# Q&A about the French **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 17, 2003, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-a-about-the-french/155711 "2003-02-17T20:45:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-a-about-the-french/155711/21 "2003-02-18T13:24:33Z")
Ok, Desmo, sorry if I wasn’t clear. The OP is full of anti-French “jokes”. Musicguy asks how long would the thread remain civil if the jokes were about Blacks or Gays. Ike replies with examples of the same type of stereotyping displayed in the OP but with different targets. a “relating example”. the point of doing that is it shows how ignorant it is to stereotype. It is a valid debating technique. My use of “cromulent” was an attempt at a Simpsons reference. ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-a-about-the-french/155711/22 "2003-02-18T13:29:25Z")
He’s correct, **Twisty** …that should be “is a perfectly cromulent manner of displaying the fault of a statement.” And “sorry” should be capitalized. And the comma after “relating example” should be placed within the quotation marks. Damn Dubliners. All that Joyce has mucked with your minds and affected your ability to write correctly and effectively. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-a-about-the-french/155711/23 "2003-02-18T13:31:53Z")
Why would it be inside the quotation marks? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-a-about-the-french/155711/24 "2003-02-18T13:36:01Z")
**Ike** probably understands my response. After all, [sarcasm is in the eye of the beholder](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?&threadid=157150). ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-a-about-the-french/155711/25 "2003-02-18T14:19:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jackmannii \* > Ukelele Ike, your espousal of festering stereotypes does you no credit, sir, and in fact inspires universal revulsion. Forgive my intrusion, I’m just on cliché patrol. **Jackmannii** - Where else in the “universe” are they suffering “revulsion”, and will you be rejoining them shortly, presumably aboard the Mothership ? ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-a-about-the-french/155711/26 "2003-02-18T14:29:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TwistofFate \* > \*\*Why would it be inside the quotation marks? \*\* Because Turabian says so? Seriously though, commas, periods, etc. always go inside the quotes. Or is this just an American thing? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-a-about-the-french/155711/27 "2003-02-18T14:33:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by London\_Calling \* > \*\*Forgive my intrusion, I’m just on cliché patrol. > > **Jackmannii** - Where else in the “universe” are they suffering “revulsion”, and will you be rejoining them shortly, presumably aboard the Mothership ? \*\* I think you mean “credulity patrol”. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-a-about-the-french/155711/28 "2003-02-18T14:39:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Neurotik \* > \*\*Because Turabian says so? > > Seriously though, commas, periods, etc. always go inside the quotes. Or is this just an American thing? \*\* Damn you for bringing Turabian into this. I’m staring at that manual now. I hate using Turabian. ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-a-about-the-french/155711/29 "2003-02-18T14:40:34Z")
Check 6:181-184. And Turabian has saved me lots of grief from my professors. The only people who may have more of my gratitude are Strunk and White. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-a-about-the-french/155711/30 "2003-02-18T14:56:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Neurotik \* > \*\*Check 6:181-184. > > And Turabian has saved me lots of grief from my professors. The only people who may have more of my gratitude are Strunk and White. \*\* I don’t have a 6:181-184. What I do find on multiple punctuation is 3: 103-110. (I’m using _A Manual for writers of Term papers, theses, and dissertations_ 6th edition). ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-a-about-the-french/155711/31 "2003-02-18T15:33:41Z")
Ah. I’m using _A Student’s Guide for Writing College Papers_ Third Edition. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-a-about-the-french/155711/32 "2003-02-18T16:07:53Z")
Well, look THAT up in your Funk and Wagnalls. ---
**Author:** ![Barks\_dog\_food](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@Barks\_dog\_food](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barks_dog_food)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-a-about-the-french/155711/33 "2003-02-18T17:31:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gyan9 \* > \*\*(spotted on Fark) > > **Q** : How many Frenchman does it take to guard Paris? > **A** : Nobody knows, it has never been tried before > > **What color is the American flag?** Red, White, and Blue. > **What color is the British flag?** Red, White, and Blue. > **What color is the French flag?** White. > > **Q** : What do you call 100,000 Frenchmen with their hands up? > **A** : The Army. > > **Q** : Why don’t they have fireworks at Euro Disney? > **A** : Because every time they shoot them off, the French try to surrender. > > **Q** : Why did the French plant trees along the Champs Elysees? > **A** : So the Germans could march in the shade. > > Flame away. \*\* **Q** What do you call a general that loses to an numerically inferior enemy and then runs away so that he won’t be a POW with his men? **A** An American war hero. Seen on ebay: American battleship for sale Some water damage Never used-surprised once ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-a-about-the-french/155711/34 "2003-02-18T17:44:10Z")
No need to provoke Barks, the point has been made. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-a-about-the-french/155711.md?page=1)