French words in English/Catalogs: Revision history

26 May 2008

• curprev 16:3016:30, 26 May 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 19,152 bytes +107‎ →‎List of French words in English: added 4 from list, plus "cafe noir"

25 May 2008

• curprev 18:0318:03, 25 May 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 19,081 bytes +36‎ →‎List of French words in English: no drole in MW, only droll; droit du seigneur apparently dates only from 1825 and may well be mythic, but it's certainly French
• curprev 11:5011:50, 25 May 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 19,045 bytes +61‎ →‎List of French words in English: added bourgeoisie, also "bourgeoise", which is a noun separate from "bourgeois" the adjective (and also a noun, life is *so* complicated!)
• curprev 11:4411:44, 25 May 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 18,984 bytes +370‎ added 5 more from list

24 May 2008

• curprev 18:2018:20, 24 May 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 18,910 bytes +296‎ →‎List of French words in English: an explication du texte for the truly simple-minded, but why not? Thanks again, Noel! (No, no, you're not among the simple-minded!)
• curprev 18:1818:18, 24 May 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 18,830 bytes +216‎ →‎List of French words in English: added Q, P, R, S, T, and we're finished, mytes!
• curprev 18:1318:13, 24 May 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 18,703 bytes +89‎ →‎List of French words in English: added N, O, P
• curprev 18:0718:07, 24 May 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 18,614 bytes +381‎ →‎List of French words in English: added K, L, M
• curprev 18:0518:05, 24 May 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 18,521 bytes +93‎ →‎List of French words in English: added H, I, J
• curprev 17:5817:58, 24 May 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 18,428 bytes +164‎ changed the others to commas: this is so easy it's hard to believe that it's actually CZ!
• curprev 17:5617:56, 24 May 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 18,434 bytes −3‎ tried using commas instead of bullets -- somewhat to my surprise, something this easy actually woiked!
• curprev 17:5417:54, 24 May 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 18,437 bytes +173‎ →‎List of French words in English: added E, F, and G -- see Talk
• curprev 16:5016:50, 24 May 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 18,342 bytes +78‎ →‎List of French words in English: added U, V, W, X, Y, Z to the index; les faranis hardly use 'em....
• curprev 16:0516:05, 24 May 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 18,264 bytes +31‎ well, it will probably work if I change C to D, duh! Yup, it does! Thanks, Noel!
• curprev 16:0316:03, 24 May 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 18,264 bytes +32‎ let
• curprev 15:5315:53, 24 May 2008‎ imported>J. Noel Chiappa‎ 18,232 bytes −1‎ Make them all consistent
• curprev 15:5315:53, 24 May 2008‎ imported>J. Noel Chiappa‎ 18,233 bytes +1,312‎ OK, so it comes through there, but doesn't work as a target
• curprev 15:4915:49, 24 May 2008‎ imported>J. Noel Chiappa‎ 18,234 bytes −60‎ OK, this should work then
• curprev 15:4815:48, 24 May 2008‎ imported>J. Noel Chiappa‎ 18,257 bytes +25‎ Does it have to be in the cell?
• curprev 15:4615:46, 24 May 2008‎ imported>J. Noel Chiappa‎ 18,232 bytes −62‎ span works?
• curprev 15:4315:43, 24 May 2008‎ imported>J. Noel Chiappa‎ 18,294 bytes +4‎ OK, how about a span?
• curprev 15:2715:27, 24 May 2008‎ imported>J. Noel Chiappa‎ 18,290 bytes −15‎ Blast, why did they disable label-only anchors anyway?
• curprev 15:2515:25, 24 May 2008‎ imported>J. Noel Chiappa‎ 18,305 bytes +84‎ OK, how about these two
• curprev 14:4414:44, 24 May 2008‎ imported>J. Noel Chiappa‎ 18,290 bytes +18‎ Do anchors work outside tables?
• curprev 14:3814:38, 24 May 2008‎ imported>J. Noel Chiappa‎ 18,272 bytes +51‎ Maybe a nowiki will help
• curprev 14:3614:36, 24 May 2008‎ imported>J. Noel Chiappa‎ 18,221 bytes +3‎ OK, try them in cells
• curprev 14:3414:34, 24 May 2008‎ imported>J. Noel Chiappa‎ 18,218 bytes +232‎ Lets see if anchors work in tables
• curprev 11:5211:52, 24 May 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 18,133 bytes +147‎ →‎List of French words in English: added 7 words I found in the MW while looking up the other words on the 102 list -- serendipity, a non-F. word
• curprev 11:4111:41, 24 May 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 18,031 bytes +45‎ →‎List of French words in English: added 3 from list

