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by Boum on October 29, 2012 at 12:01AM
Chapter: Comic Strips
└ Tags: flashbacks, french, friends
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  1. DressesAreStupid
    October 29, 2012, 12:10AM | # | Reply

    If they bought it in France, shouldnt there be a instruction booklet in french?

    • csdesbiens
      October 29, 2012, 12:34AM | # | Reply

      They bought it in Canada. Computers and peripherals all came from the U.S. at first and often did not include any translated instructions. If they did, they were done by what I can only assume was the Google Translate prototype and were incomprehensible. Early computers are partly responsible for my learning of English as a child.

    • Boum
      October 29, 2012, 6:46AM | # | Reply

      Why would they have bought it in France? We’re in Canada!

      • DressesAreStupid
        October 29, 2012, 8:23AM | # | Reply

        Oh sorry forgot about that -_-” but they didn’t have an english->french dictionary?

        • Boum
          October 29, 2012, 8:13PM | # | Reply

          They should’ve…

        • reynard61
          October 30, 2012, 7:59PM | # | Reply

          “but they didn’t have an english->french dictionary?”

          It probably wouldn’t have helped. I got my first printer in 1999 and, while the installation instructions were simple enough (it helped that there were *LOTS* of pictures), the actual *usage* instructions were quite complicated (especially the bundled picture manipulation software) and contained words and terms that I doubt would have been found in a French-English dictionary of the day. I finally just threw away the manual and took the time to learn by experimentation. It took a few weeks, but I learned quite a bit.

  2. art(be)ast
    October 29, 2012, 12:40AM | # | Reply

    Wow. Nowadays you can’t buy any product *without* it having instructions in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch, Lower-Eastern Slobovian, etc.

  3. Boywonderslover
    October 29, 2012, 10:27AM | # | Reply

    I think I would have been this friend without the internet to help me. >.<

  4. Seolyk
    October 29, 2012, 8:21PM | # | Reply

    This sounds like something from that Customer Service Hell website lol

  5. DressesAreStupid
    October 31, 2012, 8:40AM | # | Reply

    wednesday and no new boumeries comic TAT and its my birthday too… seriously.

    • Boum
      October 31, 2012, 11:14AM | # | Reply

      It’ll be online later! I just came back from the US and this morning I had an impromptu ultrasound at the hospital. I haven’t forgotten you! (Also HAPPY BIRTHDAY)

      • DressesAreStupid
        October 31, 2012, 12:13PM | # | Reply

        thanks for the b-day wish, I am sorry I couldn’t check my twitter today so I didn’t see your tweet about it. I also thought the late comic had something to do w/ Sandy, but I am thankful you are alright.

  6. nightshade
    February 13, 2020, 3:33AM | # | Reply

    i thought canada had a law that kids had ot be taught in french and english both or was that more recent ?

    • Boum
      February 13, 2020, 7:40AM | # | Reply

      English classes are mandatory but they’re really basic English at first. This kid was 12, it was normal that she couldn’t make out most of it, but her mom didn’t speak it either. I’m guessing her mom just stopped practicing after school ended

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