Sorry if this has been asked before but

[slinkycat]

why on earth were the announcements at the closing ceremony made in French then in English?
According to the Times the official language of the majority of the countries who won gold medals was English, thought the closing ceremony was great, but the French announcements really irked me.

[Canary42]

French is the official language of the modern Olympics.

[craft1948]

It's to do with de Coubertin, or whatever his name was. Come on the French don't have much to shout about.................

[cupid04]

Not Greek then?

[Ann]

http://www.theanswerb.../Question1155952.html

[slinkycat]

Oh , who decided that Canary?

[baza]

the french do have ferries to England to cheer them up.

[slinkycat]

Ok its been asked before! It still irks me, hubby reckons the French are invading by stealth! Lol at baza:)

[starone]

Don't we get the last laugh though?

[argorstran]

"According to the Times the official language of the majority of the countries who won gold medals was English "
Are you sure you've quoted this statistic correctly ?
Here's the final table :http://www.london2012.com/medals/medal-count
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