23 May 2008

• curprev 13:3813:38, 23 May 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 17,986 bytes +849‎ →‎List of French words in English: added three MF words to the A's
• curprev 11:2711:27, 23 May 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 17,943 bytes +806‎ →‎List of French words in English: I am completely drunk with excitement at the entry of all these new words
• curprev 11:2111:21, 23 May 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 17,844 bytes +299‎ →‎List of French words in English: the embourgeoisement of CZ continues, directed by a mouthy gray eminence

22 May 2008

• curprev 18:2618:26, 22 May 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 17,782 bytes +12‎ →‎List of French words in English: MW says, "here we have a word from the French with no clearly established pron. etc."
• curprev 11:4011:40, 22 May 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 17,770 bytes +88‎ →‎List of French words in English: added 2, rejected 3 -- see talk; A's on new list are done

21 May 2008

• curprev 15:2115:21, 21 May 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 17,739 bytes +57‎ →‎List of French words in English: corrected the order of some, added an accent; have reviewed first column of 3 -- are many to add; but our list seems to be missing some that I *know* we put in...

19 May 2008

• curprev 17:0517:05, 19 May 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 17,738 bytes +32‎ →‎List of French words in English: two intriguing words right beside each other; this one actually is French (it sure *looks* French) even though it sure ain't pronounced French
• curprev 16:0316:03, 19 May 2008‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 17,722 bytes +16‎ →‎List of French words in English

18 May 2008

• curprev 15:4415:44, 18 May 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 17,706 bytes +24‎ →‎List of French words in English: so sou me if you don't like my entries

17 May 2008

• curprev 12:4412:44, 17 May 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 17,682 bytes +137‎ →‎List of French words in English: I find myself caught in an impromptu impasse -- maybe a franc-tireur could help me shoot my way out
• curprev 11:4611:46, 17 May 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 17,633 bytes +88‎ →‎List of French words in English: whores of combat? Mon oeil!

16 May 2008

• curprev 17:5217:52, 16 May 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 17,545 bytes +408‎ →‎List of French words in English: faut jamais rapporter what can be done today -- old Ben Franklin maxim
• curprev 16:5216:52, 16 May 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 17,528 bytes +156‎ →‎List of French words in English: a Turkish "rapporteur" was in today's news, but MW says it's MF, not F. Does that count? I think so far we *haven't* used MF stuff
• curprev 16:2616:26, 16 May 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 17,508 bytes +136‎ →‎List of French words in English: added some completely nugatory items

15 May 2008

• curprev 17:4617:46, 15 May 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 17,467 bytes +95‎ I wouldn't turn up my nose at a nice parfait about now....
• curprev 11:3211:32, 15 May 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 17,372 bytes +235‎ →‎List of French words in English: dancing a quick gavotte as he orders his thoughts, HP corrects the latest gaucherie by Rheau
• curprev 10:4310:43, 15 May 2008‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 17,330 bytes +27‎ →‎List of French words in English: gauche + pensee

14 May 2008

• curprev 17:0217:02, 14 May 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 17,316 bytes +13‎ →‎List of French words in English: you'd never know it to look at me, but I'm actually extremely decorous
• curprev 14:5914:59, 14 May 2008‎ imported>Hayford Peirce‎ 17,303 bytes +166‎ →‎List of French words in English: finally emerging from his etude, Maitre Peirce decided to bring a little eclaircissement to the subject
• curprev 13:5613:56, 14 May 2008‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 17,137 bytes +216‎ →‎List of French words in English: souvenir

13 May 2008

• curprev 11:2611:26, 13 May 2008‎ imported>Ro Thorpe‎ 17,122 bytes +201‎ will do prons when shoulder better