tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10701792.post111572117640431673..comments2023-12-02T00:59:10.380+01:00Comments on England Expects: Non, Niet, Nein, Nei, Nej, Ne, Oxi, Neen...NOGawain Towlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08583658895528269901noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10701792.post-1116105838838055072005-05-14T23:23:00.000+02:002005-05-14T23:23:00.000+02:00Wandering around the Francophobne country city of ...Wandering around the Francophobne country city of Pnom Phen in Cambodia there were signs saying that French could be learnt for free atthe Alliance Francaise. However on every street, even in the poorer areas there were a rash of private English schools. I am not guaranteeing their quality but their presence was telling, of course the French will subsidise their lamguage teaching, otherwise nobody would learn it.Gawain Towlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08583658895528269901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10701792.post-1115800905797188182005-05-11T10:41:00.000+02:002005-05-11T10:41:00.000+02:00You all think this is outrageous. About 4 years ag...You all think this is outrageous. About 4 years ago I heard a Bulgarian diplomat discussing with a Romanian the wonderful one-on-one free French lessons the French government had been providing for diplomats and European Affairs civil servants in those countries, in the hopes that when they arrived in Brussels, they would insist on using French as their working language. <BR/><BR/>The French ARE subsidising the learning of French, and where they think it matters, too.<BR/><BR/>The beautiful irony of the thing is that this conversation was being conducted in flawless, elegant, English.The Aunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14529168814096715981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10701792.post-1115739009077074752005-05-10T17:30:00.000+02:002005-05-10T17:30:00.000+02:00Anonymous: an astute observation. As you can guess...Anonymous: an astute observation. As you can guess, if I were living in Europe, I would also say "Oxi" to this ridiculous idea!Irina Tsukermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10964771563778702009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10701792.post-1115732460353466362005-05-10T15:41:00.000+02:002005-05-10T15:41:00.000+02:00I propose a deal.We switch all the money from our ...I propose a deal.<BR/><BR/>We switch all the money from our net contribution, from CAP to English Language teaching, in exchange for making English the only working language. <BR/><BR/>Sounds fair to me.Serfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03298915724856708344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10701792.post-1115732310905349172005-05-10T15:38:00.001+02:002005-05-10T15:38:00.001+02:00Irina was born in the year of the Oxi!!Irina was born in the year of the Oxi!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10701792.post-1115732298174233382005-05-10T15:38:00.000+02:002005-05-10T15:38:00.000+02:00No - greek in roman alphabetNo - greek in roman alphabetGawain Towlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08583658895528269901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10701792.post-1115732166204098802005-05-10T15:36:00.000+02:002005-05-10T15:36:00.000+02:00Oxi??!!!Oxi??!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10701792.post-1115730278292700482005-05-10T15:04:00.000+02:002005-05-10T15:04:00.000+02:00Um... Gee... That's an... "interesting" way of loo...Um... Gee... That's an... "interesting" way of looking at things!Irina Tsukermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10964771563778702009noreply@blogger.com