tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14995246.post6565100753016820166..comments2023-12-17T20:57:01.830-08:00Comments on The Worldwide Decline of French: EU Enlargement and Decline of FrenchUnfrench Frenchmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02768386601400469615noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14995246.post-72558117306380125872010-04-02T15:23:48.305-07:002010-04-02T15:23:48.305-07:00".Hope I live long enough to see the french l...".Hope I live long enough to see the french language only spoken in france."<br /><br />What people must start to realize is that French is the majority language of only one sovereign country: France. <br /><br />Everywhere else, native speakers of French are a minority. <br /><br />Now compare that to English, Spanish, Portuguese or even German and then you understand that French isn't an important language at all on the world stage and has very little potential to grow. The people of the EU will be too busy learning Spanish, English and German on top of their own national languages to bother studying French.Unfrench Frenchmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02768386601400469615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14995246.post-75254173468487021112010-04-02T14:29:51.066-07:002010-04-02T14:29:51.066-07:00My interest is to read as many anti french langua...My interest is to read as many anti french language blogs that I can find and I tell you ,there are thousends of them,most are from fedup Eu citizens who want to push the frensh language out of use in Brussel.Hope I live long enough to see the french language only spoken in france.Who wants to speak the other way around anyway...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14995246.post-11029493729669182212010-03-02T14:16:36.338-08:002010-03-02T14:16:36.338-08:00Im so glad that Im not the only one in europe who ...Im so glad that Im not the only one in europe who hates the french and all its stand for:its time they realise that they are just an other country in europe and thats all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14995246.post-3194133895877018342009-10-06T20:46:52.977-07:002009-10-06T20:46:52.977-07:00Oh, and thank you for your kind words. I, too, am ...Oh, and thank you for your kind words. I, too, am happy to see that you are still true to this board, you and snakeoilbaron. <br />My health have much improved in the past few weeks, and I love being able to blog again.Unfrench Frenchmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02768386601400469615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14995246.post-874629287838745692009-10-06T20:42:04.006-07:002009-10-06T20:42:04.006-07:00I perfectly agree that it is absurd to demonize Ge...I perfectly agree that it is absurd to demonize German. Holocaust survivor Viktor E. Frankl once recommended to a fellow Jew who was reproaching him for speaking German that she stop using knives in the kitchen because the Nazis had used knives a lot in the twelve years they were in power. <br />The EU also seriously undermines its already shaky democratic credentials when it won't accept German as a working language even though it is the language with the most native speakers in the Union.<br /><br />I didn't know that Merkel or Pope Benedict made such a promise as you wrote they did, but it sounds perfectly believable though revolting.<br /><br />I wonder in what language the Eurocrats wish us to sing the EU's semi-official (everything in the EU seems to be semi-official) anthem if not German.<br /><br />Now of course, the French and their accomplices in Brussels and elsewhere have a vested interest in the anachronistic anathema on the German language lasting past its sell-by date, since the French language maintains a position within the European institutions that doesn't reflect its real importance in Europe.Unfrench Frenchmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02768386601400469615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14995246.post-51759158040855479592009-10-06T19:35:09.167-07:002009-10-06T19:35:09.167-07:00First, it's good to see you back UnFrench, and...First, it's good to see you back UnFrench, and I hope that your health will improve!<br /><br />Slightly off-topic of the question of French vs. English is the question of German. World War II has been over for over six decades. Why do some people continue to insist that the German LANGUAGE is evil? Pope Benedict promised not to speak German when he visited Poland, and Chancellor Merkel made a similar promise when she visited Israel. I read posts from people saying it's "unthinkable" to use German as a lingua franca in Europe, and even using German lyrics for the European "national anthem" Ode To Joy is out of the question, even though it is sung in German sll the time in non-German countries whenever Beethoven's Ninth is performed.<br /><br />Now, I'm not saying that German is a BETTER lingua franca than English, but I think it's wrong to demonize a language that was the native tongue of many GOOD people, including Albert Einstein, the original Zionists, Ludwig von Beethoven, and of course Fredrich Schiller. Germans should be ashamed of what their forefathers DID, not what language they spoke.<br /><br />Sorry...had to vent...Edward J. Cunninghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11925008506185290162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14995246.post-19051982199537253072009-10-06T18:53:42.068-07:002009-10-06T18:53:42.068-07:00True, and the fact that most directives and laws a...True, and the fact that most directives and laws are originally in English will be another incentive to learn to read English as translations are often awkward and sometimes even ambiguous or faulty.<br /><br />It is impossible to maintain a variety of languages in the long run in the context of an political entity that is neither confederal nor federal but highly centralized and will become more and more so.Unfrench Frenchmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02768386601400469615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14995246.post-6049130022723910602009-10-06T14:30:13.154-07:002009-10-06T14:30:13.154-07:00I have heard that the shortage of translators and ...I have heard that the shortage of translators and the widespread use of English means that forms and documents submitted to the EU are processed much sooner if they are submitted in English. It could be that English becomes the EU language of default not by decission but by necessity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com