Olympics in french?

mudcow007
mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
edited August 2012 in Commuting chat
ok granted the Olympics started ages ago now but why are all the announcements in french then English?

is it because the IOC is based in France?
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  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    Its to stop them moaning. :D
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  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    Cleat Eastwood wrote:
    Its to stop them moaning. :D

    touche' (see what i did there....)
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  • t4tomo
    t4tomo Posts: 2,643
    Modern Olympics was invented by a Frog I believe, so its in deference to that.
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  • clarkey cat
    clarkey cat Posts: 3,641
    its because the Olympics are only watched by the middle classes and we all apeak French fluently so ce n'est pas un problem, non?
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Founded by a Frenchman.

    They'd been doing Olympic style stuff for a few decades before it took off internationally.
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  • TheStone
    TheStone Posts: 2,291
    Can't be many years left of French and German and Welsh.
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  • joenobody
    joenobody Posts: 563
    mudcow007 wrote:
    is it because the IOC is based in France?
    Switzerland ;)
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    JoeNobody wrote:
    mudcow007 wrote:
    is it because the IOC is based in France?
    Switzerland ;)

    French speaking bit I believe.
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  • SimonAH
    SimonAH Posts: 3,730
    TheStone wrote:
    Can't be many years left of French and German and Welsh.

    Wut???
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  • joenobody
    joenobody Posts: 563
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    French speaking bit I believe.
    Yep, Lausanne as far as I could tell.
  • TheStone
    TheStone Posts: 2,291
    SimonAH wrote:
    TheStone wrote:
    Can't be many years left of French and German and Welsh.

    Wut???

    Oui!
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  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    French and English are the two official languages of the Olympics. I kid you not.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Greg66 wrote:
    French and English are the two official languages of the Olympics. I kid you not.

    Why would that be something people kid about?

    Seems quite standard.
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  • walkingbootweather
    walkingbootweather Posts: 2,443
    Greg66 wrote:
    French and English are the two official languages of the Olympics. I kid you not.

    A bit like Canada then? except (if you include the shot put) there are more moose at the Olympics
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  • kelsen
    kelsen Posts: 2,003
    No 6 in the list...

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19047586

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