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Most of the French people were not alive during WWII. You live in the past, I'm afraid.
Most of the French people were not alive during WWII. You live in the past, I'm afraid.The French should be happy they aren't all speaking "Hun" (German).
I do not have a circumflex on my keyboard and I need to go into a character map to find one.
I do not have a circumflex on my keyboard and I need to go into a character map to find one.
I feel your pain. I often write in French and find myself doing "alt" and a series of numbers with my right hand on the numbers to get the right accents. At least when I tried studying Czech on Duolingo they provided the diacritical marks for me to insert. I cannot imagine having to do all of those by hand!
If you have a spellchecker on your PC, see if you can set French as your language for that document (or folder). Then when you run spellcheck, it should scan for French.
Isn't English a language? So wouldn't it be included in all the languages gotten rid of?
I think your major premise has a problem.
Most of the French people were not alive during WWII. You live in the past, I'm afraid.
Arabic is not an EU language.History tends to repeat itself, so maybe the French should start practicing up on their German language skills. And you all in Spain on your Arabic skills....
Arabic is not an EU language.
No Arab country has applied for membership of the European Union.I was once (parts) and looks like it may be again (future).
So best you start practicing...LOL.
No Arab country has applied for membership of the European Union.
You missed my point. The topic was about people in France upset by too much English language. I said they should all be happy they aren't speaking German as that was TWICE a real possibility. I then said you folks in Spain should be happy you aren't still speaking Arabic as was once the case for large part of Spain...
You clearly don’t understand that there is a difference between being open to foreign influence and being in a political club that is on the road to ruin lol.I think English need to throw out all that French influence those pesky Norman brought. Only then will it be a true Brexit.
There is no possibility of a resurrection of El Andaluz where I live. Your criticism of the European Union is adolescent. You write like the U.S. president. Sorry for the insult.You missed my point. The topic was about people in France upset by too much English language. I said they should all be happy they aren't speaking German as that was TWICE a real possibility. I then said you folks in Spain should be happy you aren't still speaking Arabic as was once the case for large part of Spain... and who knows, may happen again.
The EU is bag of horse poop anyway. Why would any country want to be in that unless they are already a C level nation in the first place?
No offense taken. You are from Spain, not from England, Japan, or Canada . Nothing you say could offend us. Americans don't dwell too much thinking about Spain.There is no possibility of a resurrection of El Andaluz where I live. Your criticism of the European Union is adolescent. You write like the U.S. president. Sorry for the insult.
I think English need to throw out all that French influence those pesky Norman brought. Only then will it be a true Brexit.
Most of the French people were not alive during WWII. You live in the past, I'm afraid.
The Normans had settled in France over a century before 1066 and was at the time speaking a version of French. Introduction of a Francophone elite had an enormous effect on the English language.The Normans were Vikings. The real lasting influence brought to England came from Saxony.
You display little knowledge of history, if I might say so.The past tends to repeat itself.
French journalists covering the European Union have complained to the bloc's chiefs about the increasing use of English in their communication which they say gives un "competitive advantage" to the anglophone press. The French section of the Association of European Journalists reminded Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Council President Charles Michel in a letter dated September 23 that the use of several European languages in the communication of any EU institution is a legal obligation enshrined in founding treaties.
https://www.euronews.com/2020/09/25/stop-using-so-much-english-french-journalists-tell-eu-commission
English enjoys a sort of lingua franca status in the modern world but with Britain having left the Union, Ireland with a population of under five millions remains the only English-speaking member of the EU with a population of 446 millions. It could have been predicted that the use of English within the EU will lose importance. French was once the preferred diplomatic language and the French journalists are speaking up for less English si vous plait.
English enjoys a sort of lingua franca status in the modern world but with Britain having left the Union, Ireland with a population of under five millions remains the only English-speaking member of the EU with a population of 446 millions. It could have been predicted that the use of English within the EU will lose importance. French was once the preferred diplomatic language and the French journalists are speaking up for less English si vous plait.
Let them speak Luxembourgish!
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