>>>I understand your "play on words" but I personally find English (from the couple languages I know) the best for the purposes of describing events, feelings, emotions, legal documents, etc. Maybe it is because I communicate in English most of my life, raised children in English, and think in English.
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>>I have to disagree. French is far better for legal documents...
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>Hmm. Why do you say that ( never having read, with the possible exception of a speeding ticket, a french legal document myself :-})
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>I'd assume any legal document would have to be couched in terms of the jurisdiction involved ?

http://www.legallanguage.com/legal-articles/language-of-diplomacy/

No way to 'misunderstand' a sentence in French.