|
|
Post by Swampy on Jan 8, 2013 0:56:42 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by Sir John on Jan 8, 2013 2:14:49 GMT -5
Macca's!, especially for Australia Day.
....and if the First fleet had arrived a day later, we would be FRENCH now.
Mon ami!
SJ
|
|
|
|
Post by Swampy on Jan 8, 2013 2:24:30 GMT -5
Macca's!, especially for Australia Day. ....and if the First fleet had arrived a day later, we would be FRENCH now. Huh? |
|
|
|
Post by Sir John on Jan 8, 2013 16:26:49 GMT -5
Swampy,
The 11 ships of the 'First Fleet' arrived at Botany Bay (Sydney) on the 26th Jan 1788 after an 8 month voyage from England.
Governor Arthur Phillip took possession of the new land in the name of a bloke called George 3rd, who some Americans may know.
The poms needed the place to dump large numbers of transported convicts, given the fact that a cranky bunch elsewhere had decided to leave the one big happy family that was the British Empire, and go and establish their own.
That SAME DAY a frog eater called La Perouse arrived with a couple of ships, with the intention of taking possession in the name of France. He graciously withdrew when he found he had been beaten to it.
parley vous francais?
SJ
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2013 19:32:06 GMT -5
Fascinating! I never knew anything about that.
Incidentally, the heat in Australia was one of the leads on the evening national news today.
|
|
|
|
Post by Swampy on Jan 8, 2013 20:20:45 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by Sir John on Jan 8, 2013 22:09:20 GMT -5
Actually, mon ami, I do not!
Like most Australians of my ancient era, did a foreign language at High School, and like most Australians of my ancient era, I cannot conduct a conversation in french.
A total waste of lord knows how many class-room hours on a stupid language like french. No wonder they lose every war, they cannot understand each other.
Au revoir, mon ami.
SJ.
|
|
|
|
Post by jerryfmcompushaft on Jan 10, 2013 14:19:35 GMT -5
Spelling French is worse even than speaking it.....
|
|
