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KnowItAll wrote:

TheLionKing wrote:I believe English and French are the official languages of the IOC.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_is_French ... e_Olympics

they speak french in switzerland?

Most Swiss citizens speak German, but a significant number speak French or Italian.

zeppo wrote:

KnowItAll wrote:

TheLionKing wrote:I believe English and French are the official languages of the IOC.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_is_French ... e_Olympics

they speak french in switzerland?

Most Swiss citizens speak German, but a significant number speak French or Italian.

Romansh is their 4th official language although as I understand, it barely ranks in the top ten of spoken CH languages.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Switzerland

sj-roc wrote:

zeppo wrote:

KnowItAll wrote: they speak french in switzerland?

Most Swiss citizens speak German, but a significant number speak French or Italian.

Romansh is their 4th official language although as I understand, it barely ranks in the top ten of spoken CH languages.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Switzerland

The southern part of Switzerland speaks Italian, as in Lugano. The western part speaks French, as in Geneva. The northern part speaks German (Schweizerdeutsch), as in Zurich. And the people tend to be multi lingual.

Not sn expert on Switzerland, but I have been there a few times. CH stands for Canton House, about their districts and their government.

WestCoastJoe wrote:

sj-roc wrote:

zeppo wrote:Most Swiss citizens speak German, but a significant number speak French or Italian.

Romansh is their 4th official language although as I understand, it barely ranks in the top ten of spoken CH languages.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Switzerland

The southern part of Switzerland speaks Italian, as in Lugano. The western part speaks French, as in Geneva. The northern part speaks German (Schweizerdeutsch), as in Zurich. And the people tend to be multi lingual.

Whichever of those three countries you're closest to, that's likely to be your mother tongue.

OK, just watched my first Olympic event, Canadian boxer Custio Clayton defeated the Mexican, Moreno.

Canada won it's first medal, a bronze in synchronized diving.

Great race on the Mens 4 x100. The French anchor swam last leg to overtake Ryan Lochte to win the gold, depriving Michael Phelps of another gold.

Three more bronze medals for Canada. Divers Roseline Filion of Laval, Que., and Meaghan Benfeito of Montreal kicked things off today with a third-place finish in the 10-metre synchro event. Antoine Valois-Fortier won a bronze in men’s judo less than 30 minutes later. Weightlifter Christine Girard has captured bronze in the women’s 63-kilogram class.

TheLionKing wrote:Canada won it's first medal, a bronze in synchronized diving.

Synchro diving. Right up there with synchro swimming. Should be good sports for Rod Black to "announce."

3 more bronze medals today - mens's judo, synchronized diving and women's weight lifing

TheLionKing wrote:3 more bronze medals today - mens's judo, synchronized diving and women's weight lifing

Good day alright, loved the recap of all the matches on the Judo bronze medalists, probably my favourite moment on the Games with his emotional release and his hug with his Dad.

Now, a silver.

The Canadian Men's Eight won Olympic silver in a thrilling finish at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Great stretch run to overtake Great Britain. What a comeback from their preliminary heat

Redemption for Brent Hayden as he wins a bronze medal in the 100 metre freestyle. Finished 14th in the same event in Beijing

Women's soccer team advances to quarter finals following a 2-0 victory over the host Great Britain. Dylan Armstrong finished 5th in men's shot put