Talk:Hubert Lyautey

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Is there any proof that the famous dialect-quote is really from Lyautey? Most other sources on the internet seem to attribute it to Max Weinreich or Joshua Fishman, see for example http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Linguistics/armynavy.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.95.224.122 (talk • contribs) 10:01, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

Where did Lyautey make his statement on dialect and language?

Max Weinreich clearly attributed the statement with which he is so frequently credited, to an auditor at one of his lectures. The description of that person does not appear to fit Joshua Fishman. See item 6 at http://shakti.trincoll.edu/~mendele/vol15/vol15022.htm. The attribution to Lyautey is also frequently made and chronologically he could be a prior source. However, the online assertions do not provide a bibliographic reference for Lyautey's statement. Can the author of the present article provide this?

Quote about trees

I thought the tree quote was from Napoléon? At least I've seen it attributed to the emperor... fdewaele 30 May 2006, 16:00 CET.

"The Garrison of the 13th Parachute Dragoon Regiment is named after him."

Source needed. pascalvenier 19 December 2008 00:08 GMT. —Preceding undated comment was added at 00:09, 20 December 2008 (UTC).

WikiProject class rating

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LGBT

Without firm evidence I have removed this category. If he was indeed homosexual or bisexual, in late 19th century France this would have been a huge deal. V. Joe (talk) 16:15, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure I read once that he was gay, although I forget where. More culpably the article makesno mention of his role in the Nivelle Affair - will post some stuff shortly.Paulturtle (talk) 20:55, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

He was a confirmed homosexual. You don't know anything about late 19th century and early 20th century France.

Meaning

This sentence, which appears in the 'Early life' section, para 1, caught my eye:
"He made his career serving in the colonies and not in metropolitan France, a more prestigious assignment."
I presume that 'metropolitan France' was the 'more prestigious assignment', not 'the colonies'. If so, this part of the article could be made more clear by simply adding: 'which was' between 'France' and 'a'. I'd do it myself, but I don't want to change the meaning if it's wrong.

RASAM (talk) 19:34, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

You can go ahead and make changes like that -- if someone objects, it can always be reverted. I've made the change now - your interpretation of the meaning was correct. Beyond My Ken (talk) 00:54, 21 March 2012 (UTC)