Comments on: English (on a ball, etc.)

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 12:46:56 +0000

Actually, parlay-voo-fronsay or Parlez-vous francais? is a question asking whether or not someone speaks french. It can also mean “you speak french”, so what you should have said, and I`ll even give you the spelling, is “Je parle le francais arent I cool?” if you wanted to make any sense whatsoever. And debating with someone is fine provded you dont become offensive or… oh wait… you did. But seriously, if someonme corrected my work for me, I would be grateful, so pipe down eh?

By: Manutd 69

Manutd 69 — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 17:23:39 +0000

Billards is not pool. it is a game with 3 balls. 1 red, 1 white, and 1 white with a spot on it. Scoring is done by “Cannons” and potting the red and oppositons white ball.
Cheers
Dave

By: DD

DD — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 22:23:48 +0000

Ball comes from the Middle English, Ball, meaning spherical thing.

By: jc

jc — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:41:05 +0000

where does ball derive from?

By: Aaed Kayal

Aaed Kayal — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 02:04:17 +0000

Also other languages is same , like arabic and hebrew , also many words in arabic and english close or same , but what came first or what is the origion , i really don’t know

By: phil

phil — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 02:06:43 +0000

Split those hairs, you smug jerks. “Hey, i’m gonna wake up before dawn and poo-poo someone’s work. Ooh, parlay-voo-fronsay, aren’t I cool!”

By: Holg

Holg — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:31:55 +0000

And while we’re translating French: “Anglais” doesn’t mean “England” but “English”. “England” would be “Angleterre” in French.

By: Alfredo Boeira

Alfredo Boeira — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:01:07 +0000

Are you sure that the French “billard” comes from “bille” (piece of wood) and not from “bille” (little ball)? Anyway, the French word for the cue stick is “queue” (tail). Would it be possible that cue derives from this last word? AGB