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Title: French irked by EU use of English
Post by: BlueStateSaint on May 31, 2012, 11:27:17 AM: Awww . . . do they have their panties in a wad, or what? :sosad:

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French irked by EU use of English

AFP â€“ 19 hours ago

The Brussels-based French-language press corps reacted with fury Wednesday to the release in English of the EU's annual report cards on the bloc's 27 economies.

In an angry open e-mail to the European Commission, the correspondent for the daily Liberation newspaper Jean Quatremer said -- in French: "Once again, all the documents published today are available only in English. This is unacceptable."

The Commission released 1,500 pages of hotly-awaited reports on the state of the bloc's economies along with proposals to redress public finances as Europe fights the debt crisis threatening some of its biggest economies.

"I can't see why the Anglo-Saxon media should benefit from such an unbelievable competitive edge on the remainder of the other media and I can't see any practical reason for the Commission's incapacity to do this work."

"The right to be informed in one's own language about the social and budgetary sacrifices demanded by the EU executive is a minimum right," he added.

Okay--I'll translate it into Fwench for you.

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Ribbit ribbit, ribbit ribbit ribbit! Ribbit ribbit ribbit ribbit?

RIBBIT RIBBIT!

There--that helpful?

The rest is here: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/french-irked-eu-english-205346768.html
Title: Re: French irked by EU use of English
Post by: SSG Snuggle Bunny on May 31, 2012, 11:35:54 AM: danged illiterates
Title: Re: French irked by EU use of English
Post by: JohnnyReb on May 31, 2012, 11:41:12 AM: Hell, he should be glad it wasn't in German.
Title: Re: French irked by EU use of English
Post by: obumazombie on May 31, 2012, 02:11:37 PM: Close the chunnel.
Title: Re: French irked by EU use of English
Post by: JohnnyReb on May 31, 2012, 02:28:10 PM: Quote from: obumazombie on May 31, 2012, 02:11:37 PM
Close the chunnel.

Better hurry or some muslim will beat you to it.
Title: Re: French irked by EU use of English
Post by: obumazombie on May 31, 2012, 02:29:09 PM: Quote from: JohnnyReb on May 31, 2012, 02:28:10 PM
Better hurry or some muslim will beat you to it.
Good one !
Let's add, "In the name of the religion of peace".
Title: Re: French irked by EU use of English
Post by: Bad Dog on May 31, 2012, 02:55:01 PM: "I fart in your general direction"
Title: Re: French irked by EU use of English
Post by: DefiantSix on May 31, 2012, 03:37:19 PM: Quote from: JohnnyReb on May 31, 2012, 11:41:12 AM
Hell, he should be glad it wasn't in German.

+1. Screw the French.
Title: Re: French irked by EU use of English
Post by: Kyle Ricky on May 31, 2012, 04:09:22 PM: If he can't read english, then that is his problem.
Title: Re: French irked by EU use of English
Post by: DefiantSix on May 31, 2012, 04:45:36 PM: Quote from: Kyle Ricky on May 31, 2012, 04:09:22 PM
If he can't read english, then that is his problem.

If he can't read German, he should thank an American.
Title: Re: French irked by EU use of English
Post by: Kyle Ricky on May 31, 2012, 04:46:38 PM: Quote from: DefiantSix on May 31, 2012, 04:45:36 PM
If he can't read German, he should thank an American.

Good one. Hi5