On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 11:41:33 -0400, Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Reef Fish wrote:
>
>>Jeff, have you moved Scuba-SE to Scuba-L@somewhere since Oct 4?
>>
>>
>No sir.

It's "No THIR"!  A bit of wishful thinking I guess.  :-)


>>-- La Poisson.
>>
>Hmm, I could be wrong but methinks "Poisson" is masculine, but if you
>wanna be feminine, that's your business :-)

Sheeeesh!  Chinese don't distinguish the gender of ANYTIHNG, let
alone a fish.  :-)  I had a hell of a time remembering that a
French table is feminine, and had even worse a time wondering WHY!!!
Because French tables are always cracked?  ;)

You're technically correct of course.  But "la" rhymes with "da",
as in "da Feeesh".  But did you know ...

œil de poisson                  fish eye
œufs de poisson                 fish eggs
œufs de poisson nmpl            roe
écaille de poisson              fish scale
en forme de poisson             fish-shaped
et du poisson                   and fish
farine de poisson               fish meal
frire du poisson                fish fry
la tortue marine au poisson     green turtle   !!!
le poisson volant               the Flying Fish
manger du poisson               fish-eating
pain et poisson                 loaves and fishes
peau de poisson                 fish-skin
petit poisson d'argent          silver fish
poisson blanc nm                whitefish
poisson bleu                    blue-fish

poisson d'avril                 April fool   !!!

Would a female "April fool" be masculine or feminine?

-- Le Poisson, merci à (aux?) poisson de la trompette