Durham Applicants 2008 Thread

Marion, i am just kidding huni - i dont mean any offence to you (or any other french person!)

Big love xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Reply 3541

Reblet

12

I secretly love the French... but you can't admit that without people getting all defensive about how great Britain is...

But the fooood! And the accent! And the literature and philosphy and wit! And the countryside... the WINE... The people aren't too bad either :biggrin:

But the music is pretty dire :frown:

Reply 3542

swiss_fairy

Marion, i am just kidding huni - i dont mean any offence to you (or any other french person!)

Big love xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I knooooow :biggrin:

I just want you to see that : First video
Second video => GREAT :biggrin:

Reply 3543

Reblet

I secretly love the French... but you can't admit that without people getting all defensive about how great Britain is...

But the fooood! And the accent! And the literature and philosphy and wit! And the countryside... the WINE... The people aren't too bad either :biggrin:

But the music is pretty dire :frown:

Ahah !
Did you listen to aAron or Phoenix or Justice or Daft Punk ?
They're great (and French !)

Reply 3544

V funny.... cept i dont get it but ok :biggrin:

Reblet - i dont like Britain. I like some of the people but i dont like most

Reply 3545

Reblet

12

French rap. Enough said.

Reply 3546

There is nothing to get, lol, they just keep saying "Allez les bleus !" (it was for some random football cup or something like that ^^). But honestly, I love Swiss French accent, lol, just great !

Reply 3547

Reblet

French rap. Enough said.

Beeeerk is all I can say about French rap. :cool:

Reply 3548

Heehee Swiss German is freeky.... i cant understand it!

Reply 3549

WokSz

17

Swiss German is the best. It's a harsh dialect, but very interesting once you start to get the idea.

Reply 3550

WokSz

Swiss German is the best. It's a harsh dialect, but very interesting once you start to get the idea.

You're online late! (But so am i - just going to bed to do some revision now).

It is harsh and it changes from Canton to Canton (eg i can understand some Basler Deutsche but not much Zuricher Deutscher) but its also quite pretty in an odd way. I'm still waiting for that moment when i go "I GET IT".... hence im doing ab initio germand!

How come you know Swiss German?

Reply 3551

WokSz

17

I live in Switzerland and my Dad is from Zug.

Reply 3552

NDGAARONDI

16

Reblet

I secretly love the French... but you can't admit that without people getting all defensive about how great Britain is...

But the fooood! And the accent! And the literature and philosphy and wit! And the countryside... the WINE... The people aren't too bad either :biggrin:

But the music is pretty dire :frown:

French cuisine is overrated and is perceived as great because most people have a sweet tooth. Try Italian! Accent is alright, think I prefer a Texan on a girl though. :p:

As for countryside, try Canada. :cool:

Reply 3553

Reblet

12

For me Italy is my favourite all-round European nation (history, hotties, food, language, art, fashion, scenery... Love it...) but France comes a fairly close second.

Reply 3554

de.novo

7

I have to go with Italy as well for my all-round favourite European nation. Then maybe France. Or Greece.

I like that most of us haven't shared our names. I look forward to the day when on the streets of Durham, students run about screaming, "Reblet! swiss_fairy! de.novo! WAIT UP!" Poor Durham locals. Or maybe they are already used to the eccentricities of us students.

And for swiss_fairy. QUACK! I refuse to chase ducks. They might turn against me and try to attack me as a flock. And thanks for the rep.

Reply 3555

Piggsil

16

Italy is better than France. I've lived in both so I can say :p:

France is cool generally, just not Limoges. :p:

In Italy whenever I spoke to anyone they loved that i was trying, even though i was crap at first. In France I would often ask something in French and get a smarmy response in English - it was so frustrating !
Also, italian food is just :coma:

Can't beat a steak-frites in France though. :biggrin:

Reply 3556

KiwiBaby

Omg Durham.

Hurry up and give swiss_fairy an offer!

Oh and in case anyone is interested, my name is Francine :smile:

and and I'm doing Camp America in June!!! I get to be a camp counsellor for a few months and travel through the USA - yay. I'm sooo excited! (I've pretty much run out of people to tell here so I'm having to resort to telling people I don't actually know haha)

Reply 3557