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niyad

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34. Agree. I want people moe educated, more experienced, more competent than I am, running things.

Tue Nov 24, 2020, 08:42 AM

Nov 2020

I am smart enough to know that we need such people in charge. Although. . .looking at the horror show, I would imagine that pretty much any of us here on DU could Have done better. . .oh, wait! Destruction was the goal, not competence.

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Antony Blinken speaks French [View all] dalton99a Nov 2020 OP

Oui, il parle francais. elleng Nov 2020 #1

his french is nearly undistinguishable from a native speaker. drray23 Nov 2020 #2

he grew up in France Orangepeel Nov 2020 #14

Impressive ucrdem Nov 2020 #3

French used to be the language of diplomacy. nt Phoenix61 Nov 2020 #4

E tu, FLOTITS? fierywoman Nov 2020 #5

I have a crush on him already :) (I;m old enough to be his mother) patricia92243 Nov 2020 #6

Sort of like Jamie Lee Curtis in A Fish called Wanda, listening to John Cleese speak a foreign OnDoutside Nov 2020 #21

Wow.. Fluently! Cha Nov 2020 #7

ok? DTomlinson Nov 2020 #8

A. Blinken world wide wally Nov 2020 #9

You know, after the last four years, I am just grateful for US officials who speak proper English niyad Nov 2020 #10

Bingo! MaryMagdaline Nov 2020 #30

He needs to visit Canada immediately after January 20th. roamer65 Nov 2020 #11

French-speaking Canadians never speak their version in France DFW Nov 2020 #20

"About 80% correct." :) Interesting and understandable. Hortensis Nov 2020 #26

80 per cent because some basic words have not changed, either in pronunciation or meaning DFW Nov 2020 #29

:) We still see remnants of 18th-19th century usages in the Appalachians. Hortensis Nov 2020 #36

Closer you get to Canada, the more the English sounds like theirs. roamer65 Nov 2020 #40

:) Of course. But I'm from CA and GA, and they mostly Hortensis Nov 2020 #43

My grandmother's first language was French. Louisiana French. GulfCoast66 Nov 2020 #35

They will understand Blinken, as it will be on TV for most. roamer65 Nov 2020 #41

An old college roommate told me similar. roamer65 Nov 2020 #42

*NO* - a French-speaker as a diplomat?!1 What is the President Elect *THINKING*?!1 UTUSN Nov 2020 #12

I speak just enough to get by in France. Ironically I could generally follow what he was saying. GulfCoast66 Nov 2020 #13

It's the speed kcr Nov 2020 #24

Agree. I want people moe educated, more experienced, more competent than I am, running things. niyad Nov 2020 #33

Agree. I want people moe educated, more experienced, more competent than I am, running things. niyad Nov 2020 #34

This message was self-deleted by its author DFW Nov 2020 #15

He has a light accent but he is completely at ease in French DFW Nov 2020 #16

Yes, completely agree, it's not just enough for a diplomat to speak French, but they must speak and OnDoutside Nov 2020 #22

Is it just me or is intelligence and competence super appealing? renate Nov 2020 #17

:) Stoked and relieved. And inspired. You bet. Hortensis Nov 2020 #27

It is not just you. All the qualities mentioned, plus reassuring. niyad Nov 2020 #31

And, if any faketriots claim that being able to speak French makes you a 'liberal elite,' TrollBuster9090 Nov 2020 #18

Atleast we know he know's where France is.... BGBD Nov 2020 #19

I couldn't love this reference more! phylny Nov 2020 #23

And if any of them say they are proud to speak "American," tell them, "no, you speak only European." DFW Nov 2020 #25

Irritate them by pointing to Spain as another "mother" language. nt Hortensis Nov 2020 #28

I am so stealing "faketriots"! niyad Nov 2020 #32

+1. dalton99a Nov 2020 #38

Tres bien boston bean Nov 2020 #37

John Kerry does, too. kskiska Nov 2020 #39