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French to Replace English with Latin as Europes Official Language

Met with scorn for now, the sentiment against English language is moving from the fringes to mainstream politics.

An anti-English movement is brewing in France. Clement Beaune, French Minister for European Affairs led a campaign for “European linguistic diversity” last month, where he emphasized the lack of need for English after Brexit.

https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/fr...language-44961
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17-03-2021, 11:15 AM
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Well that's good. The French pretend not to understand us anyway, no matter how loud we shout at them.
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17-03-2021, 11:18 AM
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Hi

We have left, no interest at all what they do.
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17-03-2021, 11:23 AM
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It won't work...it will ostracise them even more. English is one of the most common language spoken worldwide.
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17-03-2021, 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Pixie Knuckles ->
It won't work...it will ostracise them even more. English is one of the most common language spoken worldwide.
Spot on Pixie !

The G20 might be awkward
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Originally Posted by Longdogs ->
Well that's good. The French pretend not to understand us anyway, no matter how loud we shout at them.
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English is an International language, the French cannot deny that.


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17-03-2021, 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Pixie Knuckles ->
It won't work...it will ostracise them even more. English is one of the most common language spoken worldwide.
Not one of the most, THE most:

"English is the most widely spoken language worldwide, with 1.5 billion speakers. As we become increasingly connected, English has assumed a position of the dominant language of global communication, notably on the internet."
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17-03-2021, 12:05 PM
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Only a few days after the Referendum I met a Portuguese lady on holiday in Britain, and we got talking about it

I explained that I voted to Leave, but i had no argument with the Portuguese, nor the Poles, Dutch. Italians and so on
Rather it was the European Union that I didn't like

She said - Oh, that's alright. We will always need the British. When my father sells his wine to Sweden, guess what language they use?

And something I've only recently heard -
During WW2 when the Germans, Italians, Japanese, and other Axis forces wanted to discuss their progress they used English, being the only language they could all speak

And the exiled governments and forces of Norway, the Netherlands, Poland and other occupied countries were happy enough to use English, the French insisted on using French
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17-03-2021, 01:20 PM
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Latin is a dead language.

I guess that's why the French recommend it?

Still, we'd have to give it some thought if, for example, all of the USA switched to Latin!

 
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