On 2007-09-08 00:30:37 +0200, La Paranoia <rafaminu@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
> [ ... ]
>> I think that the same requirement should be applied to other areas,
>> such as running for President of the USA, for example.
>> And I also believe that the President of any other country should have
>> a thorough knowledge of the English Language.
>> That's not the case in Spain or the UK.
> Stupid me.
> The Prime Minister of the UK has a thorough knowledge of the English
> Language.
I don't know about the present in***bent, but Tony Blair had an
excellent command of French.
Some 35-40 years ago, when Edward Heath was a very pro-EEC Prime
Minister, Harold Wilson was Leader of the Opposition (and of the Labour
Party) and Jeremy Thorpe was Leader of the Liberal Party, the three of
them were having a conversation in French with the then Prime Minister
of France (probably Pompidou), with only Thorpe and Pompidou doing any
real participating, the other two nodding their heads and say "oui,
oui" from time to time. After a while Thorpe said, "you know, these two
idiots don't understand a word we're saying", at which Pompidou laughed
and the other two continued to beam and nod their heads.
> Or maybe not?
>
>> Anyway, you are diverting from the main topic of the thread.
>> I was curious to know whether using Latinized words when speaking
>> English makes you look more literate.
That's the way it goes, I'm afraid. Maybe you need to start another
thread.
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athel
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