Race isn't merely a question of colour. "Race" can be loosely defined as a group of people of shared history and culture and the French certainly satisfy this.
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Race isn't merely a question of colour. "Race" can be loosely defined as a group of people of shared history and culture and the French certainly satisfy this.
See Websters definition
This is true. Corsica was sold to the French in 1768. NB was born in '69. I am sure there was no overnight change in cultural identity.Helloooo. Beuhler? Bonaparte's family was Italian nobility, he had to learn French before being admitted to military school, and he spoke with an Italian accent for the rest of his life. Corsica was part of the Republic of Genoa until just a year before Napoleon was born. Technically, he was French, but in all practical respects, culture, language, and descent, he was Italian.
Who's the fool now, eh?
Helloooo. Beuhler? Bonaparte's family was Italian nobility, he had to learn French before being admitted to military school, and he spoke with an Italian accent for the rest of his life. Corsica was part of the Republic of Genoa until just a year before Napoleon was born. Technically, he was French, but in all practical respects, culture, language, and descent, he was Italian.
Who's the fool now, eh?
Wow, these Euros make me feel sooo stoopid. I's just a dum American, yuk yuk.
My god you're an idiot, and its going to be HELL OF FUN showing it to you 
Napoleon Bonaparte indeed had a father of Italian descent (although very quickly his father became a french citizen and was all about france), yet he was born in Corsica the 15th of AUGUST 1769, Corsica was FRENCH the 9th of MAY 1769. So much for the history lesson buddy. But wait, we're not done yet.
At 15 YEARS OLD, Napoleon enters the royal military school of.... TADA! PARIS!
Before that, he is raised by his mother, a CORSICAN, who speaks.... TADA! Corsican you guessed it.
Shall I keep going? You think you can school me on french history? *grins*
Napoleon Bonaparte indeed had a father of Italian descent (although very quickly his father became a french citizen and was all about france), yet he was born in Corsica the 15th of AUGUST 1769, Corsica was FRENCH the 9th of MAY 1769. So much for the history lesson buddy. But wait, we're not done yet.
At 15 YEARS OLD, Napoleon enters the royal military school of.... TADA! PARIS!
Before that, he is raised by his mother, a CORSICAN, who speaks.... TADA! Corsican you guessed it.
Shall I keep going? You think you can school me on french history? *grins*
Hey, Morf, you are smart and everything. But I can tell that you are getting upset. You're beginning to call people names.
Naaaw, middy is used to me calling him a dum americanIts all good, dont worry, I'm not getting upset. My country's history goes back thousands of years, yours is what, ~500 years old? You got nothing on me
Again
the attacksMy god you're an idiot, and its going to be HELL OF FUN showing it to you
Napoleon Bonaparte indeed had a father of Italian descent (although very quickly his father became a french citizen and was all about france), yet he was born in Corsica the 15th of AUGUST 1769, Corsica was FRENCH the 9th of MAY 1769. So much for the history lesson buddy. But wait, we're not done yet.
At 15 YEARS OLD, Napoleon enters the royal military school of.... TADA! PARIS!
Before that, he is raised by his mother, a CORSICAN, who speaks.... TADA! Corsican you guessed it.
Shall I keep going? You think you can school me on french history? *grins*
Yeah, I just got finished saying that he was technically French (because Corsica had recently become French) and had to learn French to go to military school (which would assume a "French" military school). Good luck with that "reading comprehension" thing in the future.
My point still stands: "Technically, he was French, but in all practical respects, culture, language, and descent, he was Italian."
P.S. "Corsican" is basically a Tuscan dialect.
Didn't the French defeat the British navy in Chesapeake Bay? I guess that victory didnt bring about anything significant though
You said his language, culture and way of life were all Italian, and thats a ridiculous statement
Helloooo. Beuhler? Bonaparte's family was Italian nobility, he had to learn French before being admitted to military school, and he spoke with an Italian accent for the rest of his life. Corsica was part of the Republic of Genoa until just a year before Napoleon was born. Technically, he was French, but in all practical respects, culture, language, and descent, he was Italian.
Who's the fool now, eh?
Corsica was part of the Republic of Genoa, which was an independent state from the middle ages. It was a French protectorate long before it became part of Italy.
I did not poke fun at you personally Morf.
Seems to me I only poked fun at your country's history, not you personally either
As for middy, hes like slugworth, a special person that gets all the lovin' I can give
Yeah my country's history is certainly nothing to be proud of. We don't change hands very often.
