[quote=davelj][quote=briansd1]French is the language of intellectuals and diplomats.
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Sure, in the 18th and 19th centuries. Today, English is the language of intellectuals and diplomats. If you line up all of the world’s intellectuals and diplomats I’m betting you’ll find fluency in English outnumbers fluency in French by many many multiples. Not that there’s anything wrong with the French language… but let’s keep things in perspective.[/quote]
Dave: Brian has visions of himself spending a quiet Sunday afternoon in a cafe on the Left Bank of Paris, sipping a Pernod, smoking a Gauloise and idly leafing through either Camus or Sartre. Far, far away from the Great Unwashed of America, with nary a Walmart in sight.
