New signing today

[brendywendy]

No, do tell us more. And I wish people wouldn't keep clogging up this forum with all this "Reading FC" nonsense, when all I want to do is relive my History GCSE.

Not my fault, Royal Jelly started it. And anyway, the Romans, the Angles, the Saxons and various others had invaded Britain long before the Normans (not the French). Then again, I'm sure you already knew that.

The Jutes, SPACEY --let us not neglect to mention them by name.

They were from Jutland, don'cha know. Contemporary Denmark.

Anyway, hope this Cissé fellow proves out, although I can't help but wish --and strictly in the name of intratribal harmony-- that he were a Jute.

no no no

we dont want their sort over here
all that pillage and plunder, ruddy robbing jute bstards
stealin our jobs etc etc

[SpaceCruiser]

I can't really say I'm terribly excited about this. For obvious reasons. I'll be hoping we sign somebody of a better standard later this summer.

Fae isn't a Frenchman by the way, and neither is Sonko.

So, exactly WHAT is the obvious reason, you odious little toad???

You have never seen the guy play, you have no idea if he is any good or not, you have consistently supported every other player signed by this club and yet, in your very first post, you state that "you aren't terribly excited" and that you weren't "for obvious reasons".

Add that to your previous with anti-French sentiments and all I (and every other normal person) can deduce that you are dissing him simply because of his nationality.

That makes what you have been saying racist, and I think the mods should act.

For what it's worth, that post wasn't my first post on this thread. And I really do think you're over-reacting. You can interpret it any way you like. I could argue that I was disappointed because I had never heard of him.

And hating France is not racism.

I have seen worse posted on Hob Nob and the people who have posted those are still posting on here. Such as TBM.

[rabidbee]

Sorry to get technical here, but its incorrect to say that the English owned parts of france, or (as some would have you beleive) that the English Monarch has a claim to the french thrown, as it was actually the Normans who invaded and took over England.

If anything the current British head of state come from a line of monarchs who can tenuously be traced back to being French (with a large helping of German recently), so we're still be run by France (sorry spacey).

I've run out of essays to fail, so I'll mark your work instead.

The English/British monarchs claimed the French throne from the 14th century, and only dropped the claim in the reign of George III (when it was a little embarrassing because we were sheltering the exiled French "king", Louis XVII. The claim has nothing to do with the Norman conquest; rather, it depended on differing interpretations of the French laws of succession (although Edward III was really just looking for a fight, anyway). And the last "Frenchman" to take the English throne was Henry II, in the 12th century; just how long to does your family have to live here to be naturalised?! (We're straying into Daily Mail territory again!)

[papereyes]

And hating France is not racism.

and that doesn't make it OK

[brendywendy]

oh come on!

hatred in any form isnt great you are right

but i think im allowed to hate the french
everyone hates the french

its one of those age old rivalries
uraguay/paraguay
spain/portugal
england/virtually everybody

the spirit of agincourt lives on

[Denver Royal]

In terms of language, ireland is more local than france

Well, assuming you can speak some French, how familiar are you with the official language of Ireland, Irish (gaelic)?

[brendywendy]

In terms of language, ireland is more local than france

Well, assuming you can speak some French, how familiar are you with the official language of Ireland, Irish (gaelic)?

have you ever been to ireland?

they all speak english, most of the time,
their road signs are in english,as are their newspapers, their modern literature is all written in english, as is their music nowadays

is gaelic what pikeys speak?

its official in the same way as welsh is probably the official language of wales but is only spoken regularly buy a few backward farmers in some isolated valley or other.

right, thats the irish, and the welsh, and the french al lupset

anyone else?

[Hoop Blah]

In terms of language, ireland is more local than france

Well, assuming you can speak some French, how familiar are you with the official language of Ireland, Irish (gaelic)?

I think it's almost a fact that more people in Dublin speak Polish than Gaelic as their first language.

I'm sure you were are only joking (but being American I'm not sure you were) but English is the joint official language in Ireland but according to the 2006 census only about 40% of people actually count themselves as competant in Irish Gaelic.

[SpaceCruiser]

And hating France is not racism.

and that doesn't make it OK

Did I say it was ok?

[Dirk Gently]

And hating France is not racism.

and that doesn't make it OK

Did I say it was ok?

Whether it's Ok or not OK, it's so damn predictable and so feckin tiresome.

[Denver Royal]

Cad as duit? Ca bhfuil tu i do chonai? An labhraionn tu Gaeilge?

[Scarface]

I can't be arsed to read all the entire thread, but this chaps seems an ideal replacement for James Harper.

Excellent.

[RG30]

Harper won't be going, too valuable a player for us.

[papereyes]

And hating France is not racism.

and that doesn't make it OK

Did I say it was ok?

Your repeated behaviour suggests that you think it is.

Right, or wrong, it makes you look like a prick.

[Coppelled Streets]

I can't really say I'm terribly excited about this. For obvious reasons.

And the spack head of the year award goes to.....................

Le SpaceCrusier.

[SpaceCruiser]

And hating France is not racism.

and that doesn't make it OK

Did I say it was ok?

Your repeated behaviour suggests that you think it is.

Right, or wrong, it makes you look like a prick.

What behaviour would that be?

Perhaps you should try to lighten up.

[Skyline]

I can't really say I'm terribly excited about this. For obvious reasons.

And the spack head of the year award goes to.....................

Le SpaceCrusier.

Le Cruiser de Space, surely? (Or would it be La?)

[Skyline]

What behaviour would that be?

Perhaps you should try to lighten up.

Stop it Spacey, the irony's killing me.

[Hoop Blah]

Cad as duit? Ca bhfuil tu i do chonai? An labhraionn tu Gaeilge?

Funny really, but I'm from Reading and still live here.

Conas a deir tú "it's a minority language and pretty much the rest of the country all speak English" i nGaeilge?


...and isn't is cárb as duit? not cad?

Google is a wonderful thing!

[Royal Jelly]

Sorry to get technical here, but its incorrect to say that the English owned parts of france, or (as some would have you beleive) that the English Monarch has a claim to the french thrown, as it was actually the Normans who invaded and took over England.

If anything the current British head of state come from a line of monarchs who can tenuously be traced back to being French (with a large helping of German recently), so we're still be run by France (sorry spacey).

I've run out of essays to fail, so I'll mark your work instead.

The English/British monarchs claimed the French throne from the 14th century, and only dropped the claim in the reign of George III (when it was a little embarrassing because we were sheltering the exiled French "king", Louis XVII. The claim has nothing to do with the Norman conquest; rather, it depended on differing interpretations of the French laws of succession (although Edward III was really just looking for a fight, anyway). And the last "Frenchman" to take the English throne was Henry II, in the 12th century; just how long to does your family have to live here to be naturalised?! (We're straying into Daily Mail territory again!)

surely by the point the English Monarchs claimed the throne the whole ruling class was French anyway, and most of them spoke the language.

Either way, can't you just go along with it to upset Spacey, as he's clearly Raci.... erm, I mean xenophobic.