>>>Then we could all settle down to peace and conduct trade and commerce in good trust. But that still won't stop Dragan from complaining about English :-))
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>>They'd write those in Arabic, no problem (I guess - I have no clue of how the languages of the semitic family function internally). I wouldn't trust a legal paper written in English unless there was a strict definition of every term in the preamble. Cause they never mean what they say, never say what they mean.
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>As you probably know until the mid of last century all treaties were written in French. I think Jalta was the 1st non french one and look where that one got us ;)
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>Far less room for interpretation in French.
When Ottoman Empire ages speaking french had a big prestige ad there. Today our schools usually teach just english. At a few school teaching english and french/german. None wants learn french/german so they draw lot for english... :)
I was draw a fake lot for english ;)
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