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FuroraCeltica
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01 March 2010 at 6:52pm | IP Logged

I think its a tricky one. Canada the country is bi-lingual, but in practise, French is rarely spoken outside of Quebec. French is a national language of Canada and a language of the IOC, but it is not the local language of where the games are actually being held.
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Captain Haddock
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02 March 2010 at 3:47am | IP Logged

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French is rarely spoken outside of Quebec.

What are Acadians, chopped liver?
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Levi
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02 March 2010 at 4:51am | IP Logged

There were plenty of French Canadian medalists on the podium. Seems kind of unfair to lump them all into the Anglophones.
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02 March 2010 at 10:18pm | IP Logged

FuroraCeltica wrote:

By this standard, if Québec City gets the games in 2022, there shouldn't be any English? Or does it then become necessary because it's an official language? Can't have it both ways.

How about a tally showing how many speakers of each language participated in the Olympics?

Edited by Arekkusu on 02 March 2010 at 10:20pm
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03 March 2010 at 6:45am | IP Logged

Arekkusu wrote:

FuroraCeltica wrote:

But English is what most viewers of the Olympics would understand. Don't get me wrong though, I'm not against the Olympics being in French, but not having them in English would be stupid.
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03 March 2010 at 7:18am | IP Logged

Not having the Olympics in the official languages of the Olympics is even more stupid.
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03 March 2010 at 7:30am | IP Logged

Wilco wrote:

Not having the Olympics in the official languages of the Olympics is even more stupid.

That, too, is not a very intelligent decision.
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