Friday, March 14, 2008

Франсаскои

Как называются жители прерий известно - Flatlanders, а сегодня мне встретилось новое словечко - Fransaskois. Средняя клавиша мышки - открываем Babylon - ну так бы сразу и сказали что это franco-saskatchewanian, т.е.франкофон проживающий в Саскачеване; и как я не уловила в этом слове два корня?
(вспоминается бородатый анекдот
An American couple decided to go to Canada for their holidays one summer. They drove north across the border, stopped at a dinosaur park, then continued northeast. After driving for a couple of days, they realized they were lost. They found a small city, and pulled over to ask a pedestrian for directions.

“Hey buddy, can you tell us where we are?”
The pedestrian smiled, said “Saskatoon, Saskatchewan”, and went on his way.
The driver turned to his wife and said “Well, we still don’t know where we are. He doesn’t even speak English")


Но здесь всё серьёзней, франсаскои даже имеют свой франсаскойский флаг:

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