CLOSED - London Olympics

[jen_br]

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When I was in Calgary, all official forms were translated into French even though there were a lot more Chinese than French speakers...

I attended a few parliamentary sessions in Ottawa where they would start off in English and switch to French mid-sentence. Best show in town!

yeah, Ottawa is a border town with Quebec a lot of french speakers there.

Calgary its worth it to them with the stampede to have lots of french lol its a money thing. All the documents in Canada are translated as there is 2 official languages. You will find more touristy places in non french Canada have french stuff available

[PlanB]

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Team GB has won a medal What makes us Brits so good with bicycles all of a sudden

[LooLoo]

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London is buzzing at the moment! (and traffic is actally lighter than normal - well it was this morning lets see how it goes on the way home)

I thought the opening was fun and very well organised - and I thought having the youngters light the flame was amazing. They had Dame Kellie Holmes and the young girl she nomintated - this girl has acutally been mentered by her and is still in a progamme traning - so this young lady could be our future... i liked it.

I don't think West Ham are having the stadium now - don't think they could acutally afford it - think it is still up for grabs - i think it would be a terrible idea for West Ham to move from Upton Park - they would never fill that stadium week in week out - plus the fact they have been in the Championship for a couple of seasons and are only just back up in the Premier - lets see........

[AhhWell]

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I thought the Opening Ceremony was first class

Although watching 203 countries walk in got a bit boring but you have to expect that.

Danny Boyle did us proud.

Also been enjoying the events especially womens hockey last night, made me go off that crappy football game i started watching....I went back to the Hockey

[5corpio]

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Another bites the 'Dust'

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[vossy]

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London Olympics - says it all for me!

I reckon they used French first because if they used English then every bugger would cheer to drown out the French speaker.

Couldn't give a flying fig about the organisers, just the athletes, they do not seem up their usual standard in my opinion, they can only do their best and I am sure they are but I think they have been hyped up by the press too much. I love bike racing but it was wrong of Cav to blame negative tactics of the other teams - just not good enough on the day Mark!

[vossy]

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A friends daughter went to see the Equestrian or Dressage stuff yesterday and returned with a plain white t shirt that had 'London2012' on the front - twenty effin quid, you could get the same thing in Nottingham off the market for a couple of quid, and probably better quality, jeeez what a rip off.

[Deepie]

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you would think someone would have noticed...........

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/o...t-7985996.html

[vossy]

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No one in that picture looks particularly hacked off to me, anyway at least the power didn't go off, that would have made them feel right at home .

[nightwatch]

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she was there on behalf of the lloyds overseas call centre
she has been entered for the 100 hour call-a-thon,
this entais with holding the number and then when you pick up she has to keep you on the phone longer than 2 seconds by repeating ello, ello, can you ear me, ello..

the new 2012 logo should read" welcome to England where the Sun is only a newspaper" Buy your brollys here!!!

[LooLoo]

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Woop woop first gold - go girls!

[Deepie]

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Woop woop first gold - go girls!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19073935

^^^^ Both teams should be thrown out

[vossy]

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19073935

^^^^ Both teams should be thrown out

I did watch a bit of that game and in all fairness it was crap!! The official telling them to step it up a bit should have done the trick but you wonder whether there may be some odd betting taking place

[LooLoo]

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And Gold number 2 - well done Bradley and also a cheeky bronze too for Chris!

[IF]

Re: London Olympics

And Gold number 2 - well done Bradley and also a cheeky bonze too for Chris!

What's a bonze Loo!!