Official language of the London Olympics - French?!

[Eric Mc]

vrooom said:

Uhh, i thought olympics was invented in greece?

Not the modern one.

[Pesty]

Eric Mc said:

Cricket - Dubai

Why is this?

[Eric Mc]

Pesty said:

Eric Mc said:

Cricket - Dubai

Why is this?

Someone mentioned tax - but it was also chosen as a more "central" location given that the world's biggest cricket playing nations are India and Pakistan. And that Australia and New Zealand are important cricketing countries too. It was thought better to have an HQ mid wway between the various cricketing countries.

[Ayahuasca]

Sailing - ISAF - France - bds

Edited by Ayahuasca on Wednesday 15th December 22:43

[Ayahuasca]

Archery - FITA - Switzerland


I know they had William Tell but that was a crossbow surely?

[Halb]

Snooker - England
Darts - one is in USA one is in England

[Ayahuasca]

Rowing, as English as Oxford and Cambridge?


No, French.



Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d’Aviron

[BoRED S2upid]

Are we all paying for the Olympics or just the London tax payers?

I don't care what language its in TBH.

[Vipers]

Eric Mc said:

The modern Olympics were invented by the French so French has always been the prime language of the organisation.

The French invented something?

[Eric Mc]

Vipers said:

Eric Mc said:

The modern Olympics were invented by the French so French has always been the prime language of the organisation.

The French invented something?

Quite a lot actually.

[dandarez]

Eric Mc said:

Vipers said:

Eric Mc said:

The modern Olympics were invented by the French so French has always been the prime language of the organisation.

The French invented something?

Quite a lot actually.

French letters?

[Eric Mc]

dandarez said:

Eric Mc said:

Vipers said:

Eric Mc said:

The modern Olympics were invented by the French so French has always been the prime language of the organisation.

The French invented something?

Quite a lot actually.

French letters?

Champagne - it says so in a song.

[Vipers]

dandarez said:

Eric Mc said:

Vipers said:

Eric Mc said:

The modern Olympics were invented by the French so French has always been the prime language of the organisation.

The French invented something?

Quite a lot actually.

French letters?

That reminds me, and when I think about it I cringe, must have raised a laugh or two. When I was 15 I joined the R.N., and went into communications, morse code etc.

One of the written papers asked what ..-.. was, (I could be wrong, long time ago), anyway it was that letter "a" with a dash on the top of it, (A diacritic marks I think - so it becomes a acute letter I think), anyway I couldn't remember it so I actually wrote down "Its a french letter", so innocent thems days?

Oh and Eric, I said that in tounge in cheek. Yes they did invent some good stuff.