Re: The many colors of Obama

Dorothy J Heydt <djheydt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hal was remarking to me this morning that the French have
still not gotten over it that French is no longer the
international language of diplomacy, and I pointed out that
French is a lot less forgiving of mistakes than English.

English is now the lingua franca of diplomacy. :-)
<smilies. loads of 'em>

Joyce.

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"The spear in the Other's heart is in your own: you are he." -- Surak
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