why is french spoken in the modern olympic games?
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The three languages spoken at the Modern Olympics are (in order of usage):\n\nThe native language of the Host Nation (in this case Italian)\nEnglish (as the majority language of the world)\nFrench (in homage to Baron de Coubertin) who was French by birth
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Due to World War I the 1916 Games were cancelled, and because of World War II the games of 1940 and 1944 were also skipped.\n\nThere was also a gap between 393 (the last of the ancient games) and 1896 (the first year of the Modern Olympics)
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It was hard before but it is better. They claim now to have tech shortage.\n\nDepends on your field\n\nIn government french helps alot. In industry, much less so.\n\nCity is not bilingual but officially our government is althogh any meeting that contains an anglophone will be generally held in english so take that with a grain of salt.
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The Olympics games were not originally an international competition, they were held with in Greece.  They used to be male only competitions, and the men had to compete naked to prove they were male after a woman competed and beat some men somewhere back in history before they had to do it nude.\nThere are many more sports in the modern olympics than there were in the classic games, tho there are some that remain, mainly athletic events such as javelin, discus, jumps and running events.\nDuring the classical period the olympic movement did not have the same ideals as the modern one, and there were no winter olympics.\nThe 5 interlocking rings is a new symbol, though there was a torch in the classical period.\nThe games from classical greece were held to honour the gods, now they are used to spread a message about good sportsmanship and international co-operation.\nRules have become rationalised in the modern olympics, no doubt in the classic games the final decision was made by an important official, probably with a few favourites....
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Si tu parles du prochain championnat du monde masculin de hand, il aura lieu du 19 janvier au 4 fevrier 2007 en Allemagne. En revanche je ne connais pas les villes qui organiseront les matches.\nSinon la France se retrouve dans le meme groupe que l'Australie, l'Islande et l'Ukraine.
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Cuz french has become an Icon of romanticism and love, when in fact Italians are more devoted to romaticism than french, anyway many people melt down when they hear someone speaking to them french as they find it sexy.
976111
les français ce considèrent comme les meilleurs dans tous les domaine et ne supporte pas qu'on soit meilleur qu'eux , cette coupe du monde les a fait redescendre sur terre , et il ne digère pas bien , mais bon ça passera t'inquiet , \n\nun jour il naturaliseront un italien pour qu'il joue en équipe de France ;-)
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Perhaps because the French expected me to speak perfect French.  I went a few years ago, and speak decent (but admittedly not fluent) French, but I got snickers and guffaws every time I mispronounced or misconjugated a word.\n\nI treat the way I got treated.  Parisians were jerks, I'm a jerk right back.\n\nAnyway, I happen to think that a French accent, on a woman at least, is quite attractive.  So I'm perfectly fine with accents.  And English is a hard language to learn, sure.  But don't expect Americans or Britons to be better that other people just for that.
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Host cities of the Modern Olympic Games\n\n1896 - 1st Olympiad - Athens, Greece\n1900 - 2nd Olympiad - Paris, France\n1904 - 3rd Olympiad - St. Louis, Missouri, USA\n1906 - 3rd Olympiad, year 3 - Athens, Greece (sometimes called the "interim Games")\n1908 - 4th Olympiad - London, England\n1912 - 5th Olympiad - Stockholm, Sweden\n1916 - 6th Olympiad - Cancelled - World War I (Scheduled for Berlin, Germany)\n1920 - 7th Olympiad - Antwerp, Belgium\n1924 - 8th Olympiad - Paris, France\n1928 - 9th Olympiad - Amsterdam, The Netherlands\n1932 - 10th Olympiad - Los Angeles, California, USA\n1936 - 11th Olympiad - Berlin, Germany\n1940 - 12th Olympiad - Cancelled, World War II (Scheduled for Tokyo, Japan. Then re-scheduled for Helsinki, Finland & cancelled a 2nd time)\n1944 - 13th Olympiad - Cancelled, World War II (London considered, but war continued)\n1948 - 14th Olympiad - London, England\n1952 - 15th Olympiad - Helsinki, Finland\n1956 - 16th Olympiad - Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (Horses were not permitted to be imported into Australia so the Equestrian events were in Stockholm)\n1960 - 17th Olympiad - Rome, Italy\n1964 - 18th Olympiad - Tokyo, Japan\n1968 - 19th Olympiad - Mexico City, Mexico\n1972 - 20th Olympiad - Munich, Germany\n1976 - 21st Olympiad - Montreal, Canada\n1980 - 22nd Olympiad - Moscow, Soviet Union (USSR)\n1984 - 23rd Olympiad - Los Angeles, California, USA\n1988 - 24th Olympiad - Seoul, South Korea\n1992 - 25th Olympiad - Barcelona, Spain\n1996 - 26th Olympiad - Atlanta, Georgia, USA\n2000 - 27th Olympiad - Sydney, Australia\n2004 - 28th Olympiad - Athens, Greece\n2008 - 29th Olympiad - Beijing, China\n2012 - 30th Olympiad - London, England\n2016 - 31st Olympiad - to be selected by the International Olympic Committee
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Cher Monsieur,\nVous semblez considérer que l'anglais peut constituer une langue impérialiste et mondiale.\nIl me faut m'élever contre pareille conception.\nJe m'efforce, lorsque je me déplace dans un pays, de m'exprimer le mieux possible dans la langue des autochtones. Que donc ne choisissez-vous d'adopter la langue de Voltaire ?\nA bientôt, jeune freluquet coquinet !
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Because French speaking people are referred to as "francophones" (similar sounding - just shorter) and they sort of sound like a frog when they talk.
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Je n'ose pas trop me pencher sur la question de l'entraîneur /sélectionneur de l'équipe de France. Domenech n'a pour l'instant pas de résultats très positifs avec les bleus. Qui est à blâmer ? Juste le coach ? J'ai vu qu'on s'attaquait aussi à Zidane. Et le public, les français ? Sont-ils présents pour défendre l'équipe qui joue en leur nom à la Coupe du monde ?\nQuant à imaginer un patron à la place du patron, on entend de tout. Wenger revient très souvent. Souvenez vous : il avait refusé ne serait-ce que la simple idée de s'approcher de l'équipe de France. Sans doute a-t-il eu raison. Le Guen ? Il a d'autres chats à fouetter. Tigana ? L'idée est intéressante. Il avait fait du bon boulot à Lyon. Alors...\n\nPourquoi pas Guy Roux ?
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Because people like you dont understand the importance of them.  These are the world's best athletes all competing together. Many people dream of competing in these games. It is also a symbol of peace and cooperation between all participating nations.
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because they are french
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It's a sport that's played in most of Europe and has gained popularity in Asia and other countries.  It's an Olympic sport cuz there's enough popularity for it to demand a place there.  Read the entry on it to learn about the rules and such.
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What language to take, you mean? French, probably.
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Merde, putin, bordel, con, conne, fais chier\n\nThat was french french, Now for some canadian french\n\nOsti de tabarnak, crisse, calisse, ciboire\n\n\nAhh man I love it. What was the point of all this?\n\n\npeace