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The Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies John Calvin’s mother tongue
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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 (07-05-2009), PresbyDane (07-06-2009)
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That's interesting. I wonder if that was also the mother tongue of Guy de Bres.
Wes Bredenhof
Pastor, Providence Canadian Reformed Church
Hamilton, Ontario
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Hmmm... I thought Picard was the captain of the Enterprise D.
Theognome
Bill Cunningham
Covenant Reformed Church, URC
Kansas City
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Originally Posted by Theognome
Well... at least this thread is good for something.
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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?
steven-nemes (07-05-2009)
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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.
Tim Vaughan
Member, Redeemer Presbyterian, OPC,
Santa Maria
California
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This is interesting! I would have never considered this. However, Picard looks pretty intelligible with French from what little I looked into it.
Jake; Hold to Original WCF, member of SBC; Greater Atlanta, Georgia Area
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And here I thought Calvin spoke French. Now I discover he speaks either Federation Standard or alcohol... which is it?
Jonathan, A.A.S.
Audio Engineer
Reformed Baptist
Ohio
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Oh, I'm sorry, I thought the title was John Calvin's mother's tongue.
Rangerus
Southern Baptist
Austin, TX
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And the Enterprise E, after a certain somebody went and crashed the D on a planet...
Jonathan, A.A.S.
Audio Engineer
Reformed Baptist
Ohio
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Me too... and many others as well. That's why I thought this would be interesting.
Puritanboard Graduate
The question is- did the effect of the nexus mean he actually crashed it twice?And the Enterprise E, after a certain somebody went and crashed the D on a planet...
Theognome
Bill Cunningham
Covenant Reformed Church, URC
Kansas City
There are three kinds of people- those who can count, and those who can't.
Puritanboard Junior
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."
Picard language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gil Garcia
Rehoboth Reformed Church (RCUS)
La Habra, CA
"Ignorance of this distinction between Law and Gospel is one of the principal sources of the abuses which corrupted and still corrupt Christianity." - Calvin's successor
"By the words of the law man is admonished and taught, not what he can do, but what he ought to do. How is it that you theologians are twice as stupid as schoolboys, in that as soon as you get hold of a single imperative verb you infer an indicative meaning...?"
-Martin Luther, The Bondage of the Will
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