Posted on 06/27/2016 1:47:57 PM PDT by 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.
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It’ll be German. The French ran out of money and the Germans are in the ascendancy there.
English is the de facto language of international business. Brexit won’t change that.
May as well jump to Arabic...or Chinese
France wants English scrapped as EU language
How will we speak to you the next time we have to save your ass?
Arabic?
Might as well plan for the future...
I think the French may be missing the more important issues.
Exactly.
That’s just politics. Ireland is still in the EU and Scotland may join it, so English will still be an official language, though its status may sink a little at EU HQ.
Answer: We won’t go to their aid again! They are a flock of ungrateful, arrogant pricks!
Yet another thing over which the EU squabblers can argue.
French? German? Esperanto? Chinese?
Want to be a commercial pilot?
You MUST speak English.
Want to be a Formula 1 Driver/Principal/Engineer/Mechanic?
You MUST speak English.
Want to regulate the EU?
TBD...
Sometimes the French amaze me. They really live in their own bubble!
Some years ago I was involved with safety testing some new French artillery rounds that we were looking to buy for US use. At a point in the documentation, we asked them what the composition of the explosive fill was and the company rep said “TNT”.
I asked what per cent additives they used - we add some aluminum powder for brissance and wax for stability - and he said somewhat haughtily “only you Anglo-Saxons adulterated your TNT”.
Wow. They really do have insecurity issues, don’t they?
Too bad, Mr Menard implied, pointing out that Irelands first language was officially Gaelic.
In the same room, which language would a Frenchman, a Spaniard, a German and an Italian speak?
A good rule of thumb is that if the French think something is a good idea, it isn't.
The only problem with using French as the deFacto language is that they have a different word for everything
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