The Trouble with France is......

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Some of the french desendant, those in New-France, have held strong against British colony twenty time their number for DECADES.

Oh huh, regarding the "joking" use of the simple past and imperative, that's one of the traits of acadian french :p . Mostly when used with the first singular person, which is treated as the first plural person, so you get sentences like "J'avions mangé tcheuques choses...). The "qu" is also sometimes replaced by "tch". :p

Also, not to mention, but most of the territory was explored by French coureurs des bois. <.< How else do you get french names of locations and towns in almost ALL the states and provinces of North America? <.< Obviously, some of them got completly changed, but quite a few retain their french origin. :>

Also, iirc, the conquest of Gaulia had occured around the 1 century before JC, it started in the South, which later became the "Romana Provincia" (which is today's "Provence" ) and a few years later within the century, the people from the south were scared of the northern tribes, so they asked Rome to come help them. Which they did, and conquered the rest of Gaulia. =/ Also, when the first Frank king took over Gaulia after the Roman Empire had fallen, he adopted the local language (which was latin), making the "francique" become a superstrat, instead of imposing it (iirc, he also converted to christianity).

What is "coureurs des bois?" Someone who went running through the woods?

They were peoples trading with amerindians for beaver fur.

phil777, had not noticed you were out Quebec.

WHICH means about 90% probability you are multiply related to my wife - family moved to Michigan around 1880, but lots of relatives left behind. Family background includes a few of the Filles du Roi. Dn't suppose you know if you have a Marie-Geneviève Asselin hiding in your family tree? She is a hard one to track down.

And many are not descendants. Populations shifted quite a bit.

ruveyn

The French are also known for making the same military blunders over and over again.

I understand one get get a French FAMAS-2 rifle real cheap. Dropped only once.

French army watches are also available real cheap. The hands of the watch are fixed at 11:05

ruveyn

If she were, it would be from my mom's side. My dad's side is from France (and he himself is a frenchman). Although i doubt it, since my mom's last name is Legault. :p

Besides, why would you want to buy French watches when the Swiss make 'em better? <.<

And while we're on the topic of escaping, my uncle (from France) recently found a small story regarding my family back in France. It would seem that my great-grandfather was interned at Königstein during the second WW. One of the french generals though, miraculously managed to escape this fortress. In other news, there was apparently a plot by the SS to kill the french generals one at a time, by making it seem like they were trying to escape while being moved to another facility (they'd feign a motor failure, and execute the general with one bullet in the back).

Also, a coureur des bois was a mercenary of sorts, usually a single male, that would trade with the Indian natives (fur being only one of the objects). There was later a distinction that a coureur des bois was also working without a permit (thus illegally)...and i forgot what the other term for the ones working legally was. -.-

Also, i'd like to remind you that the French diplomacy turns around consensus and negociation, which made us a bit more humane (-cough- not saying we didn't kill any, the case of the Natchez tribe being a prime example) in our dealings with the Indian natives than the British did (who did not seem to care about their well-being <.<). One example being that Indian natives were allowed in French fortifications should their village come under enemy fire, whereas the British would not allow it. Likewise, indian native wives and children formed from an union with a frenchman were allowed inside, that was not so with the British until very late near the end of the 19th~ century. There are stories of a british governor who shun his 6-7 indian native wives to invite his "lady" instead. <.< (i could probably find the source again, if i searched or asked my part-time teacher)

Besides, it's well-known that the french military isn't the world power it once was. =/

Inside the """"""""brain"""""""" of US officers :
KILL KILL OIL BOMB NAPALM KILL OIL KILL CARPET BOMBING

I don't think that, I'm just answering to a stupid cliché with another one.