Why does the French speaker speak first?
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Re: Why does the French speaker speak first?Love the German Language. So elegant, beautiful and mostly regular(Original post by Junaid96)
Something like that. The IOC's official languages are French and then English.
Basically, the French are always very proud of their language and insist that it's used - they wanted it to be an official UN language when they joined, and also with the EU
I just wish the Germans had done the same 
I like the German language :/
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Re: Why does the French speaker speak first?This isn't the reason. (And besides, most Swiss speak German.)(Original post by NR09)
Because the IOC is based in Switzerland. -
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Re: Why does the French speaker speak first?yes it should be english and then ancient greek(Original post by Mr_Rationalist)
should be english or at least greek -
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Re: Why does the French speaker speak first?(Original post by Cephalus)
yes it should be english and then ancient greek
agreed. the Olympics started in Athens, so shouldn't they be speaking English and Greek? and even if French is the official olympic language.. if the olympics is based in the UK, shouldn't English go first and then the French?
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Re: Why does the French speaker speak first?Double agree. I dont know why French would come first in a country where the national language is English(Original post by UglyBarbie)
agreed. the Olympics started in Athens, so shouldn't they be speaking English and Greek? and even if French is the official olympic language.. if the olympics is based in the UK, shouldn't English go first and then the French?
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Re: Why does the French speaker speak first?Just looked it up, and aye, your right.(Original post by Rhadamanthus)
This isn't the reason. (And besides, most Swiss speak German.)
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Re: Why does the French speaker speak first?Greece came first...(Original post by pr0view)
French and English may be the official languages but E becomes before F in the alphabet bitches, and all truly professional organisations do stuff alphabetically, e.g. the order or the countries parading around now. -
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Re: Why does the French speaker speak first?think because baron coubertin founded the IOC and was a frenchy(Original post by claret_n_blue)
Just wandering, why is it that the French announcer speaks before the English one. Shouldn't it be the other way round?Last edited by Indo-Chinese Food; 28-07-2012 at 01:48. -
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Re: Why does the French speaker speak first?This may be seen as pedantic, but London isn't running the games, it's hosting the games. The games are owned by the IOC and they dictate how it's run - obviously they give the host nation enormous lee-way to tailor it how they want, but a fundamental rule is the languages announcers use.
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Re: Why does the French speaker speak first?They are the exception as they always do go first.(Original post by Sw3ensterFM)
Greece came first... -
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Dunno. Funny how no one understood the French though. In English everyone cheered but no one understands French so kinda pointless including it first.(Original post by MrHappy_J)
why do they even have a french announcer? Am I missing something?
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Re: Why does the French speaker speak first?Some French guy started the Olympic movement, and out of respect to him they say stuff in French. It has to be French first else people would jsut listen to the English and then boo the person talking gibberish.(Original post by claret_n_blue)
Just wandering, why is it that the French announcer speaks before the English one. Shouldn't it be the other way round? -
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Re: Why does the French speaker speak first?No English then French in Eurovision(Original post by Feartheunknown)
I was thinking this exact same thing, but don't they always do that? I think they do it on the Eurovision Song Contest too.
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Re: Why does the French speaker speak first?But has this happened in other games??(Original post by XXchachaXX)
The official language of the Olympics is French, because the modern Olympic Games were revived by the Baron Pierre de Courbetin, who was obvs French.
I just wish the Germans had done the same 
I like the German language :/
