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These 3 rules are very matter of fact nd it is very important to go forward...

Hi Gérard, everyone !
I have also read "Speak Spanish to your God "

Yes Muriel,
It's about the use of specific languages regarding the guy in front.

- German to your horse,
- Italian to ladies
- etc.

Who said this? Charles the Great?

gerardM a écrit:Yes Muriel,
It's about the use of specific languages regarding the guy in front.

- German to your horse,
- Italian to ladies
- etc.

Who said this? Charles the Great?

charles V a écrit:I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse.

Gérard here is the quote above.

Don't forget anyway that you can do much more than you think

When there's a will there's a way !

Hi Muriel,

Thank you for your message.

MurielB a écrit:...

charles V a écrit:I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse.

I notice Charles V didn't speak English to anybody at the time!
I would be surprised to have to speak English to robots.

Gérard Charles V meant you can speak a different language to god, women, men and horses, because each of them can only understand their point of view. It's interesting to note that  when you know more than one language you can understand different view points.

He didn't mention English because  because England was still not thought much of in Europe at that time

Yes Muriel, that's what I meant.

> I would be surprised to have to speak English to robots.
I made a mistake, I wanted to write: "He would be surprised to have to speak English to robots nowadays."

Yes I have already mentionned It on that forum. A friend of mine wanted to commit suicide and je didn't because a lady smiled at him. It 's so important to smile !

Gérard, I find that poem very difficult to pronounce ! I don't speak better English than 90 per cent of the English population !

Muriel, you may be speaking better than 89% of the population!