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Montrealbreaks is outta here!!!
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 6:08 pm
by montrealbreaks
Hey all. I've been thinking of changing my handle for a while - I don't live in Montreal right now (I'm in Ottawa for the time being). But, I wanted to reach 1000 posts. So, here it is, my 1000th, and I have to registered a new name;
M. Bréqs
I have really enjoyed my time here, and a few people on these boards know me by my handle, but hopefully this won't cause too much confusion. I just can't stay calling myself Montrealbreaks when I left town 7 months ago!
For info on special characters, check:
http://www.scoug.com/os24u/1998/latin1cs.html
By the way, to write an é in HTML: é followed by a ;
(no spaces at all, character sensitive)
With this, I say bye-bye from Montrealbreaks. L8er!
Wow, my first post!
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 6:12 pm
by M. Bréqs
Back again - new name.
Sorry for the confusion this may cause, but hey - there ya go. Can't make an omlet without breaking a few eggs, no?
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 6:15 pm
by peeddrroo
hey Mr Brééééééééqs!
welcome on the forum!
PS: an easy solution to writing accents is to be french, and have a french keyboard. but then you'd rather not own a car...
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 6:20 pm
by M. Bréqs
peeddrroo wrote:hey Mr Brééééééééqs!
welcome on the forum!
PS: an easy solution to writing accents is to be french, and have a french keyboard. but then you'd rather not own a car...
Heh. Yeah, you're right. A ce moment, je n'ai pas un clavier francais. C'est une grande irritation... Ma prochaine ordi va avoir un clavier francais, parce qu'ils sont plus flexible.
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 6:49 pm
by Machinate
heh, don't you have an accent key on your keyboard? I'm no frenchie, but í cán áccént like one.
Welcome to the forum, Monty. Now RTFM! And STFU!
Re: Montrealbreaks is outta here!!!
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 7:42 pm
by polyslax
montrealbreaks wrote:By the way, to write an é in HTML: é followed by a ;
Thanks for that! Finally able to fix a song title on my site. 
Oh, welcome back!
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 9:40 pm
by kabelton
welcome back
M.Bréqs!
greetings from graz/austria!
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 11:48 pm
by M. Bréqs
Thanks for the kind welcomes all.
Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 1:35 am
by AdamJay
that is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooo........
french.
Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 4:34 am
by muthafunka
Au revoir et bonjour...er.....
To type é on Mac hit option/e then e again, et voilá, é.
Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 11:26 am
by puRe
muthafunka wrote:Au revoir et bonjour...er.....
To type é on Mac hit option/e then e again, et voilá, é.
yay.........éééé!!!
Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 2:39 pm
by Angstrom
on a pc ctrl+alt+e = é
Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 3:42 pm
by M. Bréqs
Angstrom wrote:on a pc ctrl+alt+e = é
Hmmm... ne marche pas avec Firefox. Is this an MS Office / explorer feature?
Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 3:46 pm
by sans soleil
puRe wrote:muthafunka wrote:Au revoir et bonjour...er.....
To type é on Mac hit option/e then e again, et voilá, é.
yay.........éééé!!!
ah ben...pis comment on fait un accent grave/circonflexe, alors ?
Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 3:54 pm
by M. Bréqs
AdamJay wrote:that is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooo........
french.
Yeah, it's kind of funny - When I speak french, I come off as an anglophone with a prarie hick English accent so thick you could stick a pitchfork in it. The thoroughly french looking name is quite a self-deprication with francophones, particularly because the word "breaks" (in the breakbeat sense) doesn't exist in French. "M. Casser" would be proper (though still somewhat nonsensical as it doesn't refer to a breakbeat, but rather to the verb "to break" in the sense "to damage").
That, and it's nothing but phonetic spelling of an English word using typically French characters. It's like pretending to speak French by speaking English while mimicing a Monty-Python style "outrageous french accent". Anyways, I found it funny to portray an Anglo trying incredibly hard to come off as french yet screwing it up completely!
huh. Linguistic humour. as dry as a mouthful of sand... sorry all.