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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 264993" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included Admirals </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">from the U.S. , English, Canadian, Australian and French Navies.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a large group of </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Officers that included personnel from most of those countries. Everyone was </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks but a French admiral </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">suddenly complained that, 'whereas Europeans learn many languages, Americans </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">learn only English.' He then asked, 'Why is it that we always have to speak </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">English in these conferences rather than speaking French?'</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied 'Maybe its because the </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so you wouldn't have to </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">speak German.'</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">You could have heard a pin drop</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 264993, member: 1246"] [FONT=Arial]A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included Admirals from the U.S. , English, Canadian, Australian and French Navies. At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a large group of Officers that included personnel from most of those countries. Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks but a French admiral suddenly complained that, 'whereas Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English.' He then asked, 'Why is it that we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than speaking French?' Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied 'Maybe its because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so you wouldn't have to speak German.' You could have heard a pin drop[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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