Were it not for France, you would not be singing “God Bless America”.
You would be singing “God Save the Queen”.
Je parle un peux.
It would be a huge tragedy to lose French as a language and literary tradition. It is possibly the most poetic, musical language on Earth.
But it does tend to be a bit verbose at times, and is not well suited for technical work or engineering.
“Lentemant et haut voix”
“Lentemant et haut voix, si vous plait!”
Gawd!
Forty years later and I still hate that woman!
Mais je n'aime pas l'attitude Francais, especiallement a Quebec.