Summer Olympics: London 2012 discussion

[Andy 60]

So, we're off to a good start already:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7580261.stm

Nice one!

[Mara 29]

I was having a discussion with my sister about which language London would use.

'Cause at the Olympics its French, English and the language of the host country. We thought the third would be Cockney. :p

[Chickenman 9]

I look forward to talking in this thread for the next four years. :p

[Mara 29]

Yay!

I wonder what the mascots will be... A pigeon?

[Uncle Du 22]

I think Pikey would be a better language. :p

[Andy 60]

I was having a discussion with my sister about which language London would use.

'Cause at the Olympics its French, English and the language of the host country. We thought the third would be Cockney.

Cockney isn't even a language.

Obviously the Olympics will use French, as it is the official language of the Olympics (being as the French are responsible for the modern games).

Unfortunately.

Should be interesting though, seeing as the English and French are as bad as eachother when it comes to using foreign languages

I look forward to talking in this thread for the next four years.

See, I knew it would be handy

London's new stadium:

http://www.london2012.com/venues/olympic-stadium.php

[Mara 29]

Bah, the Bird's Nest is prettier.

[Drake 53]

This should be in the Real World, I think.

[Andy 60]

A load of people are already complaining that it looks rubbish compared to Beijing's. But to be fair, if this country spent as much on the Games as China did, there would be a public uproar over that too.

So London 2012 can't really win... democracy in action!

[Chickenman 9]

China went nuts with it.

Too bad nobody cared. :p

[Andy 60]

Went nuts with what?

And who didn't care about what? lol

[Chickenman 9]

Went nuts with the Olympics being this display of national pride or whatever.

[Andy 60]

Oh I thought you meant went nuts spending loads of money on it and nobody cared, or the Chinese people objected to the amount of money being spent.. and nobody cared. :p

[Chickenman 9]

Eh, a little bit of the first one I suppose.

[Drake 53]

It's pretty obvious that people did care because of, you know, all the people who watched the thing.

You're just generalizing everyone because you didn't care. :p

[Chickenman 9]

Everyone that's not me.

Which is no one.

:p

[Princess 35]

Less than a year!