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David in Normandy[_8_] · 11-08-2013, 03:51 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

On 11/08/2013 15:26, Janet wrote:
In article , am
says...

On 11/08/2013 12:43, Martin wrote:
On Sun, 11 Aug 2013 11:52:05 +0200, David in Normandy
wrote:

On 10/08/2013 11:00, David Hill wrote:
Talking of political correctness gone mad,
Yesterday we had a booklet about beginners Welsh classes in the area,
but here everything has to be Bi lingual so half of it was in Welsh,
well if you could read that half you wouldn't need the classes.

The French government introduced some courses a few years so the
resident Brits could learn French. They published a phone number for us
to contact to book a place on the course. However, the person on the
other end of the phone didn't speak a word of English, only French.

How many similar government officers in UK speak French?

Dutch tax forms are available in several third world languages, but
not in English. The tax office won't even answer calls/communications
made in English.

Well considering the object was to help English people to learn to speak
French the French initiative failed badly as only those who could
already speak French could book a place on the course... to learn to
speak French. It seems blindingly obvious to me that in these specific
circumstances the person chosen to field these calls from English people
should be able to speak English.

What if the applicants are NOT English speaking Brits? Surely the
classes would be for any immigrant intending to learn French.

Janet

The classes were primarily aimed at the huge number of Brits who'd moved
to France around a decade ago.

--
David in Normandy.