treasure/#comment-217 horatio_hex Mon, 06 Sep 2004 07:52:15 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2004/09/france-part-dinkum-professor-whats-another-name-for-pirate-treasure/#comment-217 Hi again! The Anonymous Guy now have a name ! Just got my LiveJournal account. It got some very basic info on me, but it will be uptaded in the next few days... Hi again! The Anonymous Guy now have a name !

Just got my LiveJournal account. It got some very basic info on me, but it will be uptaded in the next few days…

]]> By: anonymous http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2004/09/france-part-dinkum-professor-whats-another-name-for-pirate-treasure/#comment-216 anonymous Mon, 06 Sep 2004 03:49:28 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2004/09/france-part-dinkum-professor-whats-another-name-for-pirate-treasure/#comment-216 Hi. I post as "anonymous" because I don't have a LJ account. Maybe some day... And, yes, Marc Favreau is still alive, and does shows from time to time. I'm a french speaking québecois and I can say that his puns can be hard to follow, VERY hard to follow. I would like to give you some exemples, but : 1- As you said, puns are rarely understandable in an other language 2- All of his puns are in context. Everything he say in his shows have meaning in the context of the monologues. That mean he dosen't pun to get a quick laugh, but because the whole thing must make sense. Strangly, it works ! Some, if not all, of Favreau/Sol shows are on CD, since the shows are rather basic : a garbage can is usually the only thing on the scene, beside Sol. The puns do the rest :-) As for the the french courses, I can really comment about them, but I know Marc Favreau did a TV comedy duo in the 1970's were Sol was teamed with an other clown, but I don't know the number of puns per minutes in this show. I hope this is helpful. Hi. I post as “anonymous” because I don’t have a LJ account. Maybe some day…

And, yes, Marc Favreau is still alive, and does shows from time to time. I’m a french speaking québecois and I can say that his puns can be hard to follow, VERY hard to follow. I would like to give you some exemples, but :

1- As you said, puns are rarely understandable in an other language

2- All of his puns are in context. Everything he say in his shows have meaning in the context of the monologues. That mean he dosen’t pun to get a quick laugh, but because the whole thing must make sense. Strangly, it works !

Some, if not all, of Favreau/Sol shows are on CD, since the shows are rather basic : a garbage can is usually the only thing on the scene, beside Sol. The puns do the rest :-)

As for the the french courses, I can really comment about them, but I know Marc Favreau did a TV comedy duo in the 1970′s were Sol was teamed with an other clown, but I don’t know the number of puns per minutes in this show.

I hope this is helpful.

]]> By: robotnik http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2004/09/france-part-dinkum-professor-whats-another-name-for-pirate-treasure/#comment-215 robotnik Sun, 05 Sep 2004 12:08:07 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2004/09/france-part-dinkum-professor-whats-another-name-for-pirate-treasure/#comment-215 <b>his shows are filled with high flying puns and linguistics contortions...</b> "are filled" - present tense? Is Sol still out there doing his thing in the 21st Century? Please supply info! I got that impression (all the puns and linguistic contortions) when I was Googling to find that picture of Sol/Favreau. Of course, I could hardly appreciate the French wordplay when I watched the show as an anglophone kid - which actually makes him a weird choice to teach kids how to speak French, come to think of it. p.s. Hi! Thanks for commenting! Who are you? his shows are filled with high flying puns and linguistics contortions…

“are filled” – present tense? Is Sol still out there doing his thing in the 21st Century? Please supply info!

I got that impression (all the puns and linguistic contortions) when I was Googling to find that picture of Sol/Favreau. Of course, I could hardly appreciate the French wordplay when I watched the show as an anglophone kid – which actually makes him a weird choice to teach kids how to speak French, come to think of it.

p.s. Hi! Thanks for commenting! Who are you?

]]> By: anonymous http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2004/09/france-part-dinkum-professor-whats-another-name-for-pirate-treasure/#comment-214 anonymous Fri, 03 Sep 2004 17:14:32 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2004/09/france-part-dinkum-professor-whats-another-name-for-pirate-treasure/#comment-214 I guess you were lucky to just see Sol's french lessons, because in his one man shows, the character is a mean, lean, punning machine ! I don't kid you : his shows are filled with high flying puns and linguistics contortions. I got to admit, I never would have thought to see Marc Favreau on an english LJ... I guess you were lucky to just see Sol’s french lessons, because in his one man shows, the character is a mean, lean, punning machine ! I don’t kid you : his shows are filled with high flying puns and linguistics contortions. I got to admit, I never would have thought to see Marc Favreau on an english LJ…

]]> By: mgrasso http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2004/09/france-part-dinkum-professor-whats-another-name-for-pirate-treasure/#comment-213 mgrasso Fri, 03 Sep 2004 10:11:38 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2004/09/france-part-dinkum-professor-whats-another-name-for-pirate-treasure/#comment-213 The episode that just <b>sticks. in. my. head.</b> is the one where the TP are "undercover" at a school where people are handing out these square badges, some blue and some green. And they seem to psychically cause gang warfare to break out, depending on what color you are. (I wonder if JMS stold this for <i>Babylon 5</i>? Anyway.) It was so creepy to watch the hero TP get sucked into this psychic gang warfare manipulation, I guess it just stayed with me. The episode that just sticks. in. my. head. is the one where the TP are “undercover” at a school where people are handing out these square badges, some blue and some green. And they seem to psychically cause gang warfare to break out, depending on what color you are. (I wonder if JMS stold this for Babylon 5? Anyway.) It was so creepy to watch the hero TP get sucked into this psychic gang warfare manipulation, I guess it just stayed with me.

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