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Denisovich said:Broken_Shoelace said:Denisovich said:Broken_Shoelace said:I absolutely fail to understand this analogy. I mean, I know what you're trying to say, but it's not the same at all.
What is there not to understand. It is the same. Or maybe not for those Americans who think the world evolves around them.
I'm not American, and yet I understand that in the tennis world, English is the universal language. There's a reason umpires say the scoreline in English in most countries, or at least say it in two languages, one of which being English (the exception is RG where they just say it in French). Tennis players conduct press conferences in English for the most part. It has nothing to do with Americans thinking the world revolves around them.
So if you go to New York, where everyone speaks English, and you're a very fluent English speaker like Novak, and suddenly speak in Serbian, it's at best, really, really odd. Whereas speaking English in a non-English speaking country if you don't really have a strong grasp on said country's main language, is the norm.
How do you seriously not spot the difference between the two?
It has nothing to do with the tennis world, but with the audience you are addressing at the ceremony. For one thing, it is better to avoid speaking English when in Paris, trust me. If you do speak the language, albeit not very good, I personally think that as a courtesy to the crowd it is better to address them in their own language.
I can certainly understand that in Paris. The french are rather sensitive about language