Guy
From the Private Collection of Raymond Aubry, member of the SHGV
THANKS for stopping by, I do my best to acknowledge when someone leaves a comment,you do not have to be a member here & everyone is welcome. Ps: This site is monitored but not actively posting on a regular basis. Mostly these are stories & some photos saved from a defunct site known as Verdun Connections which was on MSN Groups initially then on a social network called Multiply.
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Deaf of Buffalo Bill 10th January 1917
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9 comments:
I wonder if anyone ,upon 'hearing of his deaf' was concerned about anyone listening.....lol
that's whats happens when you shoot guns & don't use the appropriate ear protectors..........Yikes !!!
Les, now you of all people should not be commenting on others spelling mistakes!...Diane
You R absolutely Korrext.............hahahaha
We all make mistakes including myself and the important thing is to try your best and to learn from your mistakes.
Guy
You're absolutely correct Guy, however, I think most of our spelling mistakes are made because of typing errors. I'm a fairly fast typist and my fingers fly faster than my thoughts at times!
I've noticed that you used to post your blogs in both languages in the past on of VC. I liked that because it gave me a chance to practice my limited French. I wouldn't be surprised if other far-flung Verdunites felt the same....a lovely reminder of home....Diane
Diane,
You are the first one to congratulate me on my effort to use both official languages wich I have done on the old site but did not continue on the new site. However, I do post in my site in both langages.
Check it out as there are over 400 photos on old and new Verdun.
Guy
Guy, why don't you start posting in English and French again? You never know, It just might encourage some French Verdunites to participate on the site....Diane
Diane,
A very good point. When I first joined the old Verdun Connections Site, I started posting in both languages with the expectation that present and old Verdunites would join the group as there are no similar french groups.. However, I feel that the iniative should come from the founder and management to promote this formula. Another idea would be to have a section for french speaking members as is done in some other sites. Bare in mind that previously the population of Verdun was 35% french speaking and 65% English speaking. Now the percentage has changed and is 65% French speaking, 15% English speaking and 15% Allophones wich is comprised of immigrants wich no doubt speak their own language but go to French or English schools. I would be willing to participate in a co-ordinating capacity if this would help the site to grow as this would target thousands of other former and present Verdunites wich number in the thousands. Also, my position as Vice President of the Société d'Histoire et de Généalogie de Verdun opens our archives to the MVC site as members of this site have benefited with my postings of articles and photos of the SHGV archives. But this is a 2 way street since I also draw from the contribution of members of this site. In conclusion, having to translate is a tedious job and I have to limit myself due to other commitments.
Thanks again Diane for bringing up the subject.
Guy
If anyone wants to translate something,then there are plenty of sites that offer that service,here's one
http://babelfish.yahoo.com/
So if anyone is so inclined to translate what they see here or anywhere else then you can copy a whole block of text & paste it in the window on the above site & translate it to Yiddish if you like,
Personally doubling the amount of text is nice in some respects but it's really not neccessary for the most part.Anyone pretty much can join this site,as it's original idea was to make 'Connections' which it does . It also is a great source of a wide variety of Montreal ,Verdun, Quebec stuff,..etc etc.....as well as a source for capturing old verdun photos and such......
Имейте потеху и вспоминайте Верден (hint, it's Russian...HF&RV)
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