Qui sont les Americans? Vive les francaises! --- Marie-Noelle Little <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > At the liquor store, > I was told that in New York they are taking French > wine off the shelves > as fast as they can. > > At the college, > my chairman hearing me speak French to one of my > students from Kenya, > told me (again): "Speak American, you are in > America!" > > In class, > a student told me that she really didn't want to go > to France on an > internship, and she got upset finding out that she > would'n't even be > able to buy American cheese there. > > On the Pound list, > I found out that French philosophers may be "roundly > hated just because > they're French" > and that "anti-French sentiment is powerful" in the > US. > > In conclusion, > I wondered if it would be at all possible that the > time Pound did spend > in Paris affected him in such negative ways that he > eventually ended up > at St. Elizabeths? > > But how would I know? > I am not a Pound scholar > I am not American > I am a female > and my sun sign is Virgo! > > Marie-Noelle __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/