Referendum: which way are you voting?

qwert_yuiop

This was discussed on RTÉ radio last week. It seems the Irish government is going to have to ask for everything to be translated into English. They'd been provided with Irish translations of documents, a nice little earner for Irish speakers, but used the English translations anyway.
English will continue to be used for most day to day business since it's the commonest foreign language taught in many European states. How many outsiders speak Maltese, Estonian or Finnish?

tara747

Remain

qwert_yuiop wrote: »

This was discussed on RTÉ radio last week. It seems the Irish government is going to have to ask for everything to be translated into English. They'd been provided with Irish translations of documents, a nice little earner for Irish speakers, but used the English translations anyway.
English will continue to be used for most day to day business since it's the commonest foreign language taught in many European states. How many outsiders speak Maltese, Estonian or Finnish?

Not that many, but lots speak French, German and Spanish...

qwert_yuiop

Maltese members talking to Swedish delegates will use English.

qwert_yuiop

x12yhp wrote: »

, if there is an opportunity to profit, currency speculators will take it. Right? So, that being the case, anyone who truly believe the UK will start to thrive any time soon would be piling their dollars or euros into sterling. They would know that it won't be long until the UK goes from strength to strength, the pound will strengthen and their newly purchased pounds will soar in value. Simple economics. .

Interestingly, this was superb advice. With the euro now at 84 pence, anyone could have made easy money buying Sterling with euro..

Italy is the latest cause of panic. I have to say, I don't quite follow how last night's result leads to the resurrection of the lira, but this is the new worry. It seems if this were to happen, it would be the biggest default in the history of the world. Probably safe to say it won't happen, then, but expect to see headlines like "pasta point of no return" and "spaghetti dysfunction" soon.