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2004-10-25 Europe
French proposed to be official language of EU law.
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Posted by Mrs. Davis 2004-10-25 9:03:59 AM|| || Front Page|| [11127 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 French is perfect for the EU. English is completely unsuitable for them. In English, words have precise meanings. Unlike French, English is the language of doers, not liars.
Posted by ed 2004-10-25 9:56:04 AM||   2004-10-25 9:56:04 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Lol! Excellent in-line commentary, Mrs D!
Posted by .com 2004-10-25 10:06:24 AM||   2004-10-25 10:06:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Why shouldn't French be the official language of the French Empire?
Posted by Robert Crawford  2004-10-25 10:17:11 AM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/]  2004-10-25 10:17:11 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Well this little tug-o-war is going to be interesting, to say the least.
Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-10-25 10:30:48 AM||   2004-10-25 10:30:48 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Ah, yes, French. Definitely French. And they can use the Marseillaise for an anthem. How fitting. [Excuse me, but I have to go wipe off some of this dripping disdain now.]
Posted by Tom 2004-10-25 10:38:26 AM||   2004-10-25 10:38:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 I'm back now. Ireland is in the EU -- does this mean that St. Patrick's Day will now be celebrated in French? And how do you say "leprechaun" in French?
Posted by Tom 2004-10-25 10:42:16 AM||   2004-10-25 10:42:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 And how do you say "leprechaun" in French?

"Chirac"
Posted by Robert Crawford  2004-10-25 10:56:51 AM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/]  2004-10-25 10:56:51 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Not sure about "leprechaun", but I'd say "pot o' gold" is spelled Oil-For-Food after translation...
Posted by .com 2004-10-25 10:57:10 AM||   2004-10-25 10:57:10 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 If you think about it, this is actually not a bad idea. In a few years no one but the French and a handful of Belgians would understand the EU laws. The rest of us could just ignore them and get on with our lives unfettered by all that asinine Brussels bureaucracy.
Posted by Bulldog  2004-10-25 11:07:35 AM||   2004-10-25 11:07:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 Quelle idee...
Posted by mojo  2004-10-25 12:07:45 PM||   2004-10-25 12:07:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 A last gasp at French greatness. With all the Arabic 1st language/French 2nd language darlings in the UN now, he'll have plenty of characters backing him on this.
Posted by Jules 187 2004-10-25 12:15:00 PM||   2004-10-25 12:15:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Well, I feel like a numbskull. A kneejerk reaction-I sometimes confuse the EU and the UN. Not an entirely unreasonable mistake to make-but still, sorry, folks.
Posted by Jules 187 2004-10-25 12:17:49 PM||   2004-10-25 12:17:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Even though the Swiss cantons speak German, French, Italian, and another Latin variation, the national government decreed that English would be the second language taught in its schools as it was the international language of technology, medicine, commerce, science, aviation, etc.
Posted by Don 2004-10-25 12:56:54 PM||   2004-10-25 12:56:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 The French tried to conquer Europe. The Germans tried to conquer Europe and failed. I can see why the Europeans wouldn't want either language to dominate.

England on the other hand had the position of preventing anyone from conquering Europe. English is the natural language for Europe.

But damn it, those pesky yanks speak English don't they.
Posted by rjschwarz  2004-10-25 3:02:25 PM|| [http://politicaljunky.blogspot.com]  2004-10-25 3:02:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 We should start a campaign to have French moved to the "Dead Languages" department in US universities and colleges.... if for no other reason than to watch the Frankish gnashing of teeth and wails of anguish. I mean it's just a corruption of Latin anyway....
Posted by Hupuger Jish6229 2004-10-25 3:32:05 PM||   2004-10-25 3:32:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 But Phrench is the perfect language for spittlizing. Why don't they just piss every body off and vote for Esperanto
Posted by Cheaderhead 2004-10-25 5:02:24 PM||   2004-10-25 5:02:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 I vote for Mandrin, fits the EU bureaucrat mentality perfectly.
Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom  2004-10-25 5:12:07 PM|| [http://www.slhess.com]  2004-10-25 5:12:07 PM|| Front Page Top

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