Reply to: Le Speedo

[el duder]

What's stopping you touching your meat whilst in the pool ?

has anyone here had the experience of either depositing or witnessing a 'floater' in the public baths?

[Cooperinliverp00l]

I was on an easyjet flight back from France and in the magazine there was an article that tried to explain why swimming shorts are banned from all public swimming pools in France, the argument they gave is you could go into a shop with your shorts on, touch some meat and then go for a swim which would contaminate the pool.

Are the French mad? Discus….

What's stopping you touching your meat whilst in the pool ?

[DS23]

nah. i don't know nuffink. except how to type into the wikipedia search box.

[el duder]

yeah - right. let me hand over the keys to my car while i borrow some skanky speedos.

[Moose423956]

Cornouaille is an historic region in Brittany, in northwest France. "Les Cornouailles", however, is the French for Cornwall in Great Britain. There is a chance that the name Cornouaille was given in relation to the region of the British Isles. (This happened for Devon, formerly called Dumnonia in Latin, la Domnonée becoming the name of the equivalent region in Brittany in the early Middle Ages.)

The original Germanic name (Corn-whealas) means "the corner of foreigners" [lit. Horn of Welsh] in reference to the resettling of the Celts from over the English Channel by the Anglo-Saxon invaders.

The region was first mentioned by this name between 852 and 857 when the Bishop of Saint-Corentin, Anaweten, took over "Cornugallensis".

The existence of a district of ancient Anjou called "La Cornuaille" has led to the hypothesis that it was a geographical or military label for all of southern Brittany as far as the northern shore of la Domnonée in the 6th or 7th century.

At the origin of this feudal county, the reigning dynasty acceded to a dukedom of the region, which then passed to the bishop of Quimper.

The name Cornouaille signifies the diocese of Quimper which persisted until the French Revolution. The diocese covered more than half of the south of Finistère, and extended over part of Morbihan and the Côtes-d'Armor. There were two arch-deacons, one for Cornouaille and one for Poher. There were also a cantor, a treasurer, a theologian and twelve canons. This episcopal division was the poorest in Brittany.

After the French Revolution, the new constitution created a diocese of Finistère, erasing that of Kerne/Cournouaille; most of the old diocese was absorbed into the new.

In Breton, the region is known as "Kernev" or "Bro-Gernev", and in Latin as "Cornugallia" or "Cornubia".

Wow! You knew all that?

[DS23]

Is there such a place? Are you sure you weren't in Cornwall? I'm from Cornwall, and I've never heard of a French area going by the same name (only in French obviously).

Cornouaille is an historic region in Brittany, in northwest France. "Les Cornouailles", however, is the French for Cornwall in Great Britain. There is a chance that the name Cornouaille was given in relation to the region of the British Isles. (This happened for Devon, formerly called Dumnonia in Latin, la Domnonée becoming the name of the equivalent region in Brittany in the early Middle Ages.)

The original Germanic name (Corn-whealas) means "the corner of foreigners" [lit. Horn of Welsh] in reference to the resettling of the Celts from over the English Channel by the Anglo-Saxon invaders.

The region was first mentioned by this name between 852 and 857 when the Bishop of Saint-Corentin, Anaweten, took over "Cornugallensis".

The existence of a district of ancient Anjou called "La Cornuaille" has led to the hypothesis that it was a geographical or military label for all of southern Brittany as far as the northern shore of la Domnonée in the 6th or 7th century.

At the origin of this feudal county, the reigning dynasty acceded to a dukedom of the region, which then passed to the bishop of Quimper.

The name Cornouaille signifies the diocese of Quimper which persisted until the French Revolution. The diocese covered more than half of the south of Finistère, and extended over part of Morbihan and the Côtes-d'Armor. There were two arch-deacons, one for Cornouaille and one for Poher. There were also a cantor, a treasurer, a theologian and twelve canons. This episcopal division was the poorest in Brittany.

After the French Revolution, the new constitution created a diocese of Finistère, erasing that of Kerne/Cournouaille; most of the old diocese was absorbed into the new.

In Breton, the region is known as "Kernev" or "Bro-Gernev", and in Latin as "Cornugallia" or "Cornubia".

[gingerjedi]

I was only jesting Jedi...

We're cool

[Let-Me-In]

I used the term speedo's as that is what they are commonly known as but most people would know that the logo reads 'speedo' therefore it would read 'peedo' ...but it was only a very poor joke so don't worry about it too much.

I was only jesting Jedi...

[gingerjedi]

So are we saying Speedo or peedo's?

I used the term speedo's as that is what they are commonly known as but most people would know that the logo reads 'speedo' therefore it would read 'peedo' ...but it was only a very poor joke so don't worry about it too much.

[Moose423956]

But what would the place be like without the tourists... ?

Pleasant. Have you seen what they've done to Newquay and Land's End?

[wobbegong]

I was on an easyjet flight back from France and in the magazine there was an article that tried to explain why swimming shorts are banned from all public swimming pools in France, the argument they gave is you could go into a shop with your shorts on, touch some meat and then go for a swim which would contaminate the pool.

Are the French mad? Discus….

Silly French types, stop incorporating butchers shops with swimming pools, then.

[Let-Me-In]

Yes I gigled like a schoolboy when I read it.

BTW I took the kids swimming the other day and was asked to leave because the 'S' had came off my Speedo's, seems a bit harsh!

So are we saying Speedo or peedo's?

[Troll]

Emmets!

But what would the place be like without the tourists... ?

[Moose423956]

and equally as welcoming to the English

Emmets!

[Troll]

remarkable similarities in dress and diet between french and english versions of cornwall.

and equally as welcoming to the English