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There may be nothing special about the concept as applied to virtual games compared to other aspects of life, but it is the uniquely trompe d'oil nature of virtual games that creates the potential confusion in applying law in general, and tax law in particular.

The Magic Circle 2007

Tictic falo mien estolieux tic tic fait l'eau, mien est ton lieu it is not a language (southern nor northern), but only a phonetical joke, based upon ancient french (langue d'oil).

languagehat.com: POEME EN LANGUE INCONNUE. 2005

At no time during this whole period was the langue d'oil ousted in the northern half of the country from its position as the spoken and written language of the kings and nobles, the judiciary, the Church, the national and local administrations or the mercantile class.

languagehat.com: ANGLO-FRENCH. 2004

Dialectal variations were not lacking, but all were dialects of the langue d'oil, what has become modern French.

languagehat.com: ANGLO-FRENCH. 2004

Strange as it may seem, this _langue d'oil_, in which they were composed, made more rapid progress in its poetical literature, in the period immediately after the conquest, in England than at home: it flourished by the transplantation.

English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction Henry Coppee

Before the coming of the Normans, their language, called the _Langue d'oil_, or Norman French, had been very much favored by educated

English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction Henry Coppee

The language of their songs is the beautiful "Langue d'oc," so called from the use of the word "oc" to mean yes, and thus distinguished from the "Langue d'oil" of Northern France and the "Lingua di si" of Italy.

Woman's Work in Music Arthur Elson

Of the two divisions of that poetry, its productions in the _langue d'oil_ and its productions in the _langue d'oc_, the poetry of the

Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American Various

Among the more narrative forms are found the ballad, more especially favoured by the Trouvères, or minstrels of the "Langue d'oil" regions.

Woman's Work in Music Arthur Elson

_Langue d'oil_ acquired its greatest polish and regularity.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 Various