French joke

[porsch1909]

A friend of mine is an officer in the naval reserve.

A few weeks ago, He was attending a conference that included admirals in both the US and the French navies.

At a cocktail reception, my friend found himself in a small group that included an admiral from each of the two navies.

The French admiral started complaining that whereas Europeans learned many languages, Americans only learned English.

He then asked. "Why is it that we have to speak English in these conferences rather than you having to speak French?"

Without even hesitating, the American admiral replied.

"Maybe it is because we arranged it so that you did not have to learn to speak German."

The group became silent.


You know an American made up this joke....rather funny and true though

[nothing]

A lot of north americans think we speak spanish in Brazil and that its capital is Buenos Aires

[porsch1909]

What do you speak in Brazil

Brazilia is the capital i think

[j.m@talk]

So its the Portugeses fault ?

[DozerLYP]

yes they speak Portuguese and some Spanish.

my GF is from Venezuela and there it's Spanish. i might go for a week in July to meat the rest of her family. she told me that there is a lots of horny beautiful girls there , and that i better behave...

[nothing]

We speak brazilian portuguese in Brazil (it's different from the portuguese spoken in Portugal). Brazil's capital is BrasÃ*lia.

No spanish there. Brazil is the only country in South America that doesn't have spanish as its native language.

We understand spanish because some words are almost the same (there are words that sound the same but have completely different meanings and that can be a big problem at times lol).

What is this now? A geography class?

[porsch1909]

Is it Brasil or Brazil??


I always get confused

[nothing]

In english it's Brazil. In portuguese it's Brasil

[ukulele]

Originally posted by nothing
A lot of north americans think we speak spanish in Brazil and that its capital is Buenos Aires

I thought Buenos Aires was the national language.

[mireland]

Originally posted by ukulele
I thought Buenos Aires was the national language.

I thought the capital of Buenos Aires was Brazil?

[ShadeZeRO]

I thought Buenos Aires was how you say hello in spanish

[nothing]

Ahaha

[j.m@talk]

Buenos Aires..........Scheesh........ We should O' bombed that place in 82

"Ehhhhh Up" were goin have ya malvinas



Fray Bentos & cheap red wine was all they ate in the Argentine,
But after a scrap wiv the English Navy we gave em the recipe for "Chips & Gravy"

[mireland]

[genesound]

Originally posted by porsch1909
"Maybe it is because we arranged it so that you did not have to learn to speak German."

The group became silent.


You know an American made up this joke....rather funny and true though