nolivingman: (Allison Cameron)
Just another unique snowflake ([personal profile] nolivingman) wrote in [community profile] fannish52010-07-08 08:17 pm

Fannish Friday 5

Name your five favorite foreign-language films/series.

Where foreign is foreign to you, no matter what languages you consider your own.
turlough: purple crocuses ((mcr) wtf?!?)

[personal profile] turlough 2010-07-09 04:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"Non-English Language" would have been fine

Really??!! That would have been less parochial than "foreign"?!
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[personal profile] eumelia 2010-07-09 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Ack! *groan*

Yes, indeed, you are right, that was a very bad turn of phrase and pretty much undermined my point.

Still, other than that sentence, I pretty much stand by what I said in my comment.
turlough: purple crocuses ((mcr) the past is a foreign country)

[personal profile] turlough 2010-07-09 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
And as a non-English speaker I maintain that your original comment did exactly what you accused the OP of, namely defaulted to an English-centric mindset.
jaaaarne: Photo of a seagull in flight, with slight motion blur. (Default)

[personal profile] jaaaarne 2010-07-10 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
Exactly.