tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14608966.post115061583167239214..comments2024-03-24T00:22:04.029+11:00Comments on armagnac'd: Too Black for Paris...Armagnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05430006925445661524noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14608966.post-1150755278897261562006-06-20T08:14:00.000+10:002006-06-20T08:14:00.000+10:00Skewered!!That will teach us both to speak 'from m...Skewered!!<BR/><BR/>That will teach us both to speak 'from memory' when we are sitting at the computer a couple of buttons away from google and wiki...<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pied-noir<BR/><BR/>Which takes you to Camus!Armagnac Esqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01365787889351188089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14608966.post-1150709936577919992006-06-19T19:38:00.000+10:002006-06-19T19:38:00.000+10:00Ballsed that one up! Pieds-noirs is a French term ...Ballsed that one up! Pieds-noirs is a French term which refers to the former North African settlers of European descent.Boysenberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11885757182576294587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14608966.post-1150707662940157732006-06-19T19:01:00.000+10:002006-06-19T19:01:00.000+10:00From memory, I believe you're right. The Anglos d...From memory, I believe you're right. The Anglos don't have a monopoly on delightful "polite" descriptions of those they don't want to know.Boysenberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11885757182576294587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14608966.post-1150675940709268382006-06-19T10:12:00.000+10:002006-06-19T10:12:00.000+10:00Well pointed out.Black feet might have been the be...Well pointed out.<BR/><BR/>Black feet might have been the better term- 'Pieds Noirs' was, I believe, the less than chummy term applied to North Africans...?Armagnac Esqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01365787889351188089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14608966.post-1150663186198460472006-06-19T06:39:00.000+10:002006-06-19T06:39:00.000+10:00Armaniac, just one little point; most of France's ...Armaniac, just one little point; most of France's immigration is from their Maghreb (North African) former colonies. So, while they are from Africa, it's less of a black thing.<BR/><BR/>Funnily enough, the <A HREF="http://nytimes.com/2005/11/07/international/europe/07france.html?pagewanted=2&ei=5094&en=573c9c6c59c15188&hp&ex=1131426000&partner=homepage" REL="nofollow">New York Times</A> reported that the troubles in the banlieu wasn't just "blacks rattling fences", but Maghrebi, African, Portuguese and French.<BR/><BR/>My comment is in no way seeking to support the French position.Boysenberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11885757182576294587noreply@blogger.com