31 thoughts on “Beetleypete’s Classroom: Weekend Homework”

  2. Confirming my knowledge of Latin terms although my version might not be seen as verbatim.

    Oh the memories of R/T training when we joined the LAS, two rooms one group CAC the others road crews. Many a laugh, pleased my names wasn’t Roger.

    Over, or is that Out

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      1. Yes, it is. Hubby tells me when you’re in the cockpit of a fighter jet and have to relay something important, the A-Z is it. No chance of errors or miscommunication. Best to you, Pete.

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  6. (1) The majority of the French people do say “quatre-vingt-douze,” for 92, but “nonante-deux” is still used in a few regions in France, and by the majority of French speakers in Belgium and Switzerland. Personally, I favor “nonante-deux.”
    (2) I’m not surprised that France ranks near the bottom of non-native English speakers.
    In the United States, “…there are nearly 4 million speakers of French as a second language, which means approximately 23 percent of the population of 38 million is conversant in French.” I don’t believe the “conversant” part, however. What I do believe is that there are many people who took a year or two of French in school, but can barely get past “voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir” and “oui, madame.”
    (3) “Well, I ain’t sayin’ no.” (That’s how folks down in the Ozarks say “yes.”)
    (4) I’m happy to report that those Latin terms aren’t Greek to me.

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    1. I’m confused by #2. There are 333,000,000+ people in America, and 68,000,000 in France. What is the 38,000,000 population you refer to? (I was never any good with Maths) 😉

      Best wishes, Pete.

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