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Re: English in France

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From: Marc Bonnaud
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1996 00:00
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elna@netcom.com (Esperanto League N America) wrote:
>cs93fwa@exeter.ac.uk (F.W.Autret) writes in a recent posting (reference <DM3wsy.BEn@exeter.ac.uk>):
>>
>>Personnally I think it is vital for every european to learn one or two
>>languages spoken elsewhere. Everyone ought to speak english: I am French,
>>and it is not an impossible thing to do. why re-invent the wheel, I think
>>english is already a major international language.
>>
>Wow! This is a highly unusual attitude for a Frenchman. I hope you know
>that your position is not widely held by your countrymen, who would *never*
>accept English as the sole official language of commerce & politics in
>Europe.
>

Indeed.


If you have looked carefully at his name you will have noticed he already
has a "middle name" which shows the high degree of contamination he has
been through, if ever he is *actually* French ( he seems to be living
on the wrong side of the Manche ).

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From: Marc Bonnaud <mbonnaud@francenet.fr>
Subject: Re: English in France
Date: 1996/02/08
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