France wants English scrapped as EU language

AFP via The Asian Age ^ | June 28, 2016

[snarkpup]

The shock of the decision across the Channel to break with the European Union had barely begun to sink in when two French politicians demanded that Britain, before shutting the door, take its language along with it.

[patriot08]

LOL...good one!

[OKSooner]

“Deuchtsland, Deuchtsland, uber alles...”

[SFConservative]

It’ll be German. The French ran out of money and the Germans are in the ascendancy there.

Der Führer's dream of a German-speaking Europe coming true 80 years later?

[longtermmemmory]

English is the language of business.
English is the language of global communication.

French is the language of obfuscating treaties that endeavor to mean nothing.

[dfwgator]

Der Führer's dream of a German-speaking Europe coming true 80 years later?

At the rate thing are going in Al-Emania. It may be Arabic.

[riverdawg]

Why would the EU want to admit Scotland? It is now a net debtor to the UK Treasury, and would require subsidies from the EU.

[longtermmemmory]

the panic mode to force a single eu state speaks volumes.

the collapse just accelerated.

[hondact200]

The French are just angry that they did not vote to leave the EU first. gee the frogs are always that way. You have to admit frogs will jump out of the kettle if the water is just a little hot, but if you put a frog in the kettle and slowly turn up the temperature the frog will stay in the kettle until it is boiled to death. see that is what has happened to the frog , opps I mean the French, worldwide they are known as frogs. so once again the frogs are just spouting off because they were not the first again. Look how mad that they the frogs got a Dunkirk, they wanted to the first to leave the beaches and docks, when the ships were coming in to remove the British, but the frogs wanted to be first.
frenchies are always that way they have to be first.

when the uSA became a country french was the linga franca. Now france the frogs want to go bck to what it was like the British were defeated at yorktown. Viva la France Idiots are not those frogs. hey In america lets insist that the French ‘frogs’ get their way - the Kings English is banned and everyone must speak American English not English English or better known as the Kings (Queens) English

[Enchante]

those are great tales, every one of them!!

[righttackle44]

That might be worth a thought. Here's all you'd have to learn to say in French to conduct international commerce meetings.:
1. "We will take a two-hour recess so the French people present can go back to the hotel and take a shower."
2. "Le Citroën. It is a piece of junk, no?
3. "That is the French Army running in front of the Germans."
4. "Les escargots taste pretty bad again today, don't they?
5. "Le franc took another bad plunge again today, didn't it?
6. "And now to the French delegation: please do not expel le gaz de l'estomac during the meeting today."
7. "The American delegation would like to say to the French delegates, 'Would you please keep your dead soldiers out of our cemeteries?'"
8, "Would the French delegation please ask the Belgian delegation if they would request that Jean-Claude Van Damme not appear in any more American movies? He is such a bad actor."
9. "The Chinese delegation wishes our French hosts to know that their street traffic looks like a French fire drill."
10."The American delegation wishes the French delegation to know that, yes, Jerry Lewis IS a much funnier comedian than Audrey Lamy."
11."The American delegation wishes to advise the French delgation that, yes, the French women should share their armpits."

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Why would the EU want to admit Scotland? It is now a net debtor to the UK Treasury, and would require subsidies from the EU.

Why did they take in Greece? Sometimes politics trumps economics. Maybe not this time, but it has happened.

[HiTech RedNeck]

esperanto maybe?

[snarkpup]

The UK should agree to re-enter the EU on the condition that the official language be Cockney rhyming slang.

[ml/nj]

A good rule of thumb is that if the French think something is a good idea, it isn't.

They're pretty good with fine fluids.

ML/NJ

[faithhopecharity]

French Fries aren’t good for us anyway.,,

[dznutz]

I thought so too.
It is a shame, we do most of the heavy lifting and still get crapped on.

[elcid1970]

Never had the desire to visit la belle France.

In Vietnam I got to know a middle aged couple from Hanoi whose eyes blazed whenever they told me in French about their former colonial masters. Their lovely French-Vietnamese niece only wanted to go live in France. BTW they all made it out.

Have my MIL’s copy of Julia Child on the art of French cooking. No appeal, guess I am just un stupide americain.

Where I was deployed the mess tent featured `freedom fries’. Loved it.

[riverdawg]

Greece’s problems are compounded by being on the Euro. I can’t imagine Scotland being foolish enough to adopt the Euro as well.

[AFreeBird]

Not to mention aviation.