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HFishbine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 08:50 AM
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Debate rule: No French Words
"Candidates shall refrain from using French words or words of French origin, including:

Saint Louis, entreprenuer, liberty, university, enemy, campaign, Detroit, diversity, equality, felony, imbecile, opposition, intelligence, justice, Louisiana, Maine, optimism, regret, soldier, torture, terrorism, violence,

and especially not diplomacy."
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 08:51 AM
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1. lol
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skypilot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 08:54 AM
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2. But...but...but...
...how is Bush going to work in the phrase laissez faire capitalism?

Oh, what the hell am I thinking? He could never pronounce that. It would be fun watching him try though.
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txindy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 08:56 AM
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3. 'Jobs' and 'economy' are French, too, non?
Oui! ;)
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gollygee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 08:57 AM
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4. ROFL!
That is hilarious! Thanks for the chuckle :)
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life_long_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 08:58 AM
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5. Isn't the name "Cheney" of French origin?
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Arancaytar Donating Member (249 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 09:14 AM
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6. Every single word has French origin.
Except "hard", "work", "forgot", "Poland", "mexx-- ah, mixed" and messages.

That's the winning strategy.
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