[Magdalen] Paris Accord /Fwd: I belong

[Roger Stokes]

I believe that when she is on a foreign visit  our Queen Elizabeth !! 
makes a point of including some words in the host country's language in 
her speech at the official banquet. I believe some other members of the 
Royal Family do the same.

Roger

On 02/06/2017 16:25, Scott Knitter wrote:
> Love it. Bundeskanzlerin Merkel can also speak in English but doesn't very
> often. I think she spoke in English to the U.K. House of Commons. Making
> the effort is so appreciated. There's a YouTube of a visit by Mark
> Zuckerberg to China and on TV he starts speaking Chinese and even answering
> questions, and you can feel the thrill of the audience. He isn't fluent but
> the gesture was deeply appreciated. Pres. Obama recently visited Germany
> and greeted a crowd with a simple Guten Tag, and they went wild.
>
> On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 10:04 AM Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> In a message dated 6/2/2017 8:34:56 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> houstonklr at gmail.com writes:
>>
>> It is my  hope that our country may surprise the world and many companies
>> will  continue to operate under the tenants of the Paris accord.
>>
>>
>> It was amazing that the French Prime Minister, Macron, gave a
>> speech aimed at the USA in ENGLISH!
>>
>> The French are very proud of their language, and so this oral open
>> letter was remarkable in that he had broken through that tradition
>> and recognized the best way to communicate with Americans is
>> via English.
>>
>> It's also remarkable that he so fluent in English.
>>
>> Can you picture Trump giving a speech in French?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> David S.
>>
>>
>> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>