Explain

[TOWIE]

Why was all the announcemtns in French first and then the girl saying it in English.......anyone know ?

[Buenchico]

Katharevousa is a 'halfway house'.

It should be either Ancient Greek or Dimotiki (but I'm sure that you could make a case for Scots Gaelic anyway, Mark!)
;-)

[Ann]

It WAS quite irritating whatever the reason - OK if you know any French but quite irritating if not :(

[pastafreak]

Why should it be irritating...you had an immediate translation...lol

[ummmm]

I think I'm going to have a few weeks of sighing!!!

[LazyGun]

This is not something that I find troubling at all. If anything, it adds to the overall flavour of the Olympics, is interesting in trying to recall my schoolboy french, and I had always remembered the Olympics being in French then English.

It doesn't harm anyone and I had always assumed that French was the official language of the games anyway.....

[lankeela]

So what about William Penny Brookes? And to be honest the announcer had such an 'English' accent when announcing in French it made a mockery of it especially when he said things like 'Royal Air Force'!