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Originally Posted by mani
france in my opinion has been very hostile to anything foreign. apart from the germans.
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The difference is France has laws to actively protect it's culture, be it's language, film industry or even popular music.
How long should council forms be trilingual?
Ten, twenty, thirty years, forver?
If the council came back and said the forms were trilingual because they were afraid some people might not pay their council tax that's rubbish, no other utility bill comes in anything other than English, and presumably they are paid in time otherwise people would have been cut off or up in court.
I have no problem for specific information, English classes for non-Speakers etc., being in other languages, but when offical forms are printed in languages other than English I feel it just adds to feelings of alienation from all sections of the community.