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Who else is buying British and avoiding EU goods where possible?
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What the hell do France buy from Germany? It's not food, wine or cars. Everyone I know who's French would rather buy Bulgarian than German.His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain... -
French-German dictionaries.Originally posted by Mordac View PostWhat the hell do France buy from Germany?
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Don't they all speak English?Originally posted by AtW View PostFrench-German dictionaries.
HTHHis heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...Comment
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Really embarrassing actually. As I struggle to learn German.. .day to day others in the company rattle off Deutsch, French, English.. like it was their mother tongue in all three. Usually only switching to English for my benefit.Originally posted by Mordac View PostDon't they all speak English?
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You can't know that many French people then. (Or you like to make sweeping generalisations based on skewed data sets)Originally posted by Mordac View PostWhat the hell do France buy from Germany? It's not food, wine or cars. Everyone I know who's French would rather buy Bulgarian than German.
The 4 biggest imports into France from Germany are: aircraft (10%), cars (9%), aircraft parts and car parts…Maybe we ain’t that young anymoreComment
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