John Calvin’s mother tongue...

[Nomad]

Seeing that it's Calvin's 500th birthday I though this would make for an interesting bit of trivia... for what it's worth.

The Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies John Calvin’s mother tongue

 

[Guido's Brother]

That's interesting. I wonder if that was also the mother tongue of Guy de Bres.

 

[Theognome]

Hmmm... I thought Picard was the captain of the Enterprise D.

Theognome

 

[Nomad]

Hmmm... I thought Picard was the captain of the Enterprise D.

Theognome

Well... at least this thread is good for something.

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That's interesting. I wonder if that was also the mother tongue of Guy de Bres.

Hey Wes,

I don't know who that is. I'm sure that ruins the joke if there was one, but could you fill me in?

 

[TimV]

Picard was one of five major dialects of the northern French that became modern French. I'd guess that if Calvin were asked, he'd have said he grew up speaking French.

 

[Jake]

This is interesting! I would have never considered this. However, Picard looks pretty intelligible with French from what little I looked into it.

 

[Skyler]

And here I thought Calvin spoke French. Now I discover he speaks either Federation Standard or alcohol... which is it?

 

[Rangerus]

Oh, I'm sorry, I thought the title was John Calvin's mother's tongue.

 

[Skyler]

Hmmm... I thought Picard was the captain of the Enterprise D.

Theognome

And the Enterprise E, after a certain somebody went and crashed the D on a planet...

 

[Nomad]

And here I thought Calvin spoke French.

Me too... and many others as well. That's why I thought this would be interesting.

 

[Theognome]

Hmmm... I thought Picard was the captain of the Enterprise D.

Theognome

And the Enterprise E, after a certain somebody went and crashed the D on a planet...

The question is- did the effect of the nexus mean he actually crashed it twice?

Theognome

 

[SolaGratia]

Many patois words are very similar to French, but a large number of words are totally specific to Picard, principally terms relating to mining.
Here are several typical northern phrases in Picard, accompanied by French and English translations:

Mi, à quatre heures, j'archine eune bonne tartine.

Moi, à quatre heures, je mange une bonne tartine.

"At four o'clock, I eat a good slice of bread."

Quind un Ch'ti mi i'est'à l'agonie, savez vous bin che qui li rind la vie ? I bot un d'mi. (Les Capenoules (a music group))

Quand un Nordiste est à l'agonie, savez-vous bien ce qui lui rend la vie ? Il boit un demi.

"When a northerner is in his death-throes, do you know what revives him? He drinks a beer."


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