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over 2 years ago Sui Juris 20 comments 0 recs |

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This is unfair, clearly this job posting -

You will play an important role in the success and development of our projects thanks to your competence, commitment and excellent interpersonal skills.

- is written for Hinault.

by plinytheelder on Jun 8, 2009 6:18 PM EDT reply actions

Agreed - but

Needs excellent English and French. If Mr H has excellent English he is keeping it a secret!

by andrewp on Jun 8, 2009 7:29 PM EDT up reply actions

Hinault speaks English pretty well. Met him at a convention once. In spite of my best French, he answered in English :( Have you ever heard Chirac talk English? I hadn’t either until recently when I saw a documentary with this clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm2P90zqe08

by tedvdw on Jun 8, 2009 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions

happens all the time

On one hand, I’m in total sync with the annoyance at the world thinking you should default to english. On the other hand, pretending you don’t speak english when you do is pretty close to lying. Super lame.

by Sui Juris on Jun 8, 2009 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions

hehe

Chirac spent some time in the U.S. during his student days, in Boston I think. I agree about pretending one doesn’t speak English…but then there’s the case of John Kerry, who speaks French, but who stopped answering questions from French reporters (unless they asked in English) at some point in his 2004 campaign, because he didn’t want Americans associating him with France!

by plinytheelder on Jun 8, 2009 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions

lance spoke french

but very rarely did an interviews in french for french tv

by yeehoo on Jun 9, 2009 5:12 AM EDT up reply actions

If only I spoke French....and had any relevant experience!

Adrenalina Italiana!

by Albertina on Jun 9, 2009 4:54 AM EDT reply actions

Group project here.

We decide on a candidate, fake the resume, provide glowing references. Said candidate gets job, sells all UCI TV rights to the first company that agrees to provide free internet feeds to all races, with none of that pesky geo-restriction. Once the contracts are ironclad, employee disappears into the night (preferably with a handful of UCI ID badges and some letterhead stationery—you never know what might come in handy). Champagne flows at PdC.

Long day--bad grammar. That's the way it works.--Lance Armstrong

by majope on Jun 9, 2009 6:41 AM EDT reply actions