To: lilylangtree
Has French ever been a world's lingua franca? I thought it was mostly the language of the elites.
3 posted on
02/12/2005 1:38:49 PM PST by
paudio
(Four More Years..... Let's Use Them Wisely...)
To: paudio
France was the language of diplomacy (and still is) since the 1700s.
5 posted on
02/12/2005 1:40:23 PM PST by
FormerACLUmember
(Honoring Saint Jude's assistance every day.)
To: paudio
Eigtheenth Century. Frederick the Great and Catherine the Great both preferred French, and it was the common language of Diplomats.
22 posted on
02/12/2005 2:00:16 PM PST by
PzLdr
(Liberals are like slugs-they leave a trail of slime wherever they go.)
To: paudio
French has historically been the language all diplomat spoke. Chriac had a temper tantrum about the loss of usage a while back, in Vietnam of all places.
Despite English clearly being the dominant language there is clearly educational value in learning another language. For me it was French, for my daughters, its Spanish.
28 posted on
02/12/2005 2:09:06 PM PST by
Starwolf
To: paudio
HAHAHAHA 'lingua FRANCa'? Get it? FRANCAIS? French? It is part of the latinate definition!!!!
Wow that was a really stupid comment, nice work.
40 posted on
02/12/2005 3:59:45 PM PST by
cccflo
To: paudio
Has French ever been a world's lingua franca?Only among snotty waiters.
42 posted on
02/12/2005 4:21:14 PM PST by
reg45
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