why the FUCK are they speaking French at the olympic games? I can understand them speaking Korean, and English, but why French?
Why the FUCK are they speaking French at the olympic games? I can understand them speaking Korean, and English...
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Pierre de Coubertin you dummy
Haha, dumb anglo
Was expecting an American flag tbqhwyt
yeah idk, there's like no french people even competing
French is the gayest language in the world
Do French ever feel bad that you never win the games you created?
we never win anything, we are just good at hosting sporting events
t. american twang
for some reason French or Swiss (who speak French) run every international sport federation.
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Before english taking over, french was probably the most widely known second language for the whole world, just like english now. It was tasteful and in tact to know french or use some french words. Something to be viewed as fancy, likewise with knowing Latin
Serious question here : why do Americans always have to show to the whole world that they're clueless about everything?
I mean, if I was a retard, i'd try to keep it for myself.
English is just retarded inbred latin with 10% of germanic words though
It's weird to think that the Russian aristocracy spoke better French than they knew Russian. The Slavophiles resented the fact that some Russian aristocratic families (especially its younger members) had a poor grasp of their native Russian tongue, but spoke fluent French.
Because the modern Olympics is a French invention, Frodo.
Can't really say about that much, not an expert on Russian history, but I believe they didn't want to be associated with their people, who were Muscovites horde (in some way, but that might be exaggeration)
Are you fucking 8 years old?
Because they were founded during the time France was still relevant.
should be switched to italian
spanish is just gay Latin though for people with fat tongues
like 1/3 of War & Peace is aristocrats talking in french to each other
All the niggers
It's pretty easy to explain for Switzerland.
>central location within Europe
>good living conditions
>generally stable economically and politically
>willing to go along with shady financial shit
>neutral, so no chance of the headquarters getting attacked in retaliation for something the government has done