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1 posted on 05/06/2017 12:01:02 PM PDT by HonkyTonkMan
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Classic case of butt hurt over Brexit.


2 posted on 05/06/2017 12:03:06 PM PDT by Radio Free Tuscaloosa (God Bless...America!! - Adm. Jeremiah Denton (RIP))
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He wishes.


3 posted on 05/06/2017 12:03:30 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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But there should be no doubt whatsoever about the idea that it is the EU that is abandoning the U.K. It is the opposite in fact. It is the U.K. that is abandoning the EU.” - Jean-Claude Juncker, the European Commission president.

Baghdad Bob, courtesy phone.

4 posted on 05/06/2017 12:03:48 PM PDT by HonkyTonkMan
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English is only losing its importance in Europe, if Europe is losing its importance in the rest of the world.


5 posted on 05/06/2017 12:05:01 PM PDT by D Rider
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English is dying, but not as fast as French.


6 posted on 05/06/2017 12:05:43 PM PDT by deadrock (I is someone else.)
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“There were ten German Junkers in the air.”


7 posted on 05/06/2017 12:05:43 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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"Jean-Claude Juncker, the European Commission president, opted to deliver a speech in French on Friday morning

...and no one listened.

8 posted on 05/06/2017 12:06:14 PM PDT by Chgogal (I will NOT submit, therefore, Jihadists hate me.)
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Pompous A-hole to the nth degree. He and his other cohorts are one of the reasons the Brits are heading for the exit.


9 posted on 05/06/2017 12:07:19 PM PDT by CdMGuy
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English is losing importance.

So are French and German.

Arabic is ascendant.


10 posted on 05/06/2017 12:07:47 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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https://www.pri.org/stories/2015-06-02/will-icelanders-one-day-ditch-icelandic-english

Tell that to Iceland.


11 posted on 05/06/2017 12:08:13 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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Riiiiight. Just ask anyone from China, or India, or anywhere else if they want to make a decent living. There are more people who speak English as a second language than any other language.


12 posted on 05/06/2017 12:08:22 PM PDT by InABunkerUnderSF (Proudly deplorable since 2016)
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Poor Juncker.

I always liked Nigel Farage’s response after Brexit to Mr. Juncker.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQjWV9Bhc0g


13 posted on 05/06/2017 12:08:33 PM PDT by Textide (Lord, grant that I may always be right, for thou knowest I am hard to turn. ~ Scotch-Irish prayer)
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Heh. Says the FRENCH dude. I learned French in High School, so I’m not exactly thrilled with the prospect, but French is becoming irrelevant. And so is Germany. English is the lingua uh, franca of the modern world.


14 posted on 05/06/2017 12:10:26 PM PDT by dangus
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He is correct about losing importance, the EU, that is.


15 posted on 05/06/2017 12:10:47 PM PDT by Louis Foxwell (The Left has the temperament of a squealing pig.)
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Soon to be supplanted by Farsi


17 posted on 05/06/2017 12:21:22 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (Ignorance is reparable, stupid is forever)
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I think at this point they had better learn the translation of two words. French is aliments and argent. The English translation is food and money. They don’t have a lot of either and we do. Back to school Jean-Claude.

ewood


18 posted on 05/06/2017 12:22:11 PM PDT by Redwood71
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Most unfortunately it most likely will take another major world war for these assholes to remember why they use English rather than German.


19 posted on 05/06/2017 12:23:22 PM PDT by Big Mack (I love this country.It's the government that scares the crap out of me)
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This guy is delusional. I was just in France (not just Paris, but in the Midi), and at restaurants, hotels, museums, they will speak French to you, but if you speak with an American accent, they typically go to English.

The tourists from Germany, Russia, Netherlands, Sweden, Japan almost always speak English to the French. Even when the languages are somewhat close such as French/Italian or French/Spanish, English is used to communicate which I always find amusing.

English is the language of the tourist, the financial industry, business, airlines and on and on. At the airports in France but everywhere else in Europe, flight info is in the native language and English on both the flight info listings and over the loudspeaker.

What this guy really should be worried about is that if demographic trends continue, Arabic will be replacing the Euopean languages in 30-40 years


20 posted on 05/06/2017 12:24:05 PM PDT by grumpygresh (When will Soros be brought to justice? Crush the vermin, crush the Left.)
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Arabic will overtake the French language in importance in the country of France.


21 posted on 05/06/2017 12:28:11 PM PDT by 353FMG
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English is losing importance in Europe. In fifty years, the official language will be Arabic.
22 posted on 05/06/2017 12:28:57 PM PDT by jdege
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