... But topping the poll for grave disservices to the mother tongue is France's higher education minister, Valerie Pecresse.
Her crime: proclaiming to the press that she had no intention of speaking French when attending European meetings in Brussels, because, she said, it was quite obvious that English was now the easiest mode of communication ...
In a meeting with colleagues from around the world, including an Englishman, a Korean and a Brazilian, <Jean-Paul Nerriere .. a retired French businessman> noticed that he and the other non-native English speakers were communicating in a form of English that was completely comprehensible to them, but which left the Englishman nonplussed ...
In his book Don't Speak English, Parlez Globish, Monsieur Nerriere sets out the rules ...
